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Physical and Dietary Intervention with Opuntia ficus-indica (Nopal) in Women with Obesity Improves Health Condition through Gut Microbiota Adjustment
Obesity is a multifactorial disease resulting in excessive accumulation of fat. Worldwide, obesity is an important public health problem, affecting a large proportion of the world population. The tender cactus Opuntia ficus-indica, commonly known in Mexico as “nopal”, is widely distributed in this c...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8912383/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35267983 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu14051008 |
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author | Corona-Cervantes, Karina Parra-Carriedo, Alicia Hernández-Quiroz, Fernando Martínez-Castro, Noemí Vélez-Ixta, Juan Manuel Guajardo-López, Diana García-Mena, Jaime Hernández-Guerrero, César |
author_facet | Corona-Cervantes, Karina Parra-Carriedo, Alicia Hernández-Quiroz, Fernando Martínez-Castro, Noemí Vélez-Ixta, Juan Manuel Guajardo-López, Diana García-Mena, Jaime Hernández-Guerrero, César |
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description | Obesity is a multifactorial disease resulting in excessive accumulation of fat. Worldwide, obesity is an important public health problem, affecting a large proportion of the world population. The tender cactus Opuntia ficus-indica, commonly known in Mexico as “nopal”, is widely distributed in this country, Latin America, South Africa, and the Mediterranean area. Nopal cladodes are commonly marketed in different forms as fresh, frozen, or pre-cooked, and used as fresh green vegetable. The aim of this study was to evaluate the capability of nopal to improve the health condition of participants affected by obesity, in a physical and dietary intervention, through gut microbiota modification. These results were contrasted with the effect of nopal in the gut microbiota of normal weight participants. We describe the association among biochemical, anthropometric markers, and the gut microbiota diversity found in fecal samples of the obese and normal weight groups. The results presented in this work suggest that caloric restriction, addition of nopal to the diet and physical activity, promote changes in the gut microbiota in obese women, improving the host metabolism, as suggested by the correlation between some bacterial species with biochemical and anthropometrical parameters. |
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spelling | pubmed-89123832022-03-11 Physical and Dietary Intervention with Opuntia ficus-indica (Nopal) in Women with Obesity Improves Health Condition through Gut Microbiota Adjustment Corona-Cervantes, Karina Parra-Carriedo, Alicia Hernández-Quiroz, Fernando Martínez-Castro, Noemí Vélez-Ixta, Juan Manuel Guajardo-López, Diana García-Mena, Jaime Hernández-Guerrero, César Nutrients Article Obesity is a multifactorial disease resulting in excessive accumulation of fat. Worldwide, obesity is an important public health problem, affecting a large proportion of the world population. The tender cactus Opuntia ficus-indica, commonly known in Mexico as “nopal”, is widely distributed in this country, Latin America, South Africa, and the Mediterranean area. Nopal cladodes are commonly marketed in different forms as fresh, frozen, or pre-cooked, and used as fresh green vegetable. The aim of this study was to evaluate the capability of nopal to improve the health condition of participants affected by obesity, in a physical and dietary intervention, through gut microbiota modification. These results were contrasted with the effect of nopal in the gut microbiota of normal weight participants. We describe the association among biochemical, anthropometric markers, and the gut microbiota diversity found in fecal samples of the obese and normal weight groups. The results presented in this work suggest that caloric restriction, addition of nopal to the diet and physical activity, promote changes in the gut microbiota in obese women, improving the host metabolism, as suggested by the correlation between some bacterial species with biochemical and anthropometrical parameters. MDPI 2022-02-27 /pmc/articles/PMC8912383/ /pubmed/35267983 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu14051008 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Corona-Cervantes, Karina Parra-Carriedo, Alicia Hernández-Quiroz, Fernando Martínez-Castro, Noemí Vélez-Ixta, Juan Manuel Guajardo-López, Diana García-Mena, Jaime Hernández-Guerrero, César Physical and Dietary Intervention with Opuntia ficus-indica (Nopal) in Women with Obesity Improves Health Condition through Gut Microbiota Adjustment |
title | Physical and Dietary Intervention with Opuntia ficus-indica (Nopal) in Women with Obesity Improves Health Condition through Gut Microbiota Adjustment |
title_full | Physical and Dietary Intervention with Opuntia ficus-indica (Nopal) in Women with Obesity Improves Health Condition through Gut Microbiota Adjustment |
title_fullStr | Physical and Dietary Intervention with Opuntia ficus-indica (Nopal) in Women with Obesity Improves Health Condition through Gut Microbiota Adjustment |
title_full_unstemmed | Physical and Dietary Intervention with Opuntia ficus-indica (Nopal) in Women with Obesity Improves Health Condition through Gut Microbiota Adjustment |
title_short | Physical and Dietary Intervention with Opuntia ficus-indica (Nopal) in Women with Obesity Improves Health Condition through Gut Microbiota Adjustment |
title_sort | physical and dietary intervention with opuntia ficus-indica (nopal) in women with obesity improves health condition through gut microbiota adjustment |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8912383/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35267983 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu14051008 |
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