<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Currently, intervention studies in humans have demonstrated that dietary fibre and whole grain consumption increase gut bacterial diversity. However, low-fibre intake drives depletion of the human gastrointestinal microbiota and indirectly stimulates metabolic abnormalities linked to metabolic syndrome insulin-resistance and abdominal obesity. The aim of the current paper was to summarise current evidence for the effect of consumption of cereal fibres on gut microbiota composition and their metabolites. By increasing the daily consumption of cereal fibre, the gut micro-biota diversity should have positive impact on the host’s health.</p></abstract>

Currently, intervention studies in humans have demonstrated that dietary fibre and whole grain consumption increase gut bacterial diversity. However, low-fibre intake drives depletion of the human gastrointestinal microbiota and indirectly stimulates metabolic abnormalities linked to metabolic syndrome insulin-resistance and abdominal obesity. The aim of the current paper was to summarise current evidence for the effect of consumption of cereal fibres on gut microbiota composition and their metabolites. By increasing the daily consumption of cereal fibre, the gut micro-biota diversity should have positive impact on the host’s health.

Perspective: Physiological Benefits of Short-Chain Fatty Acids from Cereal Grain Fibre Fermentation and Metabolic Syndrome

Pauls Stradiņš Clinical University Hospital

Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences. Section B. Natural, