It is known that changing your diet can also change intestinal bacteria, but a new study goes beyond that, finding that intestinal bacteria play an important role in the difficulty or difficulty it has for you to lose unwanted pounds. The findings suggest that altering intestinal bacteria in a beneficial way may facilitate weight loss in those with intestinal microbiomes that make the process difficult.
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The new research was published by the American Society of Microbiology, revealing that the intestinal microbiome has an influence on the ability to lose weight. In some cases, intestinal bacteria can make them resistant to weight loss; in other cases, it can help you lose weight, assuming the right lifestyle interventions are made.
The research included metagenomics, which revolves around obtaining genetic materials from stool and blood samples. Two groups of people participated in the study; one group lost 1% or more of their body weight for 6-12 months during a weight loss intervention program, while the other group maintained a stable BMI for the same period of time.
After considering aspects such as age and sex, the researchers found 31 “metagenomic functional characteristics of basal feces” related to weight loss. There were several genes at stake. It should be noted that in people who did not lose weight, the ability of their intestinal microbiome to break down starches was greater than in those who lost weight.
Meanwhile, it was observed that people who lost more weight had genes that helped intestinal bacteria grow, multiply, replicate, and resemble cell walls more quickly than in the group that did not experience weight loss. . The study’s lead author, Christian Diener, Ph.D., explained:
Before this study, we knew that the composition of bacteria in the gut was different in obese people than in people who were not obese, but now we have seen that there is a different set of genes that are encoded in the bacteria of the gut. our gut. it also responds to weight loss interventions. The intestinal microbiome is an important player in modulating whether or not a weight loss intervention will be successful. The factors that dictate obesity versus non-obesity are not the same ones that determine whether you will lose weight in a lifestyle intervention.