ReviewGut microbes2017
Dietary fiber and prebiotics and the gastrointestinal microbiota.
Review in Gut microbes, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 761 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Mechanisms Linking Dietary Fiber, the Microbiome and Satiety
Effect of Resistant Starch on Symptom Improvement and Intestinal Microbiome in Patients With Functional Constipation
Who cites it
761 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Altered molecular signature of the intestinal microbiota in irritable bowel syndrome patients versus healthy controls: An updated systematic review.Indian journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology · 2026Pooled it
- Gut microbiome-based interventions for the management of obesity in children and adolescents aged up to 19 years.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Microbiota-Focused Dietary Approaches to Support Health: A Systematic Review.The Journal of nutrition · 2025Pooled it
- Comparison of the gut microbiota in older people with and without sarcopenia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025Pooled it
- Sourdough Bread and Baker's Yeast Bread Affect Gut Symptoms and Targeted Gut Microbial Taxa Differently: A Randomised Controlled Trial.Nutrients · 2026Trial
- Exclusion diet vs. exclusion diet plus partial enteral nutrition in management of pediatric Crohn's disease.BMC pediatrics · 2026Trial
- From Gut to Skeletal Muscle: Synergistic Effects of Probiotics and Spirulina Supplementation on Soccer Players' Performance and Body Composition.Probiotics and antimicrobial proteins · 2026Trial
- Short-chain oat fiber improves gastrointestinal tolerance and regulates glucose metabolism: a two-week open-label study in healthy adults.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Trial
- Pre-sleep casein ingestion with probiotic strains improves anaerobic power and lower-body-specific strength and power performance in soccer players.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2025Trial
- The anti-inflammatory effects of three different dietary supplement interventions.Journal of translational medicine · 2025Trial
- Gut microbial community and host intestinal gene expression with combined fish oil and soluble corn fiber compared with corn oil and maltodextrin: A randomized crossover trial in healthy older individuals.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2025Trial
- Host diets drive microbiome evolution and functional divergence.Genes & diseases · 2027Review
- Probiotic Use and Self-Reported Psychological, Cognitive, and Gastrointestinal Outcomes in a Community Sample: A Cross-Sectional Observational Study.Brain and behavior · 2026Observational
- GutiMeta · 2026Article
- Microbiome-Derived Metabolic Signaling in the Gut-Skin Axis: Implications for Nutricosmetics and Healthy Skin Aging.Nutrients · 2026Review
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- Adaptive graph learning of microbial phylogeny enables accurate and interpretable microbiome-based host phenotype prediction.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2026Article
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- Resistance of Bamboo Fibers to Gastrointestinal Digestion and Their Nutrient-Dependent Fermentation by Human Gut Microbiota.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Effects of Araticum (Food science & nutrition · 2026Article
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Abstract
The gastrointestinal microbiota has an important role in human health, and there is increasing interest in utilizing dietary approaches to modulate the composition and metabolic function of the microbial communities that colonize the gastrointestinal tract to improve health, and prevent or treat disease. One dietary strategy for modulating the microbiota is consumption of dietary fiber and prebiotics that can be metabolized by microbes in the gastrointestinal tract. Human alimentary enzymes are not able to digest most complex carbohydrates and plant polysaccharides. Instead, these polysaccharides are metabolized by microbes which generate short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), including acetate, propionate, and butyrate. This article reviews the current knowledge of the impact of fiber and prebiotic consumption on the composition and metabolic function of the human gastrointestinal microbiota, including the effects of physiochemical properties of complex carbohydrates, adequate intake and treatment dosages, and the phenotypic responses related to the composition of the human microbiota.
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