A diverse gut microbiota consists of different types of microorganisms that produce thousands of powerful compounds and coexist harmoniously in the habitat of the host gut.
Nomadic Irish Travellers’ gut microbiome is shaped by housing conditions rather than diet and can be seen as an indicator of cultural transition
20 Jul 2020by Andreu Prados
From hunter-gathering to agriculture and industrialization, the gut microbiome has evolved under diet and lifestyle pressures. An Ireland-based team finds that housing conditions are a major factor within the Irish Traveller ethnic minority, determining both gut microbiome make-up and its link with metabolic diseases.
Does your everyday well-being depend on your stomach? You’re not alone!
21 May 2020by Andreu Prados
Your gut health is about more than just good digestion. Experts are increasingly recognizing that optimal gut health is required for overall good health and wellbeing. As such, maintaining a balanced gut microbiome and keeping your gut barrier in good shape is a good idea for everyone.
Aging-related changes also occur within our digestive tract. Diet and host genetics are critical determinants of gut microbial composition and function, whose origins go back to the moment of birth.
Demographic, environmental, and host genetics and the gut microbiome in healthy individuals
25 Oct 2019by 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.
Diet, antibiotics and geography can influence the microbial make-up of the gut.
27 Jun 2019by Andreu Prados
An interview with Dr. Rob Knight, founding Director of the Center for Microbiome Innovation at the University of California San Diego, on the occasion of World Microbiome Day 2019, discussing how microbes could help mitigate the rise in antibiotic resistance.
A large metagenomics project expands human microbial diversity and abundance
4 Feb 2019by Andreu Prados
Resistant starch is a highly fermentable fiber, although it’s considered an insoluble fiber. What is more interesting is the fact that the food source of resistant starch matters, as scientists show not all foods that are high in resistant starch drive identical changes in the gut microbiota functional diversity.
Impact of lifestyle and diet on gut bacterial communities across geographically and culturally diverse human populations
11 Apr 2016by Andreu Prados
A recent study, published by the microbial ecologist Dr. Andres Gomez, a staff scientist at the J. Craig Venter Institute, studied diet and environmental factors in traditional populations and how they were associated with gut microbiome composition.