2023 Author: Adelina Croftoon | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-05-24 12:05
According to the results of a study conducted by British scientist, professor of genetic epidemiology from 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, the person first recovers quickly, and then begins to suffer from obesity.
A whole book devoted to digestion and various microorganisms of our stomach, called "Myths of the diet" was published last week, writes The Sunday Times. Its author is professor Tim Spector for a long time he has been researching the effect of junk food - burgers, fries, nuggets and chips - on the intestinal microflora.
One of his latest studies proved 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.
“Before the start of my father's experiment - a fast food diet - in my intestines there were about 3, 5 thousand species of bacteria, - says the son of the scientist 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 reality only a few of the millions of species can be harmful, 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.
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. The 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, however, in the overwhelming majority of cases, the problem of excess weight still lies in the wrong lifestyle, junk food and inactivity.
