Saul Posted December 9, 2017 Report Share Posted December 9, 2017 An interesting article in University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Health News It alleges to show that mice (and people) on the same diet, that exercise, have improvements in their gut microbiota, over sedentary mice (and people). Interestingly, the improvement that comes from exercise is much more pronounced in lean, vs obese, subjects. https://www.mdlinx.com/gastroenterology/top-medical-news/article/2017/12/06/7496068/?utm_source=in-house&utm_medium=message&utm_campaign=epick-gastro-dec07 Note: The article was brought to my attention by my wife, who is a Nurse Practitioner specialized in gastroenterology. (Unlike most of her colleagues, she tries to get her patients to improve their diet, with more fruits and vegetables. -- Saul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccoy Posted December 9, 2017 Report Share Posted December 9, 2017 Very interesting Saul, I do wonder about the underlying mechanism though. What may be the cause of this previously unknown improvement deriving from exercise? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul Posted December 9, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2017 Hi McCoy! The article doesn't mention any numbers -- how many mice; how many people; how long the studies lasted; etc. It might be possible to get more information. -- Saul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul Posted December 9, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2017 Well, I guess the article does mention the number of people in the human study -- it was a small study. -- Saul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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