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Neat News 2017-85 (added 2017-03-26)

New Light on Yo-yo Effect

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Overweight people who lose weight easily regain it, since they burn fewer calories than people who never were overweight. According to experiments with mice, this may be due to the bacteria in the gut and to some flavonoids in the gut. If the findings transfer to humans then this opens two attempts to prevent the yo-yo effect: transfer bacteria and eat food with certain flavonoids such as grapefruit and kumquats.

News seen at: Scientific American - Health

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