Good news, everyone.. It's a suppository.
Posted on 01/16/2016 8:09:13 PM PST by UnwashedPeasant
SCIENTISTS are set to test freeze-dried pills containing the faecal matter of healthy and lean donors in a bid to tackle the obesity crisis.
Twenty obese volunteers will be taking part in the research and each will be receiving capsules that include several grams of stool from slim donors.
The pills will be taken every week for six weeks without making any changes to their normal diet and exercise habits while researchers track any changes.
These health and weight recordings will be taken at three, six and 12 months, with the potential to continue further depending on the success of the trial.
Elaine Yu, a professor and clinical researcher at Massachusetts General Hospital is leading the unusual trial.
While speaking to technology website Ars Technica that she and colleagues are "cautiously optimistic" but admits "We have no idea what the result will be".
The faeces filled capsules are designed to replace a person's intestinal microbes with those from the healthy donor.
The method has been tested in a number of animal studies and some anecdotal data in humans and has proved effective.
Previously, researchers took the gut microbes from a set of twins, one slim, one obese, and transplanted them into two sets of microbe-free mice.
The mice were on the same diet but those who got the obese twin's microbes became plumper, while the mice who received the lean twin's microbes remained slim.
My dogs have been eating rabbit pellets for years and they are all plump.
Obama has been feeding us this for 7 years.
Does anyone even suggest fewer calories and more exercise anymore?
What dafuq?
eat sh*t and die young - anti-poo league
It works by making you lose your appetite just by reading about it.
This is so disgusting. I can’t even.
You first.
There is that theory, or just marketing hype, that little of the "regular" yogurt culture survives through the stomach acid.
Perhaps the researchers use a more durable capsule to get the bacteria to where they want, rather than your somewhat questionable "method".
I thought eating crap is what got you fat in the first place.
LOL! This is how “researchers” spend our tax money.
Liberals will pay to eat shit but the think that genetically modified wheat will give them cancer......you can’t dream this stuff up!
Libs are from some inbred strain of the human species gone awry.
Eat lean poop. It does a body good.
DANG!
Hitler did something like this.
His Dr. Morel prescribed “Mutaflor, whose active ingredient was live bacteria cultured from the fecal matter of “a Bulgarian peasant of the most vigorous stock.â€
“That was the theory, and while it sounded pretty good, in truth it was literally a load of crap, and good German doctors knew it. Not so Dr. Morell -and because he had a financial interest in the company that made Metaflor, he prescribed the pills to virtually all his patients, whether they suffered from digestive complaints of not.”
http://www.neatorama.com/2014/03/24/Der-Fartenfhrer-The-Story-of-Hitlers-Health/
Freshens their breath, too!
More Poo Poo Platter, please!
The problem is people who eat low fiber diets for extended periods of time starve the micro flora in the gut, which often does not return even after diet is fixed.
In the animal studies, not only did this get confirmed, but it was passed on to offspring. Offspring who ate poorly ended up with an even less diverse gut flora.
All of which leads to bloating, inflammation, and associated problems.
It’s not really that, the name is really unfortunate. It’s colonization of the stomach with probiotic bacteria. No different than if you went on a strong antibiotic which killed off your gut flora.
Problem is, the study of the bacteria that live symbiotically in our intestines is relatively new, so they can’t isolate the individual types and put them in pills like say, Acidophilus.
Sounds like a new way to kill off the fatties to me.
lol That’s nasty...
Freeze dried? Heck, in San Fagsicko, they get them warm and fresh daily.
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