Thanks, my friends.

[glatt]

I weigh about 155-160 and am 6'2". I'm slim (or skinny, depending on if you want to be complementary or mean.)

I always thought I was this way because of my genes, the food I eat, and my moderate activity. But no. At least, not entirely. It's my friends - the germs in my guts. They did it. I knew they were there, and helped me digest food. But I didn't realize how good to me they are. They aren't the hard workers like the germs in some other people's guts. People with the efficient germs end up getting more calories from the food they eat. And they get fatter as a result. So I just want to publicly thank my lazy germs. I hope they stick around and continue to slack off, doing just enough to get by. Here's to the underachievers! Hopefully, people with the hard working and productive germs will someday have lazy germs like my friends.

Gut Microbes Give Us Clues To Obesity Cause And Treatment

This news just amazes me. It's groundbreaking. I love science.

One thing that amazes me even more is when I consider that back when food was more scarce in "caveman times", the efficient bacteria were the kind you would want to have in your gut. I would have died of starvation back then, because my bacteria wouldn't be up to the task of wringing every last calorie out of the scarce food I'd find. But today, in the land of plenty, these under-performing bugs are serving me well.