Gut Puzzle

22 Feb Gut Puzzle

Fred Hutch looking for men to participate in a short study to better understand the diet/microbiome puzzle!  Keep a 3-day food record, collect a stool sample and come for a blood draw (South Lake Union). Looking for healthy men, between 18 and 65 years old. $100 for completing all study activities. We have fulfilled our aim to include 50% women in this study, limiting to men (or trans) at this point. Info and initial questionnaire (to see if eligible) at GutPuzzle.info.

The purpose of this study is to learn if a person’s stool bacterial composition can help predict how the person metabolizes various foods.  ‘Metabolize’ refers to the vast network of chemical reactions that change the food we eat into biomass (i.e., the physical ‘stuff’ of our bodies, like flesh and bone) and energy. Some amount of our metabolism is governed by our own genes and enzymes, but a large fraction of the metabolism that happens in the gut is driven by the genes and enzymes of our gut bacteria. However, we still do not fully understand how bacterial and human metabolism work together to determine how we respond to specific foods.

This is a collaboration between the Institute of Systems Biology (ISB) and Fred Hutch, funded by NIH grant R01DK133468

Participant Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria: Healthy, normal-to-obese (BMI 18-35 kg/m2), men, ages 18-65 years. Further eligibility assessed via an initial questionnaire accessed via the website http://www.GutPuzzle.info

Contact

Lisa Levy
(206) 667-6340