Research shows that bacteria manipulates human body,encouraging it to consumefood it thrives on

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new study has found microscopic bacteria living in a person's gut could govern dietary choices and eating behaviour.

The team of scientists at University College San Francisco, Arizone State University and the University of New Mexico, found gut bacteria could be responsible for certain cravings.


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Doctor Carlo Maley, a corresponding author on the study, said: 'Bacteria within the gut are manipulative.

'There is a diversity of interests represented in the microbiome, some aligned with our own dietary goals, and others not.'


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1. Mine must like beer, red wine and hot italian sausage

[snagglepuss]

2. Mine are awfully fond of ju jubes and jelly beans.

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8. i like ju jubes but i can't ask for them in a movie theater for fear of being seen as anti-semitic.

[Mika]

3. Yep. Your yeast colonies are sending chemical signals to your brain causing cravings.

I've been seeing this in some of my patients.

[BrotherIvan]

7. Yes

Sugar cravings are very specific. Take care of your guts people!

[WhiteTara]

5. you left out chocolate nt

[silverweb]

4. Very interesting.

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]Not exactly surprising. I guess all we need to know now is what probiotics to take to encourage the healthiest diet.

[xfundy]

6. Certainly no corporation will manipulate this organism

to gain profits. If it hasn't happened already.

Yes, my friends know me as a nutty theorist of conspiracies, but most all of mine have been proven true.

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9. the next level of research would be, is this a bad thing?

if these manipulative bacteria are symbiotic, that is, helping us in some way, such as to aid in the digestive process or remove toxins, then shifting our diet to support them could be a good thing.

of course, if these bacteria are largely parasitic, then of course shifting our diet to support them would be bad, or at least a waste.