Peer reviewed, open access, scientific articles about health, nutrition, and microbiota

  1. McMacken, Michelle, and Sapana Shah. "A plant-based diet for the prevention and treatment of type 2 diabetes." Journal of geriatric cardiology: JGC 14, no. 5 (2017): 342. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5466941/pdf/jgc-14-05-342.pdf

  2. Wu, Yucheng, Qingqing Zhang, Yin Ren, and Zhongbao Ruan. "Effect of probiotic Lactobacillus on lipid profile: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized, controlled trials." PloS one 12, no. 6 (2017): e0178868. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0178868

  3. LeBlanc, Jean Guy, Christian Milani, Graciela Savoy De Giori, Fernando Sesma, Douwe Van Sinderen, and Marco Ventura. "Bacteria as vitamin suppliers to their host: a gut microbiota perspective." Current opinion in biotechnology 24, no. 2 (2013): 160-168. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S095816691200119X

  4. Gominak, S. C. "Vitamin D deficiency changes the intestinal microbiome reducing B vitamin production in the gut. The resulting lack of pantothenic acid adversely affects the immune system, producing a “pro-inflammatory” state associated with atherosclerosis and autoimmunity." Medical hypotheses 94 (2016): 103-107. https://drgominak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Med-Hypoth-2nd-article.pdf

  5. Magnúsdóttir, Stefanía, Dmitry Ravcheev, Valérie de Crécy-Lagard, and Ines Thiele. "Systematic genome assessment of B-vitamin biosynthesis suggests co-operation among gut microbes." Frontiers in genetics 6 (2015): 129714. https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/genetics/articles/10.3389/fgene.2015.00148/full

  6. Shreiner, Andrew B., John Y. Kao, and Vincent B. Young. "The gut microbiome in health and in disease." Current opinion in gastroenterology 31, no. 1 (2015): 69. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4290017/

  7. de Vos, Willem M., Herbert Tilg, Matthias Van Hul, and Patrice D. Cani. "Gut microbiome and health: mechanistic insights." Gut 71, no. 5 (2022): 1020-1032. https://gut.bmj.com/content/71/5/1020?fbclid=IwAR1ejIqGKV1qFnJ5AVFQeJcUntqnMYt1X1GimbxgKP1-S3bPJDV4kzW5DUg

  8. Jovel, Juan, Levinus A. Dieleman, Dina Kao, Andrew L. Mason, and Eytan Wine. "The human gut microbiome in health and disease." Metagenomics (2018): 197-213. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/B9780081022689000100

  9. Singh, Rasnik K., Hsin-Wen Chang, D. I. Yan, Kristina M. Lee, Derya Ucmak, Kirsten Wong, Michael Abrouk et al. "Influence of diet on the gut microbiome and implications for human health." Journal of translational medicine 15, no. 1 (2017): 1-17. https://translational-medicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12967-017-1175-y

  10. Tomova, Aleksandra, Igor Bukovsky, Emilie Rembert, Willy Yonas, Jihad Alwarith, Neal D. Barnard, and Hana Kahleova. "The effects of vegetarian and vegan diets on gut microbiota." Frontiers in nutrition 6 (2019): 47. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2019.00047/full?ref=medicalnotes.co

  11. Albenberg, Lindsey G., and Gary D. Wu. "Diet and the intestinal microbiome: associations, functions, and implications for health and disease." Gastroenterology 146, no. 6 (2014): 1564-1572. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0016508514001498

  12. Baothman, Othman A., Mazin A. Zamzami, Ibrahim Taher, Jehad Abubaker, and Mohamed Abu-Farha. "The role of gut microbiota in the development of obesity and diabetes." Lipids in health and disease 15, no. 1 (2016): 1-8. https://lipidworld.biomedcentral.com/counter/pdf/10.1186/s12944-016-0278-4.pdf

  13. Cheng, Zilu, Li Zhang, Ling Yang, and Huikuan Chu. "The critical role of gut microbiota in obesity." Frontiers in Endocrinology 13 (2022): 1025706.

    https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fendo.2022.1025706/full

  14. Harakeh, Steve M., Imran Khan, Taha Kumosani, Elie Barbour, Saad B. Almasaudi, Suhad M. Bahijri, Sulaiman M. Alfadul, Ghada MA Ajabnoor, and Esam I. Azhar. "Gut microbiota: a contributing factor to obesity." Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology 6 (2016): 95. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2016.00095/full

  15. Ragonnaud, Emeline, and Arya Biragyn. "Gut microbiota as the key controllers of “healthy” aging of elderly people." Immunity & Ageing 18 (2021): 1-11.

    https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12979-020-00213-w

  16. Biagi, Elena, Claudio Franceschi, Simone Rampelli, Marco Severgnini, Rita Ostan, Silvia Turroni, Clarissa Consolandi et al. "Gut microbiota and extreme longevity." Current Biology 26, no. 11 (2016): 1480-1485. https://www.cell.com/current-biology/pdf/S0960-9822(16)30338-4.pdf

