Health News — Another Excuse Why People Are Fat?

Depending on how you look at this article, you could think that this is another excuse that scientists are giving us to be fat. Which is just what a lot of people would love to hear. But let’s take a look at the following article in a little bit of a different light.

Basically, there was a study done that shows that obese and really overweight people have more of a certain family of bacteria that are apparently keeping them over weight. Does this mean that a person is overweight solely because of ‘bacteria’? I think not! Let’s look at it this way: the body is an amazing thing. It will adapt to what you give it. For example, you stress a muscle enough, the body will adapt and make it grow. If a person continues to over eat, the body will find a way to make better use of that food. So, if a person continually eats a really high calorie diet, wouldn’t it make sense that the body would then adapt the body itself to be able to somehow process what it is being given? If anything, this type of study could explain why it is even harder for people that are extremely overweight to get back to ‘normal’ levels. So please, don’t use bacteria as an excuse for excessive weight. If anything, look at it as just another thing you’re going to have to change within your body if you really want to reach your goals.

One very beneficial thing that could come from this study is that hopefully scientists will be able to come up with something that can help to reduce the adaptive bacteria to help people be able to get back to a healthy weight with less frustration.

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  1. December 23rd, 2006 | 4:10 am

    I as well, completely agree with what you have said. It is a shame that when you let yourself go, your problems tend to compound themselves. Your perception of food, your physique, your intestinal bacteria, your self-esteem, your whole world starts to change when you slide down this slippery path. Then when you make an effort to simply change your body fat, this seemingly small hill becomes a mountain with all the psychological and now bacterial challenges that you now have to reverse.

  2. annakat
    August 24th, 2008 | 6:54 am

    I agree with you. At one time in my life I weighed over 350 pounds and am a 5′1 female. I over ate is why I was so fat. After gaining the weight it did not take as much food to maintain the weight, but it was hard to get off. I had gastric by-pass surgery which worked for me.

  3. September 17th, 2008 | 2:52 pm

    I understand how you feel. I went to a biaractic clinic and they had me to take diet pills to help me lose weight. The pills worked but as soon as I quit taking them I put the weight back on and added more to them. I tried several more times and the same thing happened.

  4. September 19th, 2008 | 11:18 pm

    Your point is reasonable. Fat problem is mainly caused by the
    diet you adopt. Besides, the way you deal with your food.
    Chinese people have healthy teeth and they seldom have fat
    problem.Because they don’t carb-heavy food and eat vegetabl
    as often as possible.

  5. October 26th, 2008 | 11:30 pm

    We all need to stop making excuses as to we we are all fat and overweight. Do something about it! Today!

  6. November 9th, 2008 | 9:33 pm

    I can’t believe that the human has bacteria in the body that cause a person to be overweight. I live to watch the shows on Discovery Health and TLC about obesity. I notice that some of the people on these shows make excuses about their weight gain. I feel that people should take responsibility and find the root of the over eating.

  7. December 4th, 2008 | 11:14 pm

    I think the unhealthy diet that led the person to be fat in the first place causes their GI baceteria to become out of balance, which makes it harder to lose the weight they have gained

  8. April 24th, 2009 | 11:12 pm

    supplement is just a mixture of different type of agricultural products and it is mixed with chemicals. olden time people were lot fit than todays generation and they always depend on good and healthy natural food not like the one that we eat today.

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  10. May 4th, 2010 | 4:27 am

    We all charge to stop authoritative excuses as to we we are all fat and overweight. Do something about it! Today

  11. August 16th, 2010 | 5:32 pm

    This is great i need to lose 80 pounds and now i don’t have to be cause i can tell people that i have a bacteria that is making me fat.

    Just kidding.

    I really need to lose weight and if there is a bacteria causing this then i will train harder and kick the bacterias butt. I will lose the weight and get in shape.

  12. ghd
    October 11th, 2010 | 1:09 am

    This post is a winner! Love the tips and everything you suggest.. Thanks

  13. March 19th, 2011 | 8:26 am

    That whole excuse about the bacteria keeping certain people fat, was one big load of scientific baloney. I understand that some people have slower metabolisms and different levels of digestive chemicals, make better or worse use of their food, etc., but enough is enough. When are some of these weak-minded freaks going to realize that all that body mass doesn’t get there by itself. Body fat doesn’t fabricate from thin air; it takes an unused portion of your daily caloric intake to accumulate this stuff. Duh! Exercise doesn’t hurt, either…which is another “no-brainer” as they say. Thanks for writing… Cheers! ;)

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  15. May 20th, 2011 | 6:58 pm

    We need to stop with the excuses and start working on the problem. That is the only way to good health.

  16. July 26th, 2011 | 12:08 am

    eat more, do not do the excuse

  17. July 26th, 2011 | 12:09 am

    then adapt the body itself to be able to somehow process

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