New Insights Into How Microbiome Helps Cause Type 2 Diabetes [Video]

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The gut microbiome appears to increase a person’s risk of type 2 diabetesSpecific strains of microbes are found in the guts of diabeticsThese microbes are also found in people newly diagnosed with the disease, suggesting they influenced diabetes risk

WEDNESDAY, June 26, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A person’s gut microbiome appears to increase their risk of developing type 2 diabetes, researchers claim.

Specific strains of gut microbes are more commonly found in people with type 2 diabetes, and these strains seem to heighten the risk of developing the metabolic disorder, they say.

“We believe that changes in the gut microbiome cause type 2 diabetes,” said researcher Dr. Daniel Wang, an assistant professor of nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston.

If that’s true, “we can find a way to change the microbiome and reduce type 2 diabetes risk,” Wang added in a Harvard news release. “The microbiome is amenable …