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Woman Becomes Obese After Fecal Transplant
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While they may sound totally disgusting, fecal transplants are emerging as a promising treatment for a variety of gastrointestinal diseases, in particular infection with the bacteria Clostridium difficile. They don’t quite involve directly inserting the feces of one person into another, but rather the donor stool is rinsed and strained and then introduced into the recipient, either through an enema or endoscopy, or orally in pill form. The idea is to replace healthy bacteria in the gut after the normal balance is disturbed, for example by antibiotics.
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At the time, the woman was a healthy 136 pounds with a normal BMI of 26. Sixteen months later, however, the woman reported unintentional weight gain of 34 pounds and met the criteria for obesity. Two and a half years after the transplant, the woman weighed 177 pounds with a BMI of 34.5, despite a medically supervised liquid protein diet and exercise program.
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“We’re questioning whether there was something in the fecal transplant, whether some of those ‘good’ bacteria we transferred may have an impact on her metabolism in a negative way,” case report author Colleen Kelly said in a statement.
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Just wanted to stress the point that weight does not always have to mean the person isn't on a right diet or is lazy or whatever reason ATRL loves to come up with. And if you don't agree with this article (who doesn't agree with scientific fact on this anti religious site though?) read the whole thing before commenting. Kthnx
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but won't swallow this pill?
