This is cutting edge information about 30 years ago. The real research is far beyond this. Some directions:
Adjusting the intestinal flora to a “skinny” floral combination of the 30-40 primary digestive bacteria.
Reducing the enterobacter genus bacteria. Very obese people have an intestinal flora that is almost 1/3rd enterobacter genus. Enterobacter produces a toxin that promotes weight gain.
The digestive Archaea consume gases like hydrogen that inhibit digestion by bacteria. Archaea look like bacteria but are totally alien to them.
Normalizing irritated MAST cell clusters in the fat. These cell clusters release chemicals that promote fat creation, and the fatter you are, you have more than proportionally greater numbers of them.
Triggering the production of more brown fat and overall metabolic thermogenesis. White fat saves calories, brown fat burns them up for heat.
Not too long ago, a research scientist discovered that incineration-based calorimeter nutritional data is wildly incorrect, in that the digestive nutritional value of raw and cooked foods is remarkably different, to the point where people on raw food diets generally exhibit some form of malnutrition over time.
Medically supervised starvation of obese people with diabetes has been shown to significantly reverse problems with their insulin production, if not permanently.
Some allergens are associated with obesity as well.
Tell me more, tell me how. Links, probiotic product suggestions. Pretty please.
Do you have any links so I can read up on the bacteria theories? Are there any supplements that help increase the skinny bacteria?
sounds good...can you explain this for us stupid people?
>> people on raw food diets generally exhibit some form of malnutrition over time.
Possibly indicative of a veg/vegan diet where animal proteins/B12 are in short supply.
Interesting info — thanks! Where does the layman find out more about the intestinal insight you mentioned?
Is there a nice central source for all of that, with details and how-tos?