The gut microbiota in obesity and weight management: microbes as friends or foe?

M Van Hul, PD Cani - Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 2023 - nature.com
Obesity is caused by a long-term difference between energy intake and expenditure—an
imbalance that is seemingly easily restored by increasing exercise and reducing caloric …

The microbiota and the gut–liver axis in primary sclerosing cholangitis

JR Hov, TH Karlsen - Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 2023 - nature.com
Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) offers unique opportunities to explore the gut–liver axis
owing to the close association between liver disease and colonic inflammation. It is well …

Ultraprocessed plant‐based foods: Designing the next generation of healthy and sustainable alternatives to animal‐based foods

DJ McClements - … Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Numerous examples of next‐generation plant‐based foods, such as meat, seafood, egg,
and dairy analogs, are commercially available. These products are usually designed to have …

[HTML][HTML] The potential of pectins to modulate the human gut microbiota evaluated by in vitro fermentation: A systematic review

N Pascale, F Gu, N Larsen, L Jespersen, F Respondek - Nutrients, 2022 - mdpi.com
Pectin is a dietary fiber, and its health effects have been described extensively. Although
there are limited clinical studies, there is a growing body of evidence from in vitro studies …

Gut microbiota in overweight and obesity: crosstalk with adipose tissue

PD Cani, M Van Hul - Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 2024 - nature.com
Overweight and obesity are characterized by excessive fat mass accumulation produced
when energy intake exceeds energy expenditure. One plausible way to control energy …

[HTML][HTML] Intrinsic dietary fibers and the gut microbiome: Rediscovering the benefits of the plant cell matrix for human health

ML Puhlmann, WM de Vos - Frontiers in immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Dietary fibers contribute to structure and storage reserves of plant foods and fundamentally
impact human health, partly by involving the intestinal microbiota, notably in the colon …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of dietary mannan-oligosaccharides supplementation on hematological characteristics, blood biochemical parameters, immune response and …

IM Youssef, HA Khalil, FA Jaber, RA Alhazzaa… - Poultry Science, 2023 - Elsevier
This study aimed to determine the influence of dietary mannan-oligosaccharides (MOS) on
the immune system, hematological traits, blood biochemical parameters, and histological …

Designing healthier and more sustainable ultraprocessed foods

DJ McClements - … Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The food industry has been extremely successful in creating a broad range of delicious,
affordable, convenient, and safe food and beverage products. However, many of these …

Diets intervene osteoporosis via gut-bone axis

YW Zhang, PR Song, SC Wang, H Liu, ZM Shi… - Gut Microbes, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Osteoporosis is a systemic skeletal disease that seriously endangers the health of middle-
aged and older adults. Recently, with the continuous deepening of research, an increasing …

Bioaccessibility and associated concepts: Need for a consensus

MML Grundy, PJ Moughan, PJ Wilde - Trends in Food Science & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background The definition of the term 'bioaccessibility'is not clear. In the fields of Nutrition
and Food Sciences, the term bioaccessibility was introduced in the context of micronutrients …