  17. Rinninella, Emanuele, Pauline Raoul, Marco Cintoni, Francesco Franceschi, Giacinto Abele Donato Miggiano, Antonio Gasbarrini, and Maria Cristina Mele. "What is the healthy gut microbiota composition? A changing ecosystem across age, environment, diet, and diseases." Microorganisms 7, no. 1 (2019): 14. https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/7/1/14

  18. Molinero, Natalia, Alejandro Antón, Félix Hernández, Jesús Ávila, Begoña Bartolomé, and M. Victoria Moreno-Arribas. "Gut microbiota, an additional hallmark of human aging and neurodegeneration." Neuroscience (2023). https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306452223000921

  19. Li, Yuanyuan, Yanli Hao, Fang Fan, and Bin Zhang. "The role of microbiome in insomnia, circadian disturbance and depression." Frontiers in psychiatry (2018): 669. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00669/full

  20. Banerjee, Sulagna, Claudia Chitty, Quinn Lee, and Jan Treur. "An adaptive network model of the role of the microbiome-gut-brain axis in insomnia." Cognitive Systems Research 78 (2023): 106-121. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1389041722001048

  21. Feng, Ying, Shishun Fu, Cheng Li, Xiaofen Ma, Yunfan Wu, Feng Chen, Guomin Li et al. "Interaction of gut microbiota and brain function in patients with chronic insomnia: a regional homogeneity study." Frontiers in Neuroscience 15 (2022): 804843. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnins.2021.804843/full

  22. Yarandi, Shadi S., Daniel A. Peterson, Glen J. Treisman, Timothy H. Moran, and Pankaj J. Pasricha. "Modulatory effects of gut microbiota on the central nervous system: how gut could play a role in neuropsychiatric health and diseases." Journal of neurogastroenterology and motility 22, no. 2 (2016): 201. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4819858/

  23. Rinninella, Emanuele, Marco Cintoni, Pauline Raoul, Loris Riccardo Lopetuso, Franco Scaldaferri, Gabriele Pulcini, Giacinto Abele Donato Miggiano, Antonio Gasbarrini, and Maria Cristina Mele. "Food components and dietary habits: keys for a healthy gut microbiota composition." Nutrients 11, no. 10 (2019): 2393. https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/11/10/2393/htm?s=09

  24. Penumutchu, Swathi, Benjamin J. Korry, Katharine Hewlett, and Peter Belenky. "Fiber supplementation protects from antibiotic-induced gut microbiome dysbiosis by modulating gut redox potential." Nature Communications 14, no. 1 (2023): 5161. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-40553-x

  25. Suez, Jotham, Yotam Cohen, Rafael Valdés-Mas, Uria Mor, Mally Dori-Bachash, Sara Federici, Niv Zmora et al. "Personalized microbiome-driven effects of non-nutritive sweeteners on human glucose tolerance." Cell 185, no. 18 (2022): 3307-3328. http://176.9.41.242/doc/genetics/microbiome/2022-suez.pdf

  26. Palmnäs, Marie SA, Theresa E. Cowan, Marc R. Bomhof, Juliet Su, Raylene A. Reimer, Hans J. Vogel, Dustin S. Hittel, and Jane Shearer. "Low-dose aspartame consumption differentially affects gut microbiota-host metabolic interactions in the diet-induced obese rat." PloS one 9, no. 10 (2014): e109841. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0109841

  27. Bruijning, M., Ayroles, J.F., Henry, L.P. et al. “Relative abundance data can misrepresent heritability of the microbiome”. Microbiome 11, 222 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-023-01669-w

  28. Chen, Jie, Judith Wellens, Rahul Kalla, Tian Fu, Minzi Deng, Han Zhang, Shuai Yuan et al. "Intake of Ultra-processed Foods Is Associated with an Increased Risk of Crohn’s Disease: A Cross-sectional and Prospective Analysis of 187 154 Participants in the UK Biobank”. Journal of Crohn's and Colitis 17, no. 4 (2023): 535-552. https://academic.oup.com/ecco-jcc/article/17/4/535/6779096

  29. Frances Spragge et al., “Microbiome diversity protects against pathogens by nutrient blocking” .Science 382, eadj3502 (2023). https://DOI.org/10.1126/science.adj3502

  30. Kadooka, Yukio, M. Sato, K. Imaizumi, A. Ogawa, K. Ikuyama, Y. Akai, M. Okano, M. Kagoshima, and T. Tsuchida. "Regulation of abdominal adiposity by probiotics (Lactobacillus gasseri SBT2055) in adults with obese tendencies in a randomized controlled trial." European journal of clinical nutrition 64, no. 6 (2010): 636-643. https://www.nature.com/articles/ejcn201019

