Saturday, January 4, 2014

Health: a day of diet changes the bacterial flora - AGI - Italian News Agency

14:38 January 4, 2014

(AGI) – New York, January 4 – In one day, a change in diet may ‘alter the composition and gene expression of bacteria that colonize the intestine, especially those that are resistant to bile. He showed a study of the University ‘American Harvard published in the journal Nature. The researchers recruited eleven o’clock volunteers who were asked to keep a diary of their normal diet for four days, followed by five of the regime strictly vegetarian. At the end of this second period, the subjects returned to their normal regime for six days, to see how long they resist any change.
“We have verified that a day is barely enough to fundamentally alter both the composition and gene expression bacterial flora – the authors write -. This could also have implications for health. A bacterium that probably ‘involved in the development of colitis such as proliferation in the diet of meat. “

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