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Research suggests that gut bacteria may be affecting our eating decisions in part by acting through the vagus nerve, which connects 100 million nerve cells from the digestive tract to the base of the brain.
1 posted on 08/17/2014 1:16:18 AM PDT by zeestephen
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To: neverdem

Medical Sciences Ping.

“Do Gut Bacteria Rule Our Minds? In An Ecosystem Within Us, Microbes Evolved To Sway Food Choices”


2 posted on 08/17/2014 1:18:09 AM PDT by zeestephen
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This is terrible! We must rise up against our bacterial overlords! Err, huh? What? Ugh. What was I just saying? Time for a big mac. See ya later!


3 posted on 08/17/2014 1:22:48 AM PDT by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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How Does Bariatric Surgery Cure Type II Diabetes? The hypothesis of a pathogenic insulin analogue that interferes with the function of endogenous insulin causing insulin resistance and NIDDM
http://www.hypothesisjournal.com/?p=795#sthash.EkThaU4G.dpuf

The Bypass Cure: Type 2 diabetes can be reversed in the operating room. The implications are staggering for halting one of America’s deadliest diseases.
http://discovermagazine.com/2012/dec/29-bypass


4 posted on 08/17/2014 1:27:01 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself.)
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To: zeestephen

Been known for decades that gut bacteria invented & built cows, because they needed a warm, moist transportation system, and knew they’d never be able to power & drive cars.

The proof is that, although cows ingest it by the ton, they can not digest grass; but the bacteria do eat it, keeping the cow powered with their waste products.

This is just an extension of that.


5 posted on 08/17/2014 1:34:28 AM PDT by ApplegateRanch (Love me, love my guns!©)
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To: zeestephen

I wonder if I have “Midichlorians”? That would be pretty awesome! /s


8 posted on 08/17/2014 1:50:50 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Illegals Are Getting Flat Screet TV's....NOT TB Screenings!)
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To: zeestephen

Midichlorians are “microscopic life-forms that reside within the cells of all living things and communicate with the Force

I saw that in some documentaries.


9 posted on 08/17/2014 1:51:43 AM PDT by minnesota_bound
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Candida is allegedly a culprit in this area thriving on refined sugar consumption. And there’s a market for the supplements that allegedly help to restore the correct balance of gut bacteria. Who knows if the supplements do anything, but I imagine eliminating the refined sugars might go a long way to normalizing one’s ‘ecosystem’.


11 posted on 08/17/2014 2:18:10 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: zeestephen

My bacteria sent me a message( don’t ask how) , ‘more coconut cream pie’.
I keep them in check with Activia.


20 posted on 08/17/2014 3:57:47 AM PDT by Vinnie
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My gut bacteria have a penchant for Philly cheese steaks.


32 posted on 08/17/2014 8:01:16 AM PDT by Brother Cracker ( Mossberg 500 helps me deal with being old and cranky)
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To: zeestephen
Ah, yes the Vargus nerve, well acquainted with it.


34 posted on 08/17/2014 9:14:26 AM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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