Your mention of the bacteria reminds me of an article I read... somewhere... sometime... about a doctor who decided to see if injecting slender-person bacteria into obese people would cause them to lose weight. As I recall, it did. I don't know why there was no followup.
Of course, it might also be that the gut bacteria transplant had nothing whatever to do with obesity, but with treatment of something else entirely. I wish I could remember where I read it.
The article I read was about an obese daughter donating a fecal sample to cure her slender mother's IBS and her mother started gaining weight.
There's a freshman biology course, I can't remember the university right now, that has the students study their own stool samples to see what microbiome they've got going. No word yet on findings.
Wonderful! You've distilled the science to understandable concepts as well as debunking the "can't you just" thinking that so many people subject you to. I so identify with what you are saying
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I know the struggle for endurance, and I wish you strength. For what it's worth, if you have high BP, you very likely qualify for bariatric surgery right now. (I don't know if that's something you still want to consider. You know your situation best, of course -- as I remarked elsewhere, I don't mean to be a cheerleader for surgery.)
Again, this is incredibly well-written, and full of truth and humor.
"I'm skinnier than you because my heart is pure."
I've had those thoughts myself, even though I've been chubby most of my life and have been struggling to lose the same 30 pounds over and over again since having two kids. I've told myself that hypoglycemia is one of the major culprits, and I'm sure it is. But I also know know the hamster wheel of heavy exercise just to maintain weight (even an amount of overweight).
I know that cutting out sugar from my diet makes me crave fats and salt, and that food or no food, I feel as if I'm always hungry.
I also know there are people who eat junk all day and sit on their butts, and are skinny without even trying (and a few who can't gain wait to save their lives, and hate being "knobby").
This sheds a lot of needed light on the "whys" behind all of that, and with a broader range of science than the one-or-two-point attacks I often see.
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Of course, it might also be that the gut bacteria transplant had nothing whatever to do with obesity, but with treatment of something else entirely. I wish I could remember where I read it.
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There's a freshman biology course, I can't remember the university right now, that has the students study their own stool samples to see what microbiome they've got going. No word yet on findings.
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This series is delicious...is it okay to use that word?
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"I'm skinnier than you because my heart is pure."
I've had those thoughts myself, even though I've been chubby most of my life and have been struggling to lose the same 30 pounds over and over again since having two kids. I've told myself that hypoglycemia is one of the major culprits, and I'm sure it is. But I also know know the hamster wheel of heavy exercise just to maintain weight (even an amount of overweight).
I know that cutting out sugar from my diet makes me crave fats and salt, and that food or no food, I feel as if I'm always hungry.
I also know there are people who eat junk all day and sit on their butts, and are skinny without even trying (and a few who can't gain wait to save their lives, and hate being "knobby").
This sheds a lot of needed light on the "whys" behind all of that, and with a broader range of science than the one-or-two-point attacks I often see.
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