A recent study that was reported by Science Translational Medicine on November 11, 2009, finds that bacteria found in the intestines may be a cause of weight gain. The study was conducted on genetically altered mice lacking their own microorganisms. …
Read Original Story: Study finds bacteria a cause for fat – Examiner.com

The bacteria in your digestive system doesn’t take kindly to a sugary Western diet, according to new research – and it may respond by making you fat. There are billions of microorganisms in the human gut, and according to a recent …
Read Original Story: Is your gut bacteria making you fat? Common microorganisms may contribute to … – New York Daily News

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 11 (HealthDay News) – Eating a Westernized diet with lots of sugar and carbohydrates caused almost instantaneous changes in the gut flora of mice– changes that caused the mice to become obese, researchers have found …
Read Original Story: Gut Bacteria Might Be Making People Fat – U.S. News & World Report

If you have ever fought the battle of the bulge, then you are all too familiar with its key players: diet, exercise and your genes. The less you move (calories out) and the more you eat (calories in), …
Read Original Story: Another Cause of Obesity: The Bacteria in Your Gut? – TIME

by Nell Greenfieldboyce A new study suggests that a high-fat and high-sugar diet can dramatically affect the microbesliving in your gut. A new study suggests that a high-fat and high-sugar diet can dramatically affect the microbesliving in your gut. …
Read Original Story: The Gut Response To What We Eat – NPR

Nov. 11, 2009 – Switching from a low-fat, plant-based diet to one high in fat and sugar alters the collection of microbesliving in the gut in less than a day, with obesity-linked microbes suddenly thriving, according to new …
Read Original Story: Junk food binge alters community of microbes in the gut in less than a day – News from Washington University in St. Louis