Yo-Yo dieters may be affected by in balance in bacteria German scientists discover

Yoyo dieters may struggle to stay slim because of a lack of diversity in their gut bacteria, according to a new study. Scroll down for video Yoyo dieters may struggle to stay slim because of a lack of diversity in their gut bacteria, according to a new study While losing weight led to more diverse bacteria – associated with healthier weight levels – in obese people who lost around three stone, their bacteria partly reverted back to its unhealthier state after their weight loss. In this study, German researchers from University Hospital Schleswig Holstein in Kiel put eighteen obese adults on a diet of just 800 calories per day for a three month period and tracked how much weight they lost. In this study, German researchers from University Hospital Schleswig Holstein in Kiel put eighteen obese adults on a diet of just 800 calories per day for a three month period and tracked how much weight they lost Compared to the control group, they found that the bacteria in the guts of the obese dieters had become more diverse at the end of their three months of dieting. ‘However, our work shows that this is not making enough of a long-term change in obese people’s gut bacteria, which may explain why so many of them put weight back on’.