NSAS Idea Suggestion #6 - You Diet Changes Your Gut Microbiome Faster Than You Think
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I recently stumbled upon a Nature article by David et al.. The results are pretty cool. They found that changing your diet to either mainly plant-based or mainly animal-based can alter the composition of your gut microbiome, the transcriptome (which genes are being expressed) and the which proteins are being made by the microbes in your gut. This is a pretty cool topic that will require a bit of research. However, there is a ton of recent research made. Since a lot of people have been talking about the brain-gut axis, this article, should you take it, could be more focused on how your gut adopts to dietary changes. Here are a few highlights from this post you could elaborate on:
- Animal-based diet led to upregulation of beta-lactamase (possible link to penicillin resistance?)
- Biofilla microbes increased relative to other microbes (they are "pro" inflammatory - is here the link to why too much meat may be unhealthy?)
- Why does animal-based diet bring about more changes in microbiome composition than plant-based diet?
Granted, this is a medicine topic, but it is an interesting topic. I hope somebody takes it because I won´t have enough time.
Sorry for missing yesterday´s suggestion, I was busy getting ready for exams, research proposal, etc.
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Previous Idea Suggestions:
- Suggestion #1: Onions and their Health Benefits
- Suggestion #2: Tea - The Silent Killer
- Suggestion #3: Essential Oils
- Suggestion #4: Biotechnology And Beer-Brewing
- Suggestion #5: Antioxidant Hype - Claimed by @deholt
As always,
Cheers @lesshorrible!
Nice post, I hope that this generates a claimant. I can recommend Rob Knight's Ted Talk on the subject: https://www.ted.com/talks/rob_knight_how_our_microbes_make_us_who_we_are
Thanks @davidrhodes124, I will check it out later. It is a really cool topic. Cheers!
This topic is of great interest to me. My son was diagnosed with a rare liver disease (primary sclerosing cholangitis) (PSC) with ulcerative colitis (UC) at age 18. He was born by C-section, and had terrible gastrointestinal problems as a young child. I started this PSC literature web site , and helped establish PSC Partners Seeking a Cure and their research grant, and patient/physician conference programs back in 2004 -2010. There is growing evidence that PSC is associated with a perturbation of gut microbiota (see e.g. Torres et al. (2018)). I would not wish this disease on anyone! It comes with greatly increased risk of bile-duct cancer and colorectal cancer. The only "cure" seems to be liver transplantation and even then, the disease can recur in 25% of cases.