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Microbiome Changes Drive the Dieting Yo-Yo Effect, Study Finds (smh.com.au)
wheelbarrio writes: We've known for a long time that diet-induced weight loss is rarely permanent but until now what has been a frustration for dieters has also been largely a mystery to scientists. A paper published today in the prestigious journal Nature presents good evidence that your gut microbiome may be to blame. Studying mice fed cycles of high-fat and normal diets, the authors found that the particular bacterial population that thrives in the high-fat regime persists in the gut even once the mice have returned to normal weight and normal metabolic function after a dieting cycle. This leaves them more susceptible to weight gain than control mice who were never overweight, when both populations are exposed to a cycle of high-fat diet. The details are fascinating, including the suggestion that dietary flavonoid supplementation might mitigate the effect. My guess is that this may end up being one of the most cited papers of the year, if not the decade.
"Some people have a more powerful drive to eat than others."
Another pathetic excuse for people with no willpower or self control. Also FYI breathing is an autonomous bodily function, eating is not so hardly a like for like comparison, but nice try. Now run, sorry, waddle along lardbutt, theres a nice double cheese waiting for you at the counter...
"It is apparent you are one of those people desperately clinging to whatever group you can freely look down upon in order to bolster a fragile self image""
Am I? Well you tell yourself whatever makes you feel justified in your gluttony. "Its not my fault whine whine, I can't help it whine whine, the food just jumps into my mouth!". Yeah, just like a cigarette jumps into a smokers mouth and lights itself or a bottle of whisky pours itself into a glass in front of the alcy, not their fault honest!
"The last thing you can afford is to let science get in your way."
Oh please. The science simply says the biota might make you more hungry, they bacteria don't go and order the food for you FFS or make you eat it. Do you understand what "self control" even means?
"BTW, I eat one meal a day and I can probably blow you away in the 50."
One meal of about 6 courses probably. And in the 50m? Who knows. I've spent 20 years weight lifting, I could probably bench press your fat corpse a dozen times without even breaking a sweat. So what. And I've seen plenty of fat bastards turn up to the gym for a few weeks then give up, "cos its too hard". Awww, boo hoo.