Antibiotics, the diabetes drug metformin and antacids can cut down on
gut bacterial diversity, the researchers found.
Human chronic heart failure patients have also been shown to have reduced
gut bacterial diversity and lower abundance of key bacterial genera (20).
Not exact matches
Various HMO sugar types and concentrations influence
bacterial diversity, keeping strains of Bifidobacterium longum subsp infantis in highest abundance in the first few months of life and preventing pathogens from binding to the
gut [20].
The researchers also noted signs of increased
gut permeability — or leaky
gut — and a decrease in the
diversity of
gut bacteria and anti-inflammatory
bacterial metabolites, such as short - chain fatty acids, said Jairam K.P. Vanamala, associate professor of food sciences, Penn State.
«Women with polycystic ovary syndrome have less
bacterial diversity in
gut: Study finds elevated testosterone levels in women linked to changes in microbiome composition.»
However, the fiber supplements could not completely return the mouse
gut bacteria to its original
bacterial diversity after eating the low - fiber diet.
Rectal swabs contained all of the
diversity present in fecal samples, along with additional taxa, suggesting that fecal
bacterial communities may only represent a subsample of the complex
bacterial communities inhabiting the
gut.
For example, lower
diversity of the
gut microbiome has been associated with obesity and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and higher
diversity in the vagina with
bacterial vaginosis.
In general, research from this and other groups suggests it is better to have a high
diversity of
bacterial species living in the
gut.
Today, we know that children who are not breastfed have low levels of healthy bifidobacterium in their
guts, suffer from chronically low
bacterial diversity (which is very important for achieving digestive health), and are more prone to developing autoimmune diseases.
In one study, scientists discovered that a lack of
bacterial diversity in the
guts of 3 - month - old babies was associated with a high risk of developing asthma, which is often triggered by an allergen.
This study showed that «About a quarter of us have up to 40 % fewer
gut bacteria, reduced
bacterial diversity, and harbor more bacteria causing a low - grade inflammation of the body which is reflected in blood samples that reveal a state of chronic inflammation, which we know affect metabolism and increase the risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases.»
You should take action to eat foods that both increase healthy
bacterial strains in your
gut and encourage a wide
diversity of those strains.
Each successive generation's
gut -
bacterial ecosystem declined in
diversity.
Conducted on mice, the study found that low - fiber diets not only deplete the microbiota of the
gut, but can cause loss of
bacterial diversity within those ecosystems in as few as three or four generations.
All forms of insoluble fiber are digested through
bacterial fermentation, but some of us don't have the
diversity of
gut flora for this fermentation.
Combined with the lack of fibre to feed the beneficial
gut bacteria and promote more
bacterial diversity, a prolonged Ketogenic diet may be a recipe for
gut dysbiosis.
All acne patients need a healthy
diversity of good
bacterial strains in their
gut to protect against inflammation from unhealthy bacteria, to prevent leaky
gut syndrome, and to increase nutrient absorption.
Eating a variety of good - for - you foods can play an important role in promoting greater
bacterial diversity in your
gut.
Less
Diversity in
Gut Bacteria Increases Obesity and Disease Risk: An international team of scientists have established links between the number of different
bacterial species in the gastrointestinal tract and obesity, further weight gain, and the development of obesity - and inflammation - related diseases.
This study reinforces both reduced use of antibiotics, which decreases
gut flora
diversity, and the use of probiotics to reestablish normal
bacterial populations.