The Health Advantage of a Vegan Diet: Exploring the Gut Microbiota Connection
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Are the Health Benefits of a Vegan Diet Unique?
1.2. Link between Diet, Microbiota and Health
Bacteroidetes | Firmicutes | |||
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Arumugam et al. [24] | Enterotype1 Bacteroides | Enterotype 2 Prevotella | Enterotype 3 Ruminococcus | |
Wu et al. [22] | Bacteroides | Prevotella | ||
Huse et al. [26] | Gradient: Bacteroides/Ruminococcus-Prevotella | |||
Jeffery et al. [27] | Gradient: Bacteroides-Prevotella | |||
Ding & Schloss [25] | Community A * high Bacteroides * no Prevotella * no Ruminococcaceae | Community D * fewer Bacteroides than Community A or C * higher Prevotella | Community C * lower Bacteroides * no Prevotella * higher Alistipes, Faecalibacterium, Ruminococcaceae |
2. Is the Vegan Gut Profile Unique?
Can a Dietary Shift Modify the Gut Profile?
3. Vegan Gut Microbiota May Be Protective against Metabolic Syndrome
4. Vegan Gut Microbiota May Be Protective against Inflammatory Diseases
5. Limitations
6. Conclusions
Acknowledgements
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Chicago/Turabian StyleGlick-Bauer, Marian, and Ming-Chin Yeh. 2014. "The Health Advantage of a Vegan Diet: Exploring the Gut Microbiota Connection" Nutrients 6, no. 11: 4822-4838. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu6114822