Chocoholics? Maybe It’s Not Your Fault
Do you feel the urge to eat chocolate whenever you are upset or anxious, even though you are not hungry? It may not be your fault after all. The scientists are giving you a new excuse now: your chocolate craving may be determined by the bacteria in your stomach.
Sure, everyone has a vast number of microbes in their gut, but people who have a daily cravings for chocolate show signs of having different colonies of bacteria than people who are immune to the food’s allure, according to the research.
That may be the case for other foods, too. The idea could eventually lead to treating some types of obesity by changing the composition of the bacteria occupying the intestines and stomach, said Sunil Kochhar, co-author of the study.
However, the research did not determine if the bacteria cause the craving or if, early in life, people’s diet changes their bacteria, which then reinforces their food choices.
Meanwhile, Dr. Sam Klein, an obesity expert and professor of medicine at Washington University in St. Louis told AP that studies showed that intestinal bacteria change when people lose weight
“Since bacteria interact with what a person eats, it is logical to think that there is a connection between those microbes and desires for certain foods” Klein disclosed.
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