Dietary quality and the colonic mucosa-associated gut microbiome in humans.

CONCLUSIONS: A lower score for total HEI-2005 was significantly associated with reduced relative abundance of potentially beneficial bacteria but increased potentially harmful bacteria in the colonic mucosa of endoscopically normal individuals.
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Source: The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition - July 9, 2019 Category: Nutrition Authors: Liu Y, Ajami NJ, El-Serag HB, Hair C, Graham DY, White DL, Chen L, Wang Z, Plew S, Kramer J, Cole R, Hernaez R, Hou J, Husain N, Jarbrink-Sehgal ME, Kanwal F, Ketwaroo G, Natarajan Y, Shah R, Velez M, Mallepally N, Petrosino JF, Jiao L Tags: Am J Clin Nutr Source Type: research