Is the Diet Industry Disrupting Your Microbiota?

AbstractPurpose of ReviewGut microbes are essential to human health and dietary patterns can influence bacterial diversity and abundance, resulting in either health or disease. Here, we review if high-fat diets motivated by the diet industry can result in disruption of microbiota, which in turn leads to disease.Recent FindingsA high-fat diet induces microbiota dysbiosis, which is related to obesity and chronic diseases. Some mechanisms include higher bile acid secretion, which conduct its detergent effect on bacterial cell membranes, inducing the loss of non-bile-resistant species. In addition, by adopting a low-carbohydrate dietary pattern, microorganisms are deprived from short-chain fatty acids.SummaryEvidence shows that a high-fat diet can unchain dysbiosis resulting in chronic illness and obesity.
Source: Current Tropical Medicine Reports - Category: Tropical Medicine Source Type: research