Inflammation

Your Gut Bacteria Are Making You Fat (And How to Fix Them)

You're not fighting weight gain alone—trillions of gut bacteria control how many calories you extract, how much fat you store, and how inflamed you get. New research shows obese individuals have different gut bacteria than lean people, with higher Firmicutes/Bacteroidetes ratios extracting more energy from food. But you can fix this: clinical trials show high-fiber diets plus probiotics produce 12% weight loss in 90 days by restoring beneficial bacteria like Akkermansia muciniphila.