David Sinclair· PhD
Fecal microbiota transplants don't sound pleasant but a 4 year study shows long-term retention of lean person microbes in obese subjects
The evidence is convergent. Multiple independent sources reach the same conclusion, the underlying mechanism is well-characterized, and even the field's most cautious voices treat it as worth doing.
Fecal microbiota transplants don't sound pleasant but a 4 year study shows long-term retention of lean person microbes in obese subjects
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so the hypothesis here has to be pretty clear that the uh gut bacteria of the obese individual is playing a causal role in their obesity
Woman does fecal transplant from obese donor, rapidly gains weight.