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crash's avatar

Wow, I was surprised to have learned so much from this. Really makes me think about every time I give in to a craving and eat things on the naughty list, it feeds and enables the microbes that consume those naughty foods, they proliferate, and they urge me to eat more! Who's in control of my appetite signals, here?!

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United We Eat's avatar

Thanks for the reply, there's a lot of fascinating new research on the microbiome about how important a role it plays in our everyday health. Here's a new study that shows how our microbiome interacts with carbs and insulin resistance.

An important reminder that You are what you eat - and Everything is connected!

Gut microbial carbohydrate metabolism contributes to insulin resistance

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06466-x

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