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University of California-San Francisco: Caloric Restriction Alters Microbiome, Enhancing Weight Loss But Increasing Pathogenic Bacteria
June 24, 2021
SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 24 (TNSJou) -- The University of California San Francisco campus issued the following news release:

Researchers at UC San Francisco have found that extreme caloric restriction diets alter the microbiome in ways that could help with weight loss but might also result in an increased population of Clostridioides difficile, a pathogenic bacterium that can lead to severe diarrhea and colitis.

Such diets, which allow people only 800 calories pe . . .

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