For the first time, a European group of researchers have analyzed the microbiome of more than 2,500 different types of foods. The insights gained will help better identify good and bad ‘bugs’ and improve the quality and safety of existing products. Additionally, the research sheds light on the influence of food microbiome on our own gut microbiome and overall health.
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.
The main researchers behind those successful and ambitious projects attended the Gut Microbiota for Health World Summit held in Paris, in March 2017, where we could interview them.
Integrated multi-omics study of the human gut microbiome in four families with multiple cases of type 1 diabetes
13 Feb 2017by Paul Enck
A recent study, led by Dr. Paul Wilmes from the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine at the University of Luxembourg (Luxembourg), adds new insights about the human microbiome in type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) from an integrated multi-omics analysis.
