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Gut Bacteria Cause Overeating in Mice

Bacterial cells actually outnumber human cells in the body: From an outside perspective, people are not so much individual organisms as symbiotic human-bacteria collectives.
Disturbances to internal bacteria have been linked to asthma, cancer and many autoimmune diseases. Gut flora have also been linked to obesity. In 2006, researchers led by Washington University microbiologist Jeffrey Gordon [...]

To address obesity, the First Lady will need to cast a wide net

You, too, could perform this experiment on yourself—go to the supermarket and buy Atlantic salmon. Then eat it. Congratulations! You just exposed yourself to Persistant Organic Pollutants! Now, you can argue that people don’t eat just crude fish oil for months at a time—but POPs bioaccumulate in all sorts of foods. And it’s very interesting [...]

Michael Pollan: Sustainable Food

Author and activist Michael Pollan is a passionate advocate for sustainable food. In this compelling talk, he explores how our industrial food system keeps us overly dependent on fossil fuels, destroys our environment, and makes us sick. Breaking this cycle requires changing our relationship to food – and eating more meals together.