Dietary fibre has been consumed for centuries with known health benefits, but defining
dietary fibre is a real challenge. From a functional perspective, dietary fibre is described as …

The gut microbiota is an ecosystem including all bacterial species that permanently colonize
the gastro intestinal tract and a large number of other microorganisms from the environment …

The majority of dietary fibre (DF) originates from plant cell walls. Chemically, DF mostly
comprise carbohydrate polymers, which resist hydrolysis by digestive enzymes in the …

This review examines whether there is evidence that a strict vegan diet confers health
advantages beyond that of a vegetarian diet or overall healthy eating. Few studies include …

The ever-growing human population, coupled with the exigent need to meet the increasing
demand for poultry meat and egg, has put the onus on poultry nutritionists and farmers to …

Extra-virgin olive oil (EVOO), a popular functional food and major source of fat in the
Mediterranean diet, possesses a variety of healthful components, including …

Background: A disequilibrium of the gut microbial community has been closely associated
with systemic inflammation and metabolic syndromes including type 2 diabetes. While low …

Ethnopharmacological relevance Many medicinal plants have been traditionally used for the
treatment of gastrointestinal disorders. According to the monographs published by the …

The gut microbiota has long been of research interests due to its nutritional importance for
many insects. It has been demonstrated that diversity of gut microbiota in insects can be …

Prebiotics enhance immune response through the modulation of intestinal microbial
activities, production of short chain fatty acids (SCFA), direct interaction with toll‐like …