E-grāmata: Metabolism of Nutrients by Gut Microbiota

Bringing together expert researchers in the fields of microbiome, metabolism, and nutrition research, this book compiles the current state of knowledge from authorities specifically on how diet regulates microbial function with metabolic implications for the human host.

Bringing together expert researchers in the fields of microbiome, metabolism, and nutrition research, this book compiles the current state of knowledge from authorities specifically on how diet regulates microbial function with metabolic implications for the human host. Chapters cover the broad concepts of microbial-host interactions under the dietary influences of specific macronutrients, micronutrients, small molecule generation and bile acid circulation, with inclusion of later clinical chapters encompassing topics like bariatric surgery and our current understanding of probiotics, prebiotics, and synbiotics.

Covering a timely topic from a functional standpoint, the book fills a gap in the existing literature. While increased attention is placed on descriptive work, it will importantly highlight emerging functional and mechanistic research findings that illustrate the inner workings of the dietary-microbial-host orchestration of metabolic regulation. Providing an exciting summary of the importance of current microbial function, it will also summarize the next major directions in the field of microbiome research.

This book highlights emerging functional and mechanistic research findings that illustrate the inner workings of the dietary-microbial-host relationship to metabolic regulation. Discussing how diet regulates microbial function with metabolic implications for human health, the chapters are designed to cover the broad concepts of microbial-host interactions under the dietary influences of specific macronutrients, micronutrient, small molecule generation, bile acid circulation, with inclusion of later clinical chapters encompassing topics like bariatric surgery and current understanding of probiotics, prebiotics, and synbiotics. In a nutshell - different micronutrients affect the gut and are absorbed in different ways – a better understanding of this relationship is one of the most exciting parts of functional food research.