Bacteria in human gut can help fight obesity

Bacteria in the human gut can help fight obesity as an initial conclusion in a research work done by US scientists, assessing the role of bacteria in the digestive system for the weight of children people.

In the work published on September 5, experts from the University of Washington (USA) conducted experiments in two groups of mice with the inclusion of different types of bacteria taken from the intestines of obese people (call is a rat group 1) and thin people (mouse group 2).

These rats were then reared in sterile, separate conditions and the same diet for the same period of time.

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The results showed a significant change in weight in the experimental mice, whereby the mice inoculated with obese people (group 1) had a greater weight than those that were transplanted by thin people. (group 2).

However, after they were kept in cages under normal living conditions for five days, the scientists found that mice in group 1 began to lose weight, while in group 2 mice there was almost no change.

Analyzing microbial groups, the scientists found that special bacteria belonging to the bacterium called Bacteroidetes could move from group 2 mice to group 1 mice and stay, photos. affect the weight of the host (fatty mouse).

In the meantime, there are no bacteria in group 1 mice entering group 2 mice.

According to experts, this is the basis for arguing that Bacteroidetes plays a role in preventing obesity.

The findings, published today in the journal Science, show the process of transferring physical and metabolic traits through intestinal bacteria.

This is an important step in the study of treatments for bacterial obesity.