Scientist Examines Possible Link Between Antibiotics and Obesity - NYTimes.com

[Sheri Nakken]

In Some Cases, Even Bad Bacteria May Be Good

By KATE MURPHY

THE HYPOTHESIS

Overuse of antibiotics increases the risk of obesity.

THE INVESTIGATOR

Dr. Martin Blaser, New York University Langone Medical Center.
Overuse of antibiotics has led to the creation of drug-resistant bacteria ­ so-called superbugs, like methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus. But now some researchers are exploring an equally unsettling possibility: Antibiotic abuse may also be contributing to the increasing incidence of obesity, as well as allergies, inflammatory bowel disease, asthma and gastroesophageal reflux.

Among those sounding the alarm is Dr. Martin Blaser, a professor of microbiology at New York University Langone Medical Center. In a commentary published in August in the journal Nature, he asserted that antibiotics are permanently altering microbial flora of the human body, also known as the microbiome or microbiota, with serious health consequences....

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/01/healt ... esity.html
Sheri Nakken, former R.N., MA, Hahnemannian Homeopath
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