A top-down view of bowls filled various high-fiber foods such as rice, corn, seeds, and cereal sitting on a wooden table.

Different Dietary Fibers Affect the Body in Unique Ways

Acting through the microbiome, the fiber arabinoxylan reduces cholesterol in many people, while another fiber, called long-chain inulin, increases inflammation, a study finds.

Different Dietary Fibers Affect the Body in Unique Ways

Acting through the microbiome, the fiber arabinoxylan reduces cholesterol in many people, while another fiber, called long-chain inulin, increases inflammation, a study finds.

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Low-Gluten Diet Alters the Human Microbiome

Catherine Offord | Nov 13, 2018 | 1 min read

A study of Danish adults reveals moderate changes in the abundance of multiple gut bacteria species, but the results might not be due to reduced gluten per se.

Microbiome Differences Between Farmers and City-Dwellers Start Early

Shawna Williams | Jun 5, 2018 | 2 min read

Compared with their urban counterparts, babies and toddlers in rural Nigeria have gut microbiota that more closely resembles that of adults in their community.