Is a Slim Physique Contagious?

ScienceNOW ^ | 2013-09-05 | Beth Skwarecki

[neverdem]

Ping

[TurboZamboni]

don’t hang out with fat rodents.

[EEGator]

So I should eat skinny people’s poop?

[Red Badger]

Is Slim Whitman contagious?..............

[lurk]

Or we could eat veggies and go for a walk for a lot less money.

[jdege]

mouse-pellet form of an unhealthy human diet, high in fat and low in fiber

Their assumption that high-fat, low-fiber diets are unhealthy in humans is contradicted by numerous studies - and supported by numerous others.

That some people do well and others do not on a low-fat diet and some do well and others do not on a low-carb diet is well-established, but the whys and wherefores are not.

Could it be that the strain of bacteria they claim promotes health and leanness that only thrive on a low-fat diet only does so on a low-fat diet, and that there is a different strain of bacteria that promotes health and leanness that only thrives on a low-carb diet?

And maybe the reason we see the differences in how people respond to different diets is partly a matter of which strains of bacteria are established in their gut?

[AtlasStalled]

Of course, parasites — i.e., a tapeworm — can make one skinny.

Are the probiotics I hear about considered the same thing as the “good bacteria” which can help one slim down?

[AtlasStalled]

I would recommend against that.

[AtlasStalled]

I finished the article which answered my question: “A weight-loss probiotic isn’t a simple next step, as the researchers found”

[DustyMoment]

What makes some people slender and others full-figured?

Silly question. The amount of food (particularly fat-filled garbage) versus the amount of exercise (and, playing video games doesn't count!).

Today, I'm gratefull that my mom used to make me turn off the electronic babysitter (TV) and go outside and play. I consider it the main reason that I'm not a blubberball, but just slightly overweight for my age (or, perhaps, I'm a little under tall - depends on your perspective!).

[Paladin2]

Fat peeps need to get a poop transplant from skinny peeps?

[RegulatorCountry]

There has been some success in treating severe cases of C. Diff (Clostridium Difficile) with fecal transplant from healthy family members. So, as disgusting as it sounds, you're close, just at the wrong end of things. In through the out door, more or less.

[toast]

If you have to eat somebody’s poop to catch something, I don’t know if that classifies as contagious.

[max americana]

Same here. My dad would kick us out of the house if he found us just slacking off. Or he would drag us to a gym for sports etc. Second, I work in Hollywood so it’s not good to look like a slob.

[Age of Reason]

Of course, parasites — i.e., a tapeworm — can make one skinny.

I seem to remember that the eggs of some intestinal worm were in fact marketed in a weight loss pill a hundred or so years ago.

[gleeaikin]

You don’t have to eat poop to get the microbes. After all, producers do fine getting the probiotic organisms into our yogurt products. Will they develop a product to introduce the “skinny” microbes??

[cicero2k]

Eating poop is good for you. Who knew?

[GreenHornet]

I subscribe to the Rodney Dangerfield theory: “If you want to look thinner, hang out with people who are fatter than you are.”

[gaijin]

Just do a bunch of warm coffee enemas —gross, huh? It was discovered by the Germans in WW1, and was in the Merk catalogue until about 1972.

Also drink dilute shakes of bentonite clay and psyllium husk powder, 1 tbsp of the clay and 1 tbsp of the husk in a very tall glass of water.

Do that 2x daily for 3 months and you’re good.

Also do probiotics a lot —keifir, saurkraut, kim-chee.

Cheap, simple, effective.

You can get the clay (it’s a powder) super cheap at herbco.com in the clay section.