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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dipsydo" data-source="post: 1476560" data-attributes="member: 371312">The doctor in the house program  on Monday night (BBC1) was very interesting  as there was a  young lad 10 years old ( who was overweight despite having a reasonable diet and being very active ) who had insulin resistance ( proved by blood results) which was diagnosed  to be  to due to to his gut flora not being very good (i.e. it was not very diverse ) .  The lad  was put on a rainbow diet (seemed to be all types of fruit and veg with varying colours)  and 2 apples a day - cooked with cinnamon  to reduce the impact of sugar in the apple   and  also some nutrition supplements ...After being on the diet he lost weight  over stone and half and more importantly  his insulin resistance went back to normal.I was wondering if anyone knew is there was much research on the relationship between gut flora and insulin resistance as it seems quite an interesting  possibility ?</blockquote>

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