Not exact matches
In this study, researchers found that specific changes to maternal diet in the same woman (changing fat versus carbohydrate consumption, or changing consumption of specific sugars), is associated with changes in both the milk microbiome and human milk oligosaccharide (a carbohydrate) compositio
In this study, researchers found that
specific changes to maternal diet
in the same woman (changing fat versus carbohydrate consumption, or changing consumption of specific sugars), is associated with changes in both the milk microbiome and human milk oligosaccharide (a carbohydrate) compositio
in the same woman (
changing fat versus carbohydrate consumption, or
changing consumption of
specific sugars), is associated with
changes in both the milk microbiome and human milk oligosaccharide (a carbohydrate) compositio
in both the milk
microbiome and human milk oligosaccharide (a carbohydrate) composition.
«Further studies are needed to delineate if
specific changes in maternal diet during breast - feeding alter the infant gut
microbiome and to determine if this results
in any health consequences for the infant,» said Kristen Meyer,
in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Baylor College of Medicine and the presenter of the study at the SMFM annual conference.
«Advances
in genetic sequencing technologies now allow us to find patterns
in large, diverse populations of microorganisms, see how they associate with
specific individuals, and understand how they
change over time
in a way we couldn't just a few years ago,» said Knight, who leads the UC San Diego
Microbiome and Microbial Sciences Initiative.
This will allow researchers to correlate the relationship between
changes in a
microbiome present at a particular body site to a
specific illness.
A few interesting articles
in early life human
microbiome, plus: A comparison between Staphylococcus epidermidis commensal and pathogenic lineages from the skin of healthy individuals living
in North American and India; A new tool to reconstruct microbial genome - scale metabolic models (GSMMs) from their genome sequence; The seasonal
changes in Amazon rainforest soil
microbiome are associated with
changes in the canopy; A
specific class of chemicals secreted by birds modulates their feather
microbiome; chronic stress alters gut microbiota and triggers a
specific immune response
in a mouse model of colitis; and evidence that the short chain fatty acids profile
in the gut reflects the impact of dietary fibre on the
microbiome using the PolyFermS continuous intestinal fermentation model.
While probiotics can be helpful
in certain conditions, studies show that probiotics work more as immunomodulators and do not have long - term effects
in changing the
microbiome — for this reason I don't recommend them unless there's a
specific reason.