If, on the
other hand, the macronutrient composition affects fat accumulation, then these
subjects should lose both
weight and fat on the carbohydrate - restricted regime and their energy expenditure should increase, supporting the idea that a calorie of carbohydrate is more fattening
than one from protein or fat, presumably because of the effect on insulin.
The findings, they say, gave then a baseline for how a healthy dog microbiome should behave, and suggested dogs may be better
subjects for research into human
weight loss
than other species that have been used for that purpose.