# "Gut microbes help the body extract more calories from food"

**URL:** <https://pheromonetalk.com/t/gut-microbes-help-the-body-extract-more-calories-from-food/58171>\
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**Created:** [February 14, 2013, 4:55pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/gut-microbes-help-the-body-extract-more-calories-from-food/58171 "2013-02-14T16:55:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![QuietGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/bc8723/32.png) [@QuietGuy](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/QuietGuy)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 4:55pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/gut-microbes-help-the-body-extract-more-calories-from-food/58171/1 "2013-02-14T16:55:05Z")

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> CHAPEL HILL, N.C. ? You may think you have your food all to yourself, but you’re actually sharing it with a vast community of microbes waiting within your digestive tract.

↳Click here to read the full article. ([http://news.unchealthcare.org/news/2012/september/gut-microbes-help-the-body-extract-more-calories-from-food](http://news.unchealthcare.org/news/2012/september/gut-microbes-help-the-body-extract-more-calories-from-food))