title: Emerging aspects of food and nutrition on gut microbiota.
abstract: The human gastrointestinal tract contains a highly complex ecosystem that harbors various microorganisms, which together create a unique environment within each individual. There is growing awareness that dietary habits are one of the essential factors contributing to the microbial diversity and community configuration that ultimately affects human health. From an evolutionary perspective, human dietary history can be viewed as a central factor in the selection of the gut microbial community and stabilization of the mutualistic host-microbial interaction, that together drive host phenotype. Herein, current knowledge concerning the influence of major dietary macrostructure and individual food ingredients is presented. This knowledge will provide perspectives for personalized gut microbiota management and, ultimately, movement toward an era of personalized nutrition and medicine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutrition and ‡Department of Food Science and Technology, University of California , Davis, California 95616, United States.
authors.forename: Xuan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Maria L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Marco
authors.forename: Carolyn M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Slupsky
mesh_terms: D005075:Biological Evolution; D004032:Diet; D041981:Gastrointestinal Tract / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D064307:Microbiota; D009752:Nutritional Status; D013559:Symbiosis / Q000502:physiology