Certain gut bacteria may increase the risk that a person will binge eat and become obese, a new study suggests. In a series of experiments, mice and humans with a propensity for binge eating had similar levels of two types of bacteria in their microbiomes — one detrimental and one beneficial — according to the report presented Thursday at a meeting of the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies and published in the journal Gut.
” Obesogenic foods in the human diet typically have high levels of fat and carbohydrates, such as sugary drinks and desserts and foods containing high amounts of saturated fats and refined carbohydrates, including pizza, fries, burgers and hot dogs. The humans and mice with symptoms of food addiction had similar patterns of microbiome bacteria that were different from the humans and rodents with a healthy relationship with food.