Diet and dietary components have profound effects on the composition of the gut microbiota
and are among the most important contributors to the alteration in bacterial flora. This review …

The gut microbiota is emerging as a promising target for the management or prevention of
inflammatory and metabolic disorders in humans. Many of the current research efforts are …

How intestinal microbes regulate metabolic syndrome is incompletely understood. We show
that intestinal microbiota protects against development of obesity, metabolic syndrome, and …

Plant-based diets, defined here as including both vegan and lacto-ovo-vegetarian diets, are
growing in popularity throughout the Western world for various reasons, including concerns …

Understanding how dietary nutrients modulate the gut microbiome is of great interest for the
development of food products and eating patterns for combatting the global burden of non …

Does it matter what we eat for our mental health? Accumulating data suggests that this may
indeed be the case and that diet and nutrition are not only critical for human physiology and …

NAFLD is currently the main cause of chronic liver disease in developed countries, and the
number of NAFLD patients is growing worldwide. NAFLD often has similar symptoms to …

NAFLD is now the most common cause of liver disease in Western countries. This Review
explores the links between NAFLD, the metabolic syndrome, dysbiosis, poor diet and gut …

The gut microbiota is a highly complex community which evolves and adapts to its host over
a lifetime. It has been described as a virtual organ owing to the myriad of functions it …

Long-term high-fat dietary intake plays a crucial role in the composition of gut microbiota in
animal models and human subjects, which affect directly short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) …