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Monday, May 26, 2008
Bacteria the secret to weight loss?
I was a little dubious when I saw the top spot for eBooks was being rapidly overtaken by a program called Top Secret Fat Loss Secret by a Dr. Suzanne Gudakunst. Her premise still sounds a little too much like a "magic bullet" to me ... the fact that your weight has nothing to do with exercise or even nutrition, but everything to do with the bacteria in your gut ... and that her program will teach you how to address it and lose weight. I've been waiting to hear from someone who has actually invested in the program to receive their feedback and thoughts, but I may just let curiosity get the best of me and purchase it to see what it's all about (she offers the same guarantee all products on ClickBank have, so I know if it's a dud I can ask for a refund).
What is interesting, however, is that after reading her site and sort of laughing off the notion that bacteria would impact weight loss, I stumbled across an article that seems to support the theory! It turns out that Probitic Bacteria May Help with Weight Loss. The interesting part: We know that the type of bacteria that we have in our intestine does determine how many calories you actually take in. So you could easily imagine that if you changed the composition of that bacteria, you'll change how many calories you absorb," says lead author Dr. John Morton, an associate professor and director of bariatric surgery at Stanford University.
Now that's bacteria, er, food for thought!
In other news, it continues to baffle me just how long it takes for certain concepts to take hold and become mainstream. I wrote extensively about the possible dangers of coffee (and why I decided to cut back myself) in Coffee and Caffeine. I mentioned Dr. John Berardi in the article, and about five years ago I attended one of his seminars. He was speaking about the effects of caffeine on glucose metabolism and insulin resistance even then, now it seems to finally be entering the mainstream. There is now a study that gives us a sort of catch-22: apparently prolonged consumption of caffeine can decrease risk of type 2 diabetes, BUT short term consumption may actually INCREASE the insulin response of a meal, making it more dangerous for people who are already insulin resistant and/or have diabetes. Read the rest here.
So it's time to relax for the rest of today. I just finished my workout ... I've gone from 15 ... to 12 ... to 10-rep sets, so the weights are starting to get heavier and I'm starting to enjoy a bigger pump. The ladies have gone shopping but when they return I'll be fixing us french toast (whole wheat bread, free range eggs, and 100% all natural mape syrup). Delicious!
Have a blessed Memorial Day,
posted by Jeremy Likness | 10:49 AM
2 Comments:
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Jo said...
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This is interesting. I have never heard of this.
- 1:57 PM
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Gary said...
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I got the impression Dr. Suzanne Gudakunst's book used herbal "cleansing" treatments rather than probiotics...
As for probiotics and weight loss, I stumbled into this in 2006, and over about 18 months lost all my fat. I had and have no idea if it will work for anyone else, but I recently published a document about the theory on the public document site scribd.
If anyone is interested, the link is:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/2563265/The-Experimental-Weight-Loss-Diet
Unlike Dr Gudakunst, I am not trying to sell any "secret", and have not even received any "death threats" for revealing it, as yet... - 6:56 PM
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