The homeostasis of microecological environment in the human body plays a vital role in human health. Microbiota variabilities in human gastrointestinal tract, mouth, or vagina have been linked to many non-communicable diseases. Meanwhile, dietary intakes (whether in regular or delivered forms) are also related to alterations in microbiota profiles, which in turn affect intestinal immunity, glucose and lipid metabolism, energy utilization and endocrine system. A better understanding of the relationships between food intakes with changes in microbiota and related malfunctions and diseases, either acutely or in long-lasting manner, would bring insights into the scope of precision nutrition based on a microecological health perspective.
This Research Topic aims to understand the effects of specific food intake and specific food-derived compounds on microbiota alterations in the human body, and their potential role in optimizing human health status, preventing and improving non-communicable diseases such as cardiac-cerebral vascular malfunctions, immunosuppression, hyperlipidemia and hyperglycemia, hopefully to present some examples of “food-dependent healthy microecological systems”. Population-specific, regional special food, typical food intakes (e.g. whole grains food, Mediterranean food), traditional fermented food or drinks are of particular interests.
Research themes of particular interests may include, but not limited to the following:
a. Relations between population-specific or regional special food with gut microbiota profiles, and the influence of food delivery systems on populations of specific intestinal bacteria, both animal studies or human observational or interventional studies are acceptable;
b. Effects of specific diets (e.g. whole grain) intake on the gut microbiota change, and their potential beneficial effects on cardiovascular health, systematic immunity, hyperlipidemia and hyperglycemia, both animal studies or human observational or interventional studies are acceptable;
c. Studying the long-term targeted delivery of food and its functional factors or bioactive substances and their interaction with gut microbiota, including the regulatory effects of food-derived bioactive compounds on intestinal microbiota and the metabolic transformation of food nutrients by gut microbiota.
d. Influence of traditional fermented food/drinks on the gut microbiota change, and their potential beneficial effects on gastrointestinal health, both animal studies or human observational or interventional studies are acceptable.
This Research Topic aims to collect publications relevant to human nutrition only. Studies on farm animals other than animal models for human nutrition will not be accepted in this Research Topic and will be re-directed to other relevant Frontiers journals.
The homeostasis of microecological environment in the human body plays a vital role in human health. Microbiota variabilities in human gastrointestinal tract, mouth, or vagina have been linked to many non-communicable diseases. Meanwhile, dietary intakes (whether in regular or delivered forms) are also related to alterations in microbiota profiles, which in turn affect intestinal immunity, glucose and lipid metabolism, energy utilization and endocrine system. A better understanding of the relationships between food intakes with changes in microbiota and related malfunctions and diseases, either acutely or in long-lasting manner, would bring insights into the scope of precision nutrition based on a microecological health perspective.
This Research Topic aims to understand the effects of specific food intake and specific food-derived compounds on microbiota alterations in the human body, and their potential role in optimizing human health status, preventing and improving non-communicable diseases such as cardiac-cerebral vascular malfunctions, immunosuppression, hyperlipidemia and hyperglycemia, hopefully to present some examples of “food-dependent healthy microecological systems”. Population-specific, regional special food, typical food intakes (e.g. whole grains food, Mediterranean food), traditional fermented food or drinks are of particular interests.
Research themes of particular interests may include, but not limited to the following:
a. Relations between population-specific or regional special food with gut microbiota profiles, and the influence of food delivery systems on populations of specific intestinal bacteria, both animal studies or human observational or interventional studies are acceptable;
b. Effects of specific diets (e.g. whole grain) intake on the gut microbiota change, and their potential beneficial effects on cardiovascular health, systematic immunity, hyperlipidemia and hyperglycemia, both animal studies or human observational or interventional studies are acceptable;
c. Studying the long-term targeted delivery of food and its functional factors or bioactive substances and their interaction with gut microbiota, including the regulatory effects of food-derived bioactive compounds on intestinal microbiota and the metabolic transformation of food nutrients by gut microbiota.
d. Influence of traditional fermented food/drinks on the gut microbiota change, and their potential beneficial effects on gastrointestinal health, both animal studies or human observational or interventional studies are acceptable.
This Research Topic aims to collect publications relevant to human nutrition only. Studies on farm animals other than animal models for human nutrition will not be accepted in this Research Topic and will be re-directed to other relevant Frontiers journals.
