A diet rich in fish oil produces very different gut bacteria from one that’s rich in lard, according to a new study that suggests probiotics could be useful in curbing weight gain and inflammation. “We wanted to determine whether gut microbes directly contribute to the metabolic differences associated with diets rich in healthy and unhealthy fats,” says first study author Robert Caesar of the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. “Our goal is to identify interventions…
Probiotics could help protect against inflammation, obesity
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