Metabolomics and Microbiomes as Potential Tools to Evaluate the Effects of the Mediterranean Diet

• Published in: Nutrients Vol. 11; no. 1; p. 207
• Main Authors: Jin, Qi, Black, Alicen, Kales, Stefanos N, Vattem, Dhiraj, Ruiz-Canela, Miguel, Sotos-Prieto, Mercedes
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 21.01.2019; MDPI
• Subjects: Cardiovascular Diseases - metabolism; Cardiovascular Diseases - microbiology; Diet, Mediterranean; Feeding Behavior; Gastrointestinal Microbiome; Healthy Diet; Humans; Mediterranean diet; Metabolome - drug effects; Metabolomics; microbiome; Nutrients - pharmacology; Review; Mediterranean diet, metabolomics, microbiome

The approach to studying diet⁻health relationships has progressively shifted from individual dietary components to overall dietary patterns that affect the interaction and balance of low-molecular-weight metabolites (metabolome) and host-enteric mic{Citation}robial ecology (microbiome). Even though...