[lazyguy]

> killing the good bacteria in our gut microbiome can lead to nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, decreased insulin sensitivity, type two diabetes, and metabolic syndrome

Seems like that should be the main concern and thing to highlight in the title of the article. I am less worried about be slightly overweight then fatty liver disease.

[hammock]

>nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, decreased insulin sensitivity, type two diabetes, and metabolic syndrome

All of these ailments are typically comorbid with obesity, so saying "fat" is a shorthand way of getting at these things in a limited-space headline.

[lazyguy]

Right but you don't need to be fat to get any of them. They are just 'associated' with it. As in they are diseases that are more likely to impact fat people.

[AstralStorm]

Is there any direct evidence of causation or is someone shooting the wind again?

(There are ways to do it, but it's extremely hard and finicky math.)

[LinuxBender]

It can also lead to under stimulation of the vagus nerve which in turn dampens the parasympathetic nervous system and causes and over-active sympathetic nervous system, which can raise heart rate and induce hyper-tention. This is the fun I am dealing with, in addition to metabolic syndrome.

That scenario totally perplexed doctors. As I lost weight, my heart rate increased and BP went up. I had been using mastic gum to repair aspirin damage to my gut, but that was killing off good bacteria. I also worked a lot with round-up when I was a teen.