The Promise of Maintaining Diet-Induced Weight Loss by Swallowing One's Own Feces: Time to Provide a Do-It-Yourself Manual?

Gastroenterology. 2021 Jan;160(1):17-19. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2020.10.025. Epub 2020 Oct 20.

Authors

Max Nieuwdorp¹, Karen Madsen²

Affiliations

¹ Amsterdam Diabetes Center, Department of Internal and Vascular Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Electronic address: m.nieuwdorp@amsterdamumc.nl.
² Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

PMID: 33091412
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2020.10.025

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MeSH terms

Deglutition*
Diet
Fecal Microbiota Transplantation*
Feces
Humans
Weight Gain
Weight Loss