Toward a Personalized Approach in Prebiotics Research

Recent characterization of the human microbiome and its influences on health have led to dramatic conceptual shifts in dietary bioactives research. Prebiotic foods that include many dietary fibers and resistant starches are perceived as beneficial for maintaining a healthy gut microbiota. This artic...

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Autor principal: Dey, Moul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2017
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Commentary
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5331523/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28134778
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu9020092
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Sumario:Recent characterization of the human microbiome and its influences on health have led to dramatic conceptual shifts in dietary bioactives research. Prebiotic foods that include many dietary fibers and resistant starches are perceived as beneficial for maintaining a healthy gut microbiota. This article brings forward some current perspectives in prebiotic research to discuss why reporting of individual variations in response to interventions will be important to discern suitability of prebiotics as a disease prevention tool.

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