I’ve held a private theory for years that with some weight gain or obesity, it is beyond the control of the person to lose weight. I, of course, say that not only from personal experience but observation of people in my life. For example the medical experts tell us that because people are overweight sometimes they develop diabetes. I believe the opposite to be true. That being, people who have the diabetic ‘gene’ in their ‘code’ are pre-disposed to weight gain. There seems to be sparse medical proof for this assumption, mostly observation of my own weight gain and my family history. Oh, and a deep mistrust of the AMA in their caring for my medical needs.

The following is some information I found in researching this ‘theory’:“Genetic Factors: Obesity tends to run in families, suggesting that it may have a genetic cause. However, family members share not only genes but also diet and lifestyle habits that may contribute to obesity. Separating these lifestyle factors from genetic ones is often difficult. Still, growing evidence points to heredity as a strong determining factor of obesity. In one study of adults who were adopted as children, researchers found that the subjects’ adult weights were closer to their biological parents’ weights than their adoptive parents’. The environment provided by the adoptive family apparently had less influence on the development of obesity than the person’s genetic makeup.”   BlackDoctor  

On to the present article: “Weight May Be Linked to Type of Bacteria” “The size of your gut may be partly shaped by which microbes call it home, according to new research linking obesity to types of digestive bacteria.” “It was as if one group got far more calories from the same bowl of Cheerios than the other, Gordon said.”What do you think?