Gut microbes signal when dinner is done
After eating, bacteria tell host to quell hunger
![E. coli K12 bacterium](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/112415_cs_ecoli-k12.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
LOSS OF APPETITE Experiments show that helpful gut bacteria like this E. coli K12 produce proteins that could influence the appetite of mice and rats.
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