ArticleNutrients2020
Impact of a Moderately Hypocaloric Mediterranean Diet on the Gut Microbiota Composition of Italian Obese Patients.
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- Dietary interventions and the gut microbiota: a systematic literature review of 80 controlled clinical trials.Journal of translational medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Adherence to the Mediterranean diet can beneficially affect the gut microbiota composition: a systematic review.BMC medical genomics · 2024Pooled it
- Probiotics' effect on visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2022Pooled it
- Impact of Food-Based Weight Loss Interventions on Gut Microbiome in Individuals with Obesity: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2022Pooled it
- Weight Maintenance after Dietary Weight Loss: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis on the Effectiveness of Behavioural Intensive Intervention.Nutrients · 2022Pooled it
- Mediterranean Diet to Prevent the Development of Colon Diseases: A Meta-Analysis of Gut Microbiota Studies.Nutrients · 2021Pooled it
- Effect of Silibinin on Human Pancreatic Lipase Inhibition and Gut Microbiota in Healthy Volunteers: A Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Trial
- Effect of a Low-Moderate Exercise Program on Dysmetabolism in Older Adults: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial.Nutrients · 2022Trial
- The Gut-Brain Axis in Obesity: Mechanisms, Development, and Therapeutic Perspectives.Current nutrition reports · 2026Review
- Gut microbiota signatures associated with lithium treatment and clinical response in patients with bipolar disorder.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- From dysbiosis to longevity: a narrative review into the gut microbiome's impact on aging.Journal of biomedical science · 2025Review
- Influence of dietary components on the gut microbiota of middle-aged adults: the gut-Mediterranean connection.BMC microbiology · 2025Observational
- Physiological Mechanisms of and Therapeutic Approaches to the Gut Microbiome and Low-Grade Inflammation in Obesity.Current issues in molecular biology · 2025Review
- Gut Microbiota Dysbiosis and Its Impact on Type 2 Diabetes: From Pathogenesis to Therapeutic Strategies.Metabolites · 2025Review
- Exploring the relationship between APOEε4 allele and gut microbiota composition and function in healthy adults.AMB Express · 2025Article
- Impact of Ketogenic and Mediterranean Diets on Gut Microbiota Profile and Clinical Outcomes in Drug-Naïve Patients with Diabesity: A 12-Month Pilot Study.Metabolites · 2025Article
- Culturally adapted exercise program for postmenopausal women with excess weight gain: A modified international/local Delphi study.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- The Impact of Diet on Hidradenitis Suppurativa Severity: A Cross-Sectional Case-Control Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Article
- Low-dose valine attenuates diet-induced metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) in mice by enhancing leptin sensitivity and modulating the gut microbiome.Molecular metabolism · 2024Article
- The Effect of Dietary Types on Gut Microbiota Composition and Development of Non-Communicable Diseases: A Narrative Review.Nutrients · 2024Review
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Abstract
Although it is known that the gut microbiota (GM) can be modulated by diet, the efficacy of specific dietary interventions in determining its composition and diversity in obese patients remains to be ascertained. The present work aims to evaluate the impact of a moderately hypocaloric Mediterranean diet on the GM of obese and overweight patients (OB). The GM of 23 OB patients (F/M = 20/3) was compared before (T0) and after 3 months (T3) of nutritional intervention (NI). Fecal samples were analyzed by Illumina MiSeq sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene. At baseline, GM characterization confirmed typical obesity-associated dysbiosis. After 3 months of NI, patients presented a statistically significant reduction in body weight and fat mass, along with changes in the relative abundance of many microbial patterns. In fact, an increase in the abundance of several Bacteroidetes taxa (i.e., Sphingobacteriaceae,
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