Mediterranean diet, gut microbiota and health: when age and calories do not add up!
Patrice D. Cani, Matthias Van Hul
Abstract
A healthy diet is generally recognised as a diet that supports the physiological and energetic requirements of the body and provides sufficient, though not excessive, amounts of micronutrients and macronutrients. Despite this self-evident definition, the implementation of this basic principle has proven very difficult in modern western society. [...]
Topics & Concepts
Mediterranean dietDiseaseOverweightMedicineGut floraCalorieObesityMicronutrientGerontologyType 2 diabetesDiabetes mellitusEnvironmental healthPhysiologyEndocrinologyInternal medicineImmunologyPathologyNutritional Studies and DietGut microbiota and healthDiet and metabolism studies