From my research, obesity is caused by overuse of antibiotics in children, especially within about the first 7 months of life.
It kills off gut bacteria of the mother, and since the child's immune system is never given a chance to figure out what bacteria is good and what bacteria is bad, it treats all future bacteria as bad.
That leads to further nutrient deficiency and they have unstoppable cravings because of it. The food industry likewise provides high calorie foods and sugary foods with watered down nutrients. Eventually, they are conditioned by these circumstances to associate the rewarded dopamine for eating nutrients their body needs (but because of antibiotics they cannot metabolize) with the dopamine hit from sugary foods.
Oddly enough, immunosuppressants could help obese people if you treat it in childhood, before middle school, and then give them frequent fecal transplants from people with healthy digestive flora. I'd wager it would be effective, but I don't have any direct sources on this point.
Some cases require antibiotics for babies, sure, but not addressing the vacuum it leaves behind in the digestive system should also be of paramount importance.
It is essential for people who lack certain gut flora.
The flora/bacteria cannot come back because it is in competition with too many other bacteria, most of the time of which are often infectious, and considered "bad."
In reality, they are only bad if they lack competition and are allowed to take over.
There's some doublespeak on this page, but for the most part it is right.
The procedure is wildly underutilized, however. If anything, it proves that frequent contact with one another's germs is ideal for diverse gut flora. They don't like that, expressly because it encourages wholesome activities and discarding fear of one another.
Oh I'm not doubting it's real after seeing your comment above. That's what south park does. They poke all the bears. Even us. So when I saw this episode I just thought it was an over the top poop joke based on nothing. Pretty neat.
From my research, obesity is caused by overuse of antibiotics in children, especially within about the first 7 months of life.
It kills off gut bacteria of the mother, and since the child's immune system is never given a chance to figure out what bacteria is good and what bacteria is bad, it treats all future bacteria as bad.
That leads to further nutrient deficiency and they have unstoppable cravings because of it. The food industry likewise provides high calorie foods and sugary foods with watered down nutrients. Eventually, they are conditioned by these circumstances to associate the rewarded dopamine for eating nutrients their body needs (but because of antibiotics they cannot metabolize) with the dopamine hit from sugary foods.
Oddly enough, immunosuppressants could help obese people if you treat it in childhood, before middle school, and then give them frequent fecal transplants from people with healthy digestive flora. I'd wager it would be effective, but I don't have any direct sources on this point.
Some cases require antibiotics for babies, sure, but not addressing the vacuum it leaves behind in the digestive system should also be of paramount importance.
Oh so that's why south park joked about fecal transplants. Thought that one came out of left field.
No, it's a real thing.
It is essential for people who lack certain gut flora.
The flora/bacteria cannot come back because it is in competition with too many other bacteria, most of the time of which are often infectious, and considered "bad."
In reality, they are only bad if they lack competition and are allowed to take over.
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/gastroenterology_hepatology/clinical_services/advanced_endoscopy/fecal_transplantation.html
There's some doublespeak on this page, but for the most part it is right.
The procedure is wildly underutilized, however. If anything, it proves that frequent contact with one another's germs is ideal for diverse gut flora. They don't like that, expressly because it encourages wholesome activities and discarding fear of one another.
Oh I'm not doubting it's real after seeing your comment above. That's what south park does. They poke all the bears. Even us. So when I saw this episode I just thought it was an over the top poop joke based on nothing. Pretty neat.