Role of the gut microbiota in nutrition and health

AM Valdes, J Walter, E Segal, TD Spector - Bmj, 2018 - bmj.com
Role of the gut microbiota in nutrition and health Page 1 36 BMJ 361:Supp1 | the bmj Science
and PoliticS of nutrition Role of the gut microbiota in nutrition and health Ana M Valdes and …

Dietary fibre modulates the gut microbiota

P Cronin, SA Joyce, PW O'Toole, EM O'Connor - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
Dietary fibre has long been established as a nutritionally important, health-promoting food
ingredient. Modern dietary practices have seen a significant reduction in fibre consumption …

Dynamics of human gut microbiota and short-chain fatty acids in response to dietary interventions with three fermentable fibers

NT Baxter, AW Schmidt, A Venkataraman, KS Kim… - MBio, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Production of short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), especially butyrate, in the gut microbiome is
required for optimal health but is frequently limited by the lack of fermentable fiber in the diet …

Precision microbiome modulation with discrete dietary fiber structures directs short-chain fatty acid production

EC Deehan, C Yang, ME Perez-Muñoz, NK Nguyen… - Cell host & …, 2020 - cell.com
Dietary fibers (DFs) impact the gut microbiome in ways often considered beneficial.
However, it is unknown if precise and predictable manipulations of the gut microbiota, and …

Leveraging diet to engineer the gut microbiome

M Wolter, ET Grant, M Boudaud, A Steimle… - Nature reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Autoimmune diseases, including inflammatory bowel disease, multiple sclerosis and
rheumatoid arthritis, have distinct clinical presentations but share underlying patterns of gut …

Nondigestible carbohydrates, butyrate, and butyrate-producing bacteria

X Fu, Z Liu, C Zhu, H Mou, Q Kong - Critical reviews in food science …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Nondigestible carbohydrates (NDCs) are fermentation substrates in the colon after esca**
digestion in the upper gastrointestinal tract. Among NDCs, resistant starch is not hydrolyzed …

Short chain fatty acids as potential therapeutic agents in human gastrointestinal and inflammatory disorders

PA Gill, MC Van Zelm, JG Muir… - Alimentary …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Background Butyrate, propionate and acetate are short chain fatty acids (SCFA), important
for maintaining a healthy colon and are considered as protective in colorectal …

The role of the microbiota in infectious diseases

J Libertucci, VB Young - Nature microbiology, 2019 - nature.com
The human body is colonized by a diverse community of microorganisms collectively
referred to as the microbiota. Here, we describe how the human microbiota influences …

Resistant starch: impact on the gut microbiome and health

P DeMartino, DW Cockburn - Current opinion in biotechnology, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•Resistant starch degrading bacteria are specialized, requiring a suite of
enzymes.•Resistant starches behave differently, even with a 'type'.•Microbiome composition …

Precision nutrition and the microbiome, part I: current state of the science

S Mills, C Stanton, JA Lane, GJ Smith, RP Ross - Nutrients, 2019 - mdpi.com
The gut microbiota is a highly complex community which evolves and adapts to its host over
a lifetime. It has been described as a virtual organ owing to the myriad of functions it …