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SUBMITTER: Pak HH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6329753 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pak Heidi H HH Cummings Nicole E NE Green Cara L CL Brinkman Jacqueline A JA Yu Deyang D Tomasiewicz Jay L JL Yang Shany E SE Boyle Colin C Konon Elizabeth N EN Ong Irene M IM Lamming Dudley W DW
Scientific reports 20190111 1
Obesity and type 2 diabetes are increasing in prevalence around the world, and there is a clear need for new and effective strategies to promote metabolic health. A low protein (LP) diet improves metabolic health in both rodents and humans, but the mechanisms that underlie this effect remain unknown. The gut microbiome has recently emerged as a potent regulator of host metabolism and the response to diet. Here, we demonstrate that a LP diet significantly alters the taxonomic composition of the g ...[more]