High-level adherence to a Mediterranean diet beneficially impacts the gut microbiota and associated metabolome

Conclusions
High-level consumption of plant foodstuffs consistent with an MD is associated with beneficial microbiome-related metabolomic profiles in subjects ostensibly consuming a Western diet.

Trial registration number
This study was registered at clinical trials.gov as NCT02118857.

Source: Gut - October 6, 2016 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: De Filippis, F., Pellegrini, N., Vannini, L., Jeffery, I. B., La Storia, A., Laghi, L., Serrazanetti, D. I., Di Cagno, R., Ferrocino, I., Lazzi, C., Turroni, S., Cocolin, L., Brigidi, P., Neviani, E., Gobbetti, M., O'Toole, P. W., Ercolini, D. Tags: Gut microbiota Source Type: research