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Friday, April 29, 2016

Science May Soon Unlock The Tool Against Obesity

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The quest to promote better health is now more prominent with findings that the battle to fight the bulge may go deep into the cellular level as the microbiome linked to a healthier body may be the key to finding out ways to further improve methods to fight obesity.

This was recently revealed after published in the journal Science, may have succeeded in breaking through the mystery of the human microbiome and how it plays a role in health and could someday hold the promise of curbing the global problem of obesity.

The researchers conducted the tests by drawing out bacteria from the intestinal tract of almost 4000 combined participants from across the Netherlands and Belgium, leading to evidence that lifestyle habits and diet significantly affect bacterial development and growth, thus, have its profound impact on health.

Stool samples were gathered from the participants through a uniform process of home-sampling and freezing which were then analyzed in order to determine how intestinal microbes interact with human health and general behaviour.

Although the researchers pointed out that up until this point they are still unable to provide a specific definition of a healthy microbiome, however, the studies indeed confirmed the hypothesis that the presence of a diverse microbiome population is somewhat correlated with improved health.

One of the findings also showed that there is a link, albeit small, of a less diverse microbiome population and a high body mass index (BMI), which measures if a person is overweight or not.

Also, the study found a positive link of a diverse microbiome and a diet high in vegetables and fruits.

Some medical experts, however, believe that additional tests needs to be conducted to validate these findings, as they pointed out that the results of these studies just scratched the surface of studies into the microbiome.

They pointed out that it still was not able to determine the link between microbiome density among persons and there is still no definite value that could serve as baseline data to support the findings.

In the United States, more than two thirds of adults are considered overweight, while 35.7 percent are categorized as obese, which means that a total of 3 in every 4 men are on the level of obese and overweight.

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