According to a study carried out by British scientist, professor of genetic epidemiology at King's College London, Tim Spector, regular meals in fast food restaurants can kill all the bacteria in the human intestine that are responsible for metabolic processes. As a result, a person first recovers quickly, and then begins to suffer from obesity.
A whole book devoted to digestion and various microorganisms in our stomach, entitled "Myths of Diet" was published last week, writes The Sunday Times. Its author, Professor Tim Spector, has been researching the effects of junk food - burgers, fries, nuggets and chips - on the intestinal microflora for a long time.
One of his latest studies has shown that fast food simply kills the microorganisms in the intestines that help to digest food faster, assimilate useful enzymes and get rid of "garbage" as soon as possible.
As a test subject for the experiment, the geneticist chose his son, whom he fed in one of the fast food restaurants with burgers, chicken nuggets and cola for 10 days.
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“Before the start of my father's experiment - a fast food diet - there were about 3,500 species of bacteria in my intestines,” says the scientist's son Tom Spector, a student of the Faculty of Genetics, who gained 2 kilograms in 10 days. “During the diet, I lost about 1.3 thousand species of bacteria.”
“Microbes have a bad reputation, but in fact, only a few of the millions of species can cause harm, while most of them are extremely important to our health. Microbes are not only responsible for our digestion, they help us control the calories we consume and provide us with vital enzymes and vitamins,”the scientist said.
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Spector's research only confirmed the theory that he put forward a little earlier - the general health of a person depends on the balance of bacteria in the intestine. An imbalance leads to all sorts of diseases, including diabetes, obesity, heart disease, and senile dementia.
To some extent, the balance of microorganisms is a question of heredity, but in the overwhelming majority of cases, the problem of excess weight lies in the wrong lifestyle, junk food and inactivity.