Whereas excessive dietary fat consumption is well studied, the specific impact of sugar is poorly described, while refined sugars represent up to 40% of caloric intake within industrialized countries. However,…
Category: Gut Microbiota
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gut_microbiota
Gut microbiota, gut flora, or microbiome are the microorganisms including bacteria, archaea and fungi that live in the digestive tracts of humans[1] and other animals including insects. The gastrointestinal metagenome is the aggregate of all the genomes of gut microbiota.[2][3] The gut is the main location of human microbiota.[4]
Populations of gut microorganisms change across the whole GI tract
Abstract The concept that the intestinal microbiota modulates numerous physiologic processes, including immune development and function, nutrition and metabolism, and pathogen exclusion, is relatively well established in the scientific community….
A healthy gut for a healthy heart? A 10-year study looks at the gut-heart connection
A new study suggests that the gut microbiota may be a novel avenue for exploring heart disease prevention. This article explains how a diet higher in plants and lower in…
Protein consumption, the gut microbiota and health
In the meantime, the authors conclude that regardless of your protein consumption, it seems that consuming adequate fiber provides the most overall health benefits because it also contributes to the health…
Food Components and Dietary Habits: Keys for a Healthy Gut Microbiota Composition
Abstract The gut microbiota is a changing ecosystem, containing trillions of bacteria, continuously shaped by many factors, such as dietary habits, seasonality, lifestyle, stress, antibiotics use, or diseases. A healthy…
How to feed your gut microbiota with the fibers it needs
During the Gut Microbiota for Health World Summit, University of Michigan researcher Eric Martens explained why reading and understanding the labels of different types of fibers is so complicated for…
Fermented foods and gut health: what science says today?
Fermented foods are trendy and consuming them is good for your gut health. Learn more about the science behind fermented foods, their beneficial effects, and why not all qualify as…
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Caloric Restriction Alters Microbiome, Enhancing Weight Loss but Increasing Pathogenic Bacteria
Researchers at UC San Francisco have found that extreme caloric restriction diets alter the microbiome in ways that could help with weight loss but might also result in an increased…