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Are all calories created equal? Your gut microbes don’t think so. (www.washingtonpost.com)

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

Meaningless distinction. The whole point is calories from the perspective of gut flora because we're interested in how the body is using those calories in this context.

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