This includes decreasing the abundance or activity of certain microbes that promote fat absorption, or increasing the abundance of microbes that may inhibit fat uptake. (sciencedaily.com)
They report in the 2 November Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that Bacteroides bacteria inhibit an enzyme that normally reduces fat uptake and storage. (sciencemag.org)
New research finds that microbes living in the rodent gut control an enzyme that regulates fat uptake and storage. (sciencemag.org)