ReviewNutrients2016
Gut Microbiota and Metabolic Health: The Potential Beneficial Effects of a Medium Chain Triglyceride Diet in Obese Individuals.
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56 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 127 citations in OpenAlex.
- The effect of fermented dairy intake and abdominal obesity in adults: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of cohort studies.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2025Pooled it
- Comparison of the Effect of Omega-3 vs. MCT Supplementation on Iron-Related Indices in Patients Undergoing Dialysis.Biological trace element research · 2025Trial
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- Metabolic and cardiovascular profiles in diabetes type 2: a comparative analysis of zinc homeostasis and blood pressure-a single center case-control study.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Polyphenols as Systems Modulators of the Gut-Brain-Liver Axis: A Narrative Review of Neuro-Metabolic and Immunomodulatory Networks.Molecular nutrition & food research · 2026Review
- Effects of Medium-Chain Versus Medium- and Long-Chain Triglycerides, Combined with Carotenoids, in a High-Fat Diet on Obese Mice.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The Effect of Alkyl Chain Length on Biofunction of Dietary Lipid.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- The gut-brain axis in Alzheimer's disease: early detection, microbial metabolites, mechanisms, and therapeutic opportunities.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2026Review
- Dietary Fatty Acids Modulate Gut Microbiota-Derived Trimethylamine-N-Oxide: Potential Mechanisms and Future Perspective.Nutrients · 2025Review
- Emerging Nanonutraceuticals against Obesity.Small science · 2025Review
- EndoCompass Project: Research Roadmap for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism.Hormone research in paediatrics · 2025Review
- Single-cell transcriptomics unveiled that early life BDE-99 exposure reprogrammed the gut-liver axis to promote a proinflammatory metabolic signature in male mice at late adulthood.Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology · 2024Article
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- Fecal Microbiota, Bile Acids, Sterols, and Fatty Acids in Dogs with Chronic Enteropathy Fed a Home-Cooked Diet Supplemented with Coconut Oil.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Marine Natural and Nature-Inspired Compounds Targeting Peroxisome Proliferator Activated Receptors (PPARs).Marine drugs · 2023Review
- Effects of the Novel LaPLa-Enriched Medium- and Long-Chain Triacylglycerols on Body Weight, Glycolipid Metabolism, and Gut Microbiota Composition in High Fat Diet-Fed C57BL/6J Mice.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- New insights into the role of dietary triglyceride absorption in obesity and metabolic diseases.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2023Review
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- Malonyl/Acetyltransferase (MAT) Knockout Decreases Triacylglycerol and Medium-Chain Fatty Acid Contents in Goat Mammary Epithelial Cells.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
Obesity and associated metabolic complications, such as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and type 2 diabetes (T2D), are in constant increase around the world. While most obese patients show several metabolic and biometric abnormalities and comorbidities, a subgroup of patients representing 3% to 57% of obese adults, depending on the diagnosis criteria, remains metabolically healthy. Among many other factors, the gut microbiota is now identified as a determining factor in the pathogenesis of metabolically unhealthy obese (MUHO) individuals and in obesity-related diseases such as endotoxemia, intestinal and systemic inflammation, as well as insulin resistance. Interestingly, recent studies suggest that an optimal healthy-like gut microbiota structure may contribute to the metabolically healthy obese (MHO) phenotype. Here, we describe how dietary medium chain triglycerides (MCT), previously found to promote lipid catabolism, energy expenditure and weight loss, can ameliorate metabolic health via their capacity to improve both intestinal ecosystem and permeability. MCT-enriched diets could therefore be used to manage metabolic diseases through modification of gut microbiota.
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