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Friday, September 24, 2010

GUT BACTERIA

A gut bacteria increases body fat in mice

Mice with a certain gut bacteria are more effective at releasing calories from food which increases body fat.

Transferring this bacteria to other mice increased body fat in those mice as well. Read the entire article | Email this article

Posted by Larry Hobbs on Fri, Sep 24, 2010 6:46 am | [0] comments

Thursday, August 30, 2007

OBESITY VIRUSES

7 virus have been linked to obesity

"Seven viruses and a scrapie agent have been implicated in obesity," notes to a new paper. A scrapie agent is a "fatal, degenerative disease that affects the nervous systems of sheep and goats" according to Wikipedia. Read the entire article | Email this article

Posted by Larry Hobbs on Thu, Aug 30, 2007 6:17 am | [0] comments

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