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Gut microbes influence the body's response to high-fat diet By Catharine Paddock PhD Published Thursday 6 July 2017 Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/318285.php  - - - - -  The results of a new study provide evidence that it could be possible to tailor diets to individual patients, based on the signature of their gut microbiome. New research explains why the same high-fat diet affects people differently. The team found that they could predict which mice would gain more weight and develop glucose intolerance after switching to a high-fat diet by using gut microbe signatures that were present before the switch. In a paper published in Cell...