The Impact of Dietary Fiber on Gut Microbiota in Host Health and Disease

• Published in: Cell host & microbe Vol. 23; no. 6; pp. 705 - 715
• Main Authors: Makki, Kassem, Deehan, Edward C., Walter, Jens, Bäckhed, Fredrik
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 13.06.2018
• Subjects: ates of america; Bacteria - growth & development; Bacteria - metabolism; bile-acids; cancer-risk; chain fatty-acids; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2; Diet; Dietary Fiber - metabolism; Ecology; Endocrinology and Diabetes; Endokrinologi och diabetes; Fatty Acids, Volatile - metabolism; fiber; Food Chain; Gastrointestinal Microbiome - physiology; Gastrointestinal Tract - metabolism; Gastrointestinal Tract - microbiology; gastrointestinal-tract; human colon; Humans; immune-system; induced obesity; inflammatory-bowel-disease; metabolism; Microbiology; microbiome; Microbiota; Obesity; p14691; p15064; Parasitology; short-chain fatty acid; term weight-gain; v105; v107; Virology; short-chain fatty acid; microbiome; fiber

Food is a primordial need for our survival and well-being. However, diet is not only essential to maintain human growth, reproduction, and health, but it also modulates and supports the symbiotic microbial communities that colonize the digestive tract—the gut microbiota. Type, quality, and origin of...