Microbiome: More fibre a day keeps the pathogens away

Nature Reviews Microbiology 15, 2 (2017). doi:10.1038/nrmicro.2016.187 Author: Andrea Du Toit Although the health benefits of the consumption of dietary fibre have long been implied, the direct effect of fibre polysaccharides on the composition and physiology of the microbiota has remained elusive. Previous studies suggested a link between diet and the status of the colonic mucus
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