The gut microbiome : exploring the connection between microbes, diet, and health /

The gut microbiome is known as "the forgotten organ" because it is not identified as part of the human body per se, yet it has an immense influence on many systems in the body. The Gut Microbiome: Exploring the Connection between Microbes, Diet, and Health explains what the microbiome is,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Moise, Ana Maria R. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Santa Barbara, California : Greenwood, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2017]
Colección:Gale virtual reference library.
Temas:
Gastrointestinal system > Microbiology.
Intestines > Microbiology.
Nutrition.
Gastrointestinal Microbiome
Gastrointestinal Tract > microbiology
Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Intestins > Microbiologie.
Dietetics & nutrition.
MEDICAL > Physiology.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Human Anatomy & Physiology.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A cultural context for human-microbe symbiosis
  • The gastrointestinal tract and its microorganisms
  • Nutrition and the gut microbiota
  • Immunity
  • Obesity and metabolic syndrome
  • The gut microbiota and gastrointestinal diseases
  • Cardiovascular disease
  • Microbes and the gut-brain axis.

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