Fat and not sugar as the determining factor for gut microbiota changes, obesity, and related metabolic disorders in mice
Francesco Suriano, Sara Vieira‐Silva, Gwen Falony, Alice de Wouters d’Oplinter, Paola Paone, Nathalie M. Delzenne, Amandine Everard, Jeroen Raes, Matthias Van Hul, Patrice D. Cani
Abstract
To our knowledge, this study is the first to demonstrate that dietary macronutrients (i.e., sugar and fat) have an impact on fecal bacterial cell counting and quantitative microbiome profiling in mice. Yet, we demonstrate that dietary fat is the determining factor to promote obesity and diabetes progression, and local inflammation in different body sites. These observations can help to disentangle the conundrum of the detrimental effects of fat and sugar in our dietary habits.
Topics & Concepts
ObesitySugarMicrobiomeGut floraGut microbiomeInflammationDiabetes mellitusBiologyMetabolic syndromeEndocrinologyBioinformaticsFood scienceImmunologyGut microbiota and healthDiet and metabolism studiesDiet, Metabolism, and Disease