Obesity, heart disease, and diabetes may be communicable

medicalexpress ^ | 01/17/2020

[devane617]

The authors base their hypothesis on connections between three distinct lines of evidence. First, they demonstrate that people with a wide range of conditions, from obesity and inflammatory bowel disease to type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, have altered microbiomes. Next, they show that altered microbiomes, when taken from diseased people and put into animal models, cause disease. Finally, they provide evidence that the microbiome is naturally transmissible, for example: Spouses who share a house have more similar microbiomes than twins who live separately.

[devane617]

This article is bizarre and there seems to be more to it than what is written. It may give reason a gov could eliminate or isolate people that so far ave been deemed safe with non communicable illness. Scary stuff to me.

[Georgia Girl 2]

This is the stupidest thing I have ever read. 😡

[SanchoP]

Mods! Please take this down before my wife sees it. :)

[tomkat]

             

[ProtectOurFreedom]

This is really fascinating...thanks for posting it.

I had Helicobactor Pylori (H. Pylori) in my gut for years, maybe decades. After a lot of my own research, I insisted my doc test for it a couple years ago and the results were positive. During my research, I found that it was common for multiple family members to have it. The transmission causes were (not surprisingly) “bad environmental hygienic conditions and close intra-familial relationships.”

I suppose any gut biome would transmit the same way.

[RedEyeJack]

Clickbait???

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Diabetes is definitely inherited.

[dp0622]

THAT makes sense, your situation.

Becoming a fat #...., er, I’m on the brink at FR for my language...becoming an overweight person like myself stemmed from pizzas and burgers and chicken parm heroes being communicable to my mouth.

I believe the obesity part is nonsense.

[babygene]

“Diabetes is definitely inherited.”

Type one maybe, but certainly not type 2.

[Sirius Lee]

What you want to do is steal some of Tom Brady's poo for its rich biom. Then inject it up your butt with a turkey baster so you absorb Tom's biom.

[devane617]

No, not clickbait. The source is a widely read and trusted site for medical related issues.That’s not today a political agenda may not creep in on occasion but on a normal basis it is a good site for printing the latest research.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Type two runs in my dad’s side of the family.
When I was diagnosed, my doctor asked if either of my parents had the same.

Fortunately, Metformin has kept my blood sugar in check...

[devane617]

This is not about inheritance of disease rather it is about a family member or close person catching a disease that is seen as non communicable such as an inflammatory disease—Rheumatoid arthritis , IBD, etc. The way I read it almost any abnormal situation may become a part of a family members biom.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

“communicable to your mouth” - LOL. Yes, that is definitely a path of transmission, no doubt about it.

[dfwgator]

Ban Forks!

[BipolarBob]

“I got fat just by looking at those donuts”.

[BipolarBob]

Type 2 is curable. Read DR. Jason Fungs book on it and get off the meds.

[fruser1]

“more to it”

This is just a precursor to taxing people for being fat or eating sugary stuff.

They need to set the bs “if it harms others” argument that they use to justify tobacco regulation and taxes.

[fireman15]

I am not sure that the article or the scientists and doctors it is reporting on are not on the right track. It is reminiscent of the research that eventually proved the most common cause of stomach ulcers was a bacteria and not a stressful lifestyle. Marshall and Robin Warren, the two Australian researchers who discovered the bacterium Helicobacter pylori were responsible for 90% of peptic ulcers were ridiculed for years and their findings were ignored even after their research was independently verified by multiple studies.

Your gut microbiome is incredibly complex and one of the least understood yet most important aspects of human health. There are bound to be some profound surprises found as its role in common health conditions are unraveled.

[xp38]

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