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Energy balance

Gut microbiota composition influences obesity and diabetes risk through mechanisms including energy harvesting, regulation of fat storage, and induction of metabolic endotoxemia.

Maintaining a diverse gut microbiome through diet may help regulate energy extraction and satiety hormones. While not a substitute for healthy eating, a healthy microbiome may support metabolic health and reduce inflammation associated with obesity.

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In addition to their role in energy harvesting in the gut, micro biota may also affect obesity and diabetes risk via several other mechanisms including regulation of fat storage... metabolic endotoxemia-induced inflammation... and levels of satiety factors.
Suzanne M. Snedeker et al. · Environmental Health Perspectives · 2011

Why this rating

Supported by multiple animal studies (germ-free, ob/ob mice) and human observational studies, though human causality is still being established.

Source

Do Interactions Between Gut Ecology and Environmental Chemicals Contribute to Obesity and Diabetes?

Suzanne M. Snedeker et al. · Environmental Health Perspectives · 2011

DOI 10.1289/ehp.1104204

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