Personalized nutrition is still in its infancy but it is an increasingly important area of research that may one day help us better plan nutritional interventions to ensure a better response from patients.
Personalized nutrition and gut microbiota to predict response to diet in obese and IBS patients
24 Jun 2019by 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.
How to take care of your digestive health: regular fermented milk consumption can improve mild digestive symptoms
25 Apr 2019by Allison Clark
A recent study by Philippe Marteau has analyzed and evaluated the speed at which abdominal discomfort improves after a fermented milk product (FMP) is consumed.
Recent research has shown the gut microbiota’s importance for gut health while confirming that diet remains one of the most powerful ways to influence this gut microbial balance.
Different diets, different effects on the microbiota, similar short-term symptom improvement but different sustained effects in IBS
29 Oct 2018by Andrea Hardy
This study highlights the role of prebiotic fibers in ameliorating IBS symptoms through changes in the gut microbiota composition.
Fecal microbiota transplantation may change gut microbiota composition but placebo improves symptoms in IBS patients
25 Sep 2018by Paul Enck
this is the first study that has simultaneously studied the impact of FMT on IBS symptoms and changes in the gut microbiota's composition.
A review explores the influence of probiotics on intestinal barrier integrity in various disease states
20 Sep 2018by Megan Mouw
Recent findings have highlighted the importance of the gut microbiota in maintaining proper health.
Gut microbiota produced tryptamine accelerates gastrointestinal tract transit by increasing colonic secretion in mice
9 Aug 2018by Megan Mouw
A new study sheds some light on the function of bacterially-produced tryptamine in the gut by showing that it increases colonic fluid secretion in mice through activation of serotonin receptor-4, thus accelerating gastrointestinal transit.
A new study elucidates how the immune system drives gut pathobiont-dependent inflammatory responses
19 Mar 2018by Andreu Prados
A new study as found that induced regulatory T (Treg) cells in the gut are critical for immune tolerance to gut pathobionts through the transcription factor c-MAF.
Enders, the author of the bestseller Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body’s Most Underrated Organ, reaffirmed the importance of the gastrointestinal tract and gut microbiota during her talk at TEDxDanubia.