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Diabetes News: Gut Microbe Transplants [1]
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Date: 2025-09-10
More (kinda gross) diabetes news. I promise to stop here today and share more good news tomorrow!
One Fecal Transplant May Lower Diabetes and Heart Disease Risk for Years
In simple terms, metabolic health is how well our bodies are running, and turning food into energy. In this study, it was measured through what's known as metabolic syndrome: a cluster of health issues including high blood pressure, high levels of sugar and fat in the blood, waist circumference, and cholesterol.
Led by a team from the University of Auckland in New Zealand, the new research follows up on a study published five years ago, for which 87 obese young adults were given fecal transplant capsules containing gut bacteria mixed to promote a healthy metabolism.
"Metabolic syndrome has severe consequences, including a doubling in risk of death from heart disease or stroke and a five-fold increased risk of type 2 diabetes," says pediatric endocrinologist Wayne Cutfield, from the University of Auckland.
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