{"id":9167,"date":"2013-12-12T12:42:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-12T17:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rcwebsite2.rc.fas.harvard.edu\/?p=9167"},"modified":"2017-11-29T16:56:36","modified_gmt":"2017-11-29T21:56:36","slug":"altered-diet-can-quickly-change-gut-microbiome-in-humans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rc.fas.harvard.edu\/news\/altered-diet-can-quickly-change-gut-microbiome-in-humans\/","title":{"rendered":"Altered diet can quickly change gut microbiome in humans"},"content":{"rendered":"\"Animal-<\/a> Animal and plant-based foods have contrasting effects on the human gut microbiome. Credit: John Kaufmann, http:\/\/www.jek2004.com[\/caption<\/a>]\n

Led by the Turnbaugh lab<\/a> in the Center for Systems Biology<\/a> at Harvard University, researchers have discovered that the microbes found in the human gut respond rapidly to a new diet. The researchers placed ten people on two defined diets, composed of animal- or plant-based foods. Analysis of sequencing data using the Odyssey cluster, revealed significant changes to the abundance of gut microbes on the animal-based diet within a single day. Multiple changes also occurred on the plant-based diet, albeit to a lesser degree than the animal-based diet. Furthermore, researchers found evidence that the animal-based diet increased the growth of Bilophila wadsworthia, a bacterium believed to inflame intestinal tissue potentially leading to inflammatory bowel disease.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

For full paper see here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Animal and plant-based foods have contrasting effects on the human gut microbiome. Credit: John Kaufmann, http:\/\/www.jek2004.com[\/caption] Led by the Turnbaugh lab in the Center for Systems Biology at Harvard University, researchers have discovered that the microbes found in the human gut respond rapidly to a new diet. The researchers placed ten people on two defined diets, composed of animal- or…<\/p>\n

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