Gut bacteria can help to predict how the body will respond to fatty foods

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Chemical signatures from gut bacteria which show up in urine can be used to predict how the body will respond to a 'junk' diet.

Scientists have found that certain compounds, produced by microbes in the guts of mice, could be used to show which animals are at greater risk of becoming obese or developing health conditions such as diabetes or cardiovascular disease.

The group, led by scientists at Imperial College London and INSERM UMRS 1138 in Paris, tested the urine of mice for a number of these microbial compounds, finding that certain key chemical signatures could accurately predict how the animals would respond to a high-fat diet before they received it.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/07/170705123133.htm
 
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