The Secret to Weight Loss Might Be Poop Transplants From Skinny People

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http://gizmodo.com/the-secret-to-weight-loss-might-be-poop-transplants-fro-1265888152/1269579562

As unlikely as it might seem, fecal transplants are actually turning out to be the stuff
dreams are made of. And apparently, this magical poop procedure still has plenty to
give. After some successful rounds of experimenting, scientists now believe that the
answer to the rampant obesity problem could very well be lying in thin people's feces.

The study, which comes from a team of scientists at Washington University School of
Medicine, builds upon an already sizable body of work that indicates microbes play a
big role in managing your body's weight. In the test, four sets of twins—one obese, the
other not—gave the doctors feces samples just teeming with all the lovely, intestine-
dwelling microbes you could hope for. The scientists then transplanted the samples into
mice bred to have no gut microbes of their own and found that the samples of thin
lady poop made the mice maintain a healthy weight, while the obese twins' defecatory
goodies made the mice gain weight.

After performing further tests, the researchers were able to pinpoint one particular
type of feces-dwelling bug that was far more abundant in the slim women—a microbe
called Bacteroides. That's what was helping the thin mice stay thin.
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this idea like tcm in the past  use certain animal feces in medecine to increas mikroba in human guts.

[Shasika]

http://gizmodo.com/the-secret-to-weight-loss-might-be-poop-transplants-fro-1265888152/1269579562

As unlikely as it might seem, fecal transplants are actually turning out to be the stuff
dreams are made of. And apparently, this magical poop procedure still has plenty to
give. After some successful rounds of experimenting, scientists now believe that the
answer to the rampant obesity problem could very well be lying in thin people's feces.

The study, which comes from a team of scientists at Washington University School of
Medicine, builds upon an already sizable body of work that indicates microbes play a
big role in managing your body's weight. In the test, four sets of twins—one obese, the
other not—gave the doctors feces samples just teeming with all the lovely, intestine-
dwelling microbes you could hope for. The scientists then transplanted the samples into
mice bred to have no gut microbes of their own and found that the samples of thin
lady poop made the mice maintain a healthy weight, while the obese twins' defecatory
goodies made the mice gain weight.

After performing further tests, the researchers were able to pinpoint one particular
type of feces-dwelling bug that was far more abundant in the slim women—a microbe
called Bacteroides. That's what was helping the thin mice stay thin.
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this idea like tcm in the past  use certain animal feces in medecine to increas mikroba in human guts.

Is it ? wow...amazing...!

[kullatiro]

Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) also known as a stool transplant[1] is the process of transplantation of fecal bacteria from a healthy individual into a recipient[2] as a treatment for patients suffering from Clostridium difficile infection (CDI), which produces effects ranging from diarrhea to pseudomembranous colitis. Beginning in 2000, hypervirulent strains of C. Diff. have emerged, which seem to be linked to antibiotics that are commonly used in empiric treatments.[3] Previous terms for the procedure include fecal bacteriotherapy, fecal transfusion, fecal transplant, stool transplant, fecal enema and human probiotic infusion (HPI). FMT involves restoration of the colonic flora by introducing healthy bacterial flora through infusion of stool, e.g. by enema, obtained from a healthy human donor.

Infusion of feces from healthy donors was demonstrated in a randomized, controlled trial to be highly effective in treating recurrent C. difficile, and more effective than vancomycin alone.[4][5] It can also be used to treat other conditions, including colitis,[6] constipation,[6] irritable bowel syndrome,[6] and some neurological conditions.[7][8]

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A randomised study published in the New England Medical Journal in January 2013 reported a 94% cure rate of pseudomembranous colitis caused by Clostridium difficile, by administering fecal microbiota transplant compared to just 31% with vancomycin. The study was stopped prematurely as it was considered unethical not to offer the FMT to all participants of the study due to the outstanding results.[4][27]

As of May 2008, studies have also shown that FMT can have a positive effect on neurological diseases such as Parkinson's disease.[8] While Dr. TJ Borody was experimenting with patients that were afflicted by both CDI and Parkinson's disease, he realized that after fecal therapy the symptoms of Parkinson's in his patients began to decrease; some to the point that the Parkinson's could not be detected by other neurologists. The hypothesis for future studies is that the fluctuation in the body's microbiome done by FMT can also be recreated by adding anti-Clostridium difficile antibodies to the patient's body and this technique shall be used in Dr. Borody's future case studies involving Parkinson's disease.[15]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fecal_transplant
 

wah bisa bikin kurus, bisa mengatasi CDI juga parkinson