# OptiBiotix’s Health Plc – How Your Gut Bacteria May Be Thwarting Your Diet

- Link: https://www.directorstalkinterviews.com/optibiotixs-health-plc-gut-bacteria-may-thwarting-diet/412720224
- Published: 2017-01-09T08:27:59+00:00
- Author: Giles Arbor

Forbes published an article which talks about a new study found in the journal Cell
Host & Microbe and offers some clues as to why sometimes the body doesn’t seem to
respond to changes in eating habits in the way it “should.” It finds that the effects
of switching from a typical unhealthy American diet to a calorie-restricted plant-
based diet are slowed because of the stubborn microbes that have proliferated during
our prior (unhealthy) ways.

> **We spoke to Stephen OHara, OptiBiotix’s Health Plc CEO, who said:** ‘This article
> reports new scientific understanding on factors influencing sustainable weight
> loss. The evidence suggests that people with a greater microbial diversity may
> be able to respond more quickly to dieting and are more able to sustain weight
> loss than those with less microbial diversity. People who have fast food diets
> tend to have a restricted microbial diversity and this study would suggest that
> loosing and sustaining weight loss may be more difficult in these groups. GoFigure
> ® products containing SlimBiome®, OptiBiotix’s patented formulation of ingredients
> developed by experts to support weight loss, includes a prebiotic designed to 
> enhance microbial diversity which this research suggests is likely to help people
> loose weight more quickly and sustain this weight loss. This creates the opportunity
> for easier and more sustainable weight loss than would be achieved with more traditional
> diets’.

**OptiBiotix Health Plc** (LON:OPTI) is a life sciences company operating in one
of the most progressive areas of biotechnological research – the modulation of the
human microbiome. Company products are designed to improve consumer health and wellbeing
and support the prevention and management of chronic lifestyle disorders (hypercholesterolemia,
obesity and diabetes). These markets have enormous potential driven by macro environmental
factors, including an ageing population, rising medical costs, a public health policy
shift towards disease prevention and consumer trends towards healthier lifestyles,
better nutrition and self help. Opti is at the leading edge of this evolving field
and with its validated technology platforms is well positioned to exploit increasing
public, political and investor interest in this field.

You can read the forbes article here: http://www.forbes.com/sites/alicegwalton/2016/
12/31/how-your-gut-microbes-may-be-thwarting-your-diet/#d707cec6ce5b

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