“Friendly” bacteria added to yogurts and other foods may one day allow you to absorb less fat from your diet.
Jeremy Nicholson of Imperial College London and his collegues fed strains of “probiotic” Lactobacillus to mice whose gut microbes had been replaced by those that usually live in the human gut. These mice had different bile acids from the norm – favouring enzymes that reduce the amount of fat digested. “More fat is available for the microbes, and you then ‘poo’ the microbes out,” says Nicholson.
The changes may only reduce fat absorption by a little, but this could have an…
