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My experience describing how I lost weight with probiotics, and the theories behind it.

"Normal" gut bacteria appear to metabolise fat, and extract calories from food, in a “historically correct” fashion, with the result that the vast majority of people with normal gut bacteria would be a healthy weight without having to diet or engage in any real food intake control.

Historically, weight gain and obesity have only been a problem for a small minority of people. Since antibiotics - and possibly the contraceptive pill - started being widely used, being overweight has become a problem for the vast majority of most populations. Antibiotics, and potentially the contraceptive pill, both result in damaged gut flora. Abnormal gut bacteria process fats and extract calories from food in an inappropriate way, that makes slow but eventual obesity more-or-less just a matter of time. Unless of course these people work hard to restrict their food intake.

Or unless they correct their gut flora to that which the human race has grown-up with, probably since life on earth began. Which is where some probiotic bacteria, mainly it seems Lactobacillus types, come in.

All of the theories and potential techniques around the use of probiotics - and prebiotcis - in weight-loss are still essentially experimental and unproven. And you should read everything I post with that in mind. However...:

UPDATE: The probiotic Bio-Kult I now believe is a more effective weight-loss aid than the Multibionta refered to in this document. I have another document that details how to make probiotic tablets/capsules/drinks into "yogurt" that outlines my latest theory behind weight-reduction using probiotic gut bacteria:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/10910324/

I have experimented with quite a few different probiotic bacteria for weight-loss effects, and have found that there are some that actually result in weight-gain: Streptococcus Thermophilus is the most common - it is found in many shop-bought yogurts.

If you also want to use a natural appetite suppressant, Vinegar does just that. You can mix a teaspoon or two of particularly Apple Cider Vinegar into mayonnaise, gravy, sauces, soup - lots of things - without tasting it. Just don't try drinking it - it's foul!

If you make your own yoghurt, you can also slip some into cooler drinks, sauces, soups, etc, so you don't notice it is there.

No-one should eat the same thing every day just because it is healthy - you quickly get sick of it - so hiding it in other food and drink is cool.



Related documents: (Scribd puts random spaces in text, btw...)

Technique: How to Flatten Your Tummy and End Food Cravings EFFORTLESSLY By Kelley Eidem

Technique: Probiotics and weight loss by Ana Luque

Me: Dieting with Microbes: probiotics for weight loss - my experience