Greater Array of Gut Bugs Points to Metabolic Health

Post on February 14, 2013 by André Broussard, D.C.

Greater Array of Gut Bugs Points to Metabolic Health

Published: Aug 29, 2013 | Updated: Aug 30, 2013
By Kristina Fiore, Staff Writer, MedPage Today

People who have less diversity in their intestinal microbiomes tend to be heavier and have more inflammation and metabolic dysfunction than those who have a more robust portfolio of gut bacteria, researchers found.

In an analysis of data from the European consortium MetaHIT, about a quarter of Danish patients had little bacterial richness in their guts, which was associated with greater adiposity, insulin resistance, and dyslipidemia compared with those who had a greater diversity of bugs, Oluf Pedersen, MD, of the University of Copenhagen, and colleagues reported in Nature.

Full story:  http://www.medpagetoday.com/Endocrinology/Obesity/41265

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