by Allison Clark
Inter-individual gut microbiome variation remains one of the major caveats in this field of research. Scientists from different countries update the role of socio-demographic and environmental factors in inter-individual gut microbiome variation in healthy French adults.
by Paul Enck
An increasing amount of scientific evidence supports the role of diet in the management of IBD in its early stages. Here, Prof. Paul Enck updates preclinical and clinical research disentangling the contribution of diet as an ally in managing IBD through the gut microbiome.
by GMFH Editing Team
We know that our gut microbiota has its own circadian clocks and may respond to environmental light changes. New research in mice reveals that specific neuroimmune pathways controlled by circadian cycles influence intestinal physiology.
by GMFH Editing Team
The ‘paleo’ diet is usually promoted as a means of improving gut health. But despite its popularity, new observational data reveal that individuals consuming this diet show a shift in their gut microbiota composition, along with increased serum trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO) levels.
by GMFH Editing Team
How genetics versus environmental factors drive gut microbiome variation in related primates remains unknown. New findings show that diet may outweigh phylogenetic evolution in shaping gut microbial communities across primate species and human hunter-gatherers and agriculturalists.
by GMFH Editing Team
The assessment of SIBO through traditional methods doesn’t always allow diagnosing individuals with functional gastrointestinal symptoms. Scientists argue that it may be time to focus high-throughput molecular approaches for studying the small intestinal microbiome.
by Andreu Prados
It’s known that our gut microbiome contributes to interindividual variability in response to diet. Dan Knights and colleagues have found that the gut microbiome responds more to particular foods than to combinations of nutrients and that microbiome responses to diet are personalized.
by Allison Clark
An individual’s gut microbiota composition might be used in predicting responses to dietary interventions. However, there’s still inconsistent evidence to support the existence of signature gut microbiota compositions that predict clinical response to diet in obese and IBS patients.
The last 8th Gut Microbiota for Health World Summit hold in Miami in March updated the science behind gut microbiota and diet, probiotics, functional gastrointestinal disorders and metabolic and liver conditions. Check out here the Summit’s official report.
Could our gut microbiota mediate the impact of bariatric surgery on severe obesity? A new cross-sectional study has found that interactions between the gut microbiota and bile acids metabolism may partially mediate the success of bariatric surgery in the medium term.