Summarized by Masters of Longevity from Science Daily - Health & Medicine.
Gut microbes and diet interplay to shape how much energy you might extract from food; this article previews modeling of those effects.
Key Takeaways
- Gut microbes can measurably alter host caloric absorption by metabolizing otherwise digestible nutrients before absorption occurs.
- In controlled model comparisons, a high-fiber diet led microbes to convert more dietary compounds into microbial biomass and short-chain fatty acids than a Western diet did.
- Accounting for microbial metabolism changes predicted host energy balance differences and could refine dietary or therapeutic strategies for weight management.