  31. Han, Yanhui, and Hang Xiao. "Whole food–based approaches to modulating gut microbiota and associated diseases." Annual Review of Food Science and Technology 11 (2020): 119-143. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-food-111519-014337

  32. Xia, Ting, Chaoyan Kang, Xiao Qiang, Xiaodong Zhang, Shaopeng Li, Xianglong Zhang, Yiming Wang, Jianxin Wang, Hui Cao, and Min Wang. "Beneficial effect of vinegar consumption associated with regulating gut microbiome and metabolome." Current Research in Food Science (2023): 100566. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crfs.2023.100566

  33. McFarland, Lynne V., Tarkan Karakan, and Ali Karatas. "Strain-specific and outcome-specific efficacy of probiotics for the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis." EClinicalMedicine 41 (2021). https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(21)00434-X/fulltext

  34. Wan, Zhijie, Jianheng Zheng, Zhigang Zhu, Lan Sang, Jinwei Zhu, Shizheng Luo, Yixin Zhao et al. "Intermediate role of gut microbiota in vitamin B nutrition and its influences on human health." Frontiers in Nutrition 9 (2022): 1031502. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2022.1031502/full

  35. Patterson, Ruth E., and Dorothy D. Sears. "Metabolic effects of intermittent fasting." Annual review of nutrition 37 (2017): 371-393. https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/full/10.1146/annurev-nutr-071816-064634

  36. Karamad, Dina, Kianoush Khosravi-Darani, Amin Mousavi Khaneghah, and Aaron W. Miller. "Probiotic Oxalate-Degrading Bacteria: New Insight of Environmental Variables and Expression of the oxc and frc Genes on Oxalate Degradation Activity." Foods 11, no. 18 (2022): 2876. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9498451/

  37. Liu, Menghan, Joseph C. Devlin, Jiyuan Hu, Angelina Volkova, Thomas W. Battaglia, Melody Ho, John R. Asplin et al. "Microbial genetic and transcriptional contributions to oxalate degradation by the gut microbiota in health and disease." Elife 10 (2021): e63642. https://elifesciences.org/articles/63642

  38. Sun, Fengting, Qingsong Zhang, Jianxin Zhao, Hao Zhang, Qixiao Zhai, and Wei Chen. "A potential species of next-generation probiotics? The dark and light sides of Bacteroides fragilis in health." Food research international 126 (2019): 108590. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0963996919304685

  39. Judkins, Taylor C., Douglas L. Archer, Dean C. Kramer, and Rebecca J. Solch. "Probiotics, nutrition, and the small intestine." Current Gastroenterology Reports 22, no. 1 (2020): 1-8. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11894-019-0740-3?uid=563b4f0a2a

  40. Piwowarek, Kamil, Edyta Lipińska, Elżbieta Hać-Szymańczuk, Marek Kieliszek, and Iwona Ścibisz. "Propionibacterium spp.—source of propionic acid, vitamin B12, and other metabolites important for the industry." Applied microbiology and biotechnology 102 (2018): 515-538. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00253-017-8616-7

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  42. Ao, Tianxiang, Hairong Huang, Bing Zheng, Yi Chen, Jianhua Xie, Xiaobo Hu, and Qiang Yu. "Ameliorative effect of bound polyphenols in mung bean coat dietary fiber on DSS-induced ulcerative colitis in mice: the intestinal barrier and intestinal flora." Food & Function (2024). https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2024/fo/d3fo04670b/unauth

  43. Beane, Kaleigh E., Mersady C. Redding, Xiaofan Wang, Jeong Hoon Pan, Brandy Le, Cara Cicalo, Suwon Jeon et al. "Effects of dietary fibers, micronutrients, and phytonutrients on gut microbiome: a review." Applied Biological Chemistry 64 (2021): 1-18. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13765-021-00605-6#Sec1

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  45. Noble, Emily E., Ted M. Hsu, Roshonda B. Jones, Anthony A. Fodor, Michael I. Goran, and Scott E. Kanoski. "Early-life sugar consumption affects the rat microbiome independently of obesity." The Journal of nutrition 147, no. 1 (2017): 20-28. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022316622105675

  46. Wang, Yaqin, Ching Jian, Anne Salonen, Mingsheng Dong, and Zhen Yang. "Designing healthier bread through the lens of the gut microbiota." Trends in Food Science & Technology 134 (2023): 13-28. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0924224423000584

  47. Vanegas, Sally M., Mohsen Meydani, Junaidah B. Barnett, Barry Goldin, Anne Kane, Helen Rasmussen, Carrie Brown et al. "Substituting whole grains for refined grains in a 6-wk randomized trial has a modest effect on gut microbiota and immune and inflammatory markers of healthy adults." The American journal of clinical nutrition 105, no. 3 (2017): 635-650. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002916522048006

  48. Kuziel, Gavin A., and Seth Rakoff-Nahoum. "The gut microbiome." Current Biology 32, no. 6 (2022): R257-R264. https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(22)00245-7