{"id":60023,"date":"2013-07-11T09:53:25","date_gmt":"2013-07-11T07:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.darmklachten.nl\/do-gut-bacteria-make-you-fat\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T18:00:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T16:00:33","slug":"do-gut-bacteria-make-you-fat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.darmklachten.nl\/en\/do-gut-bacteria-make-you-fat\/","title":{"rendered":"Do gut bacteria make you fat?"},"content":{"rendered":"
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Gut bacteria can contribute to overweight. The bacterial species Bactero\u00efdes plays an important role in the large intestine, and its numbers increase when people eat a lot. Because Bactero\u00efdes produces many fatty acids such as butyric acid, it contributes to additional fat storage and weight gain. Some people have more Bactero\u00efdes in their gut than others. This may partly explain why some people gain weight quickly while others stay slim and can eat as much as they want.<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\n

How do you know whether you have a lot of Bactero\u00efdes in your gut?<\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]In April 2011, the research results were published in the scientific journal Nature. There is great worldwide interest in the\u00a0gut flora<\/a>, which in fact forms an organ that has not yet been fully explored.<\/p>\n

Worldwide, just three bacterial species make up 80% of the flora of the large intestine: Bactero\u00efdes, Prevotella and Ruminococcus species. It appears that \u2013 despite the enormous variation between individuals \u2013 only one of these three bacterial groups is always dominant and therefore occurs in the highest numbers.<\/p>\n

The dominant bacterium is surrounded by a fixed cluster of bacteria that work very closely together; this is called an enterotype:<\/p>\n