Health Discourse with Sakshi & Sushant- Episode 6

Genefitletics

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Obesity is a global epidemic with more than a quarter of the population dealing with this metabolic syndromeWhile there are tens of thousands of solutions to suppress your weight/make you lose weight, 99% of them are band-aid solutions & do not focus on what makes you obese. Those companies &/or coaches, it is a financial model! You need to maintain your weight, you need to pay them every month to subscribe to their fad diet solutions & working schedules/plans. What causes Obesity? It is low grade chronic inflammation! So you must be wondering how inflammation in your intestines can make you gain weight? There is whole science behind & most of the biological decisions inside our body are driven by our microbiome. You may blame energy metabolism & try to create that energy deficit by eating less & burning more but energy metabolism is not about this mathematical equation. There is a web of molecular features & pathways driven by interaction between your microbiome & external environment & nutrition choices. These microbes impact/produce certain protein /hormones such as GLP-1, PYY Ghrelin & Leptin that impacts your satiety & hunger responses. While these are not the only pathways! There are multiple other interactions such as production of nitric oxide & expression of Nitric Oxide synthase that can impact your weight management & make you develop obesity However, new age medical weight loss companies have made you believe that anti-obesity drugs such as GLP-1 receptor agonists can make you lose weight. This is far away from reality -Effectiveness of GLP-1 drugs depends upon the functions of your microbiome. Certain microbes can synthesise these drugs into beneficial stuff that have positive correlation with glycemic reduction while some others if active & expressing virulence genes can interfere with synthesis of GLP-1 drugs -Certain microbes if active & expressing virulence genes can degrade GLP-1, making you gain weight or develop type 2 diabetes. In such scenario, these drugs cannot help -It has been found that obese have underexpressed NOS attributed to overexpression of tumour necrosis factor-α caused by microbial derived endotoxin LPS. Besides, there are multiple other factors that can suppress NOS/cause endothelial cell dysfunction such as overexpression of ADMA, oxidative stress( caused by P-cresol &/or Indoxyl Sulphate Production), TMAO & more. In order to understand the root cause of obesity, there is a need to understand multiple molecular pathways that trigger its onset/progression. Today we discussed what could render GLP-1 drug ineffective. We at Genefitletics measures each of these gut & oral microbiome pathways to understand the changes in biology & chemistry before & during disease onset & provide interventions to bring your body back into homeostasis position.

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