Comment by jokoon

It's really annoying that when there isn't good science on a subject, a lot of people will expose their own certainties that they think makes sense.

Metabolism, the gut flora, those are pretty complex processes. Bacterial imbalance in the gut is a good trail to follow.

Of course ceasing food intake for 1 year would make anybody lose weight, but you can't tell everyone to run 50 miles a week to lose weight. There are obviously other root causes for obesity.