title: Belly Fat Effect: The Real Secret About How Your Diet, Intestinal Health, and Gut Bacteria Help You Burn Fat
author:  Mike Mutzel 
description: Since 2006, Mike Mutzel has blended his formal education, a degree in biology and graduate work in clinical nutrition, with his competitive athletic background and personal training experience to help others improve their health. He completed his graduate studies in the Applying Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice (AFMCP) program through the Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM), and he continually works with healthcare professionals as a functional medicine consultant. He regularly conducts live webinars and workshops to help healthcare professionals keep abreast of the rapid advancements in the fields of nutrition, metabolism, and immunity.
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  Nutrients 2020, 12, 593; doi:10.3390/nu12030593 
  www.mdpi.com/journal/nutrients 
  Article 
  Pulse Crop Effects on Gut Microbial Populations, 
  Intestinal Function, and Adiposity in a Mouse Model 
  of Diet-Induced Obesity 
  John N. McGinley 1, Vanessa K. Fitzgerald 1, Elizabeth S. Neil 1, Heather M. Omerigic 2,  
  Adam L. Heuberger 2, Tiffany L. Weir 3, Rebecca McGee 4,  
  George Vandemark 4 and Henry J. Thompson 1,* 
  1 Cancer Prevention Laboratory, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA;  
  john.mcginley@colostate.edu (J.N.M.); vanessa.fitzgerald@colostate.edu (V.K.F.); 
  elizabeth.neil@colostate.edu (E.S.N.) 
  2 Department of Horticulture, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA; 
  heather.omerigic@colostate.edu (H.M.O.); adam.heuberger@colostate.edu (A.L.H.) 
  3 Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Colorado State University,  
  Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA; tiffany.weir@colostate.edu (T.L.W.) 
  4 USDA-ARS Grain Legume Genetics and Physiology, Washington