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Gut Bacteria In Slim People Extract More Nutrients

Posted by Soulskill on from the starve-them-into-doing-what-you-want dept.

Beeftopia writes "Researchers discovered that inserting gut bacteria from obese people into mice without gut bacteria led to the mice becoming obese. Gut bacteria from slim people inserted into the same mice did not lead to mouse obesity. The researchers concluded (abstract) that gut bacteria from the slim people were more efficient at extracting nutrients from food than those of the obese."

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  1. Ayn Randius Greedatoria by Tablizer · · Score: 5, Funny

    So I'm chubby because I have socialist bacteria in me? I'm gonna hafta swallow a little Fox News TV for the buggers.

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  2. My new motto by Subacultcha · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm not fat. I'm just more efficient at extracting nutrients than you.

  3. Re:Hand Sanitizer by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm thinking increasing usage of Hand sanitizer is killing our gut bacteria

    So you're the reason the bottle says "for external use only" on it...

  4. Re:FIAF. by niftymitch · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well the conclusion for non scientists is obvious. There's going to be a market to extract Julia Roberts' gut bacteria and reinject them into a bunch of fat one percenters for millions of dollars a pop.

    Units are incorrect:
          millions of dollars a poop.

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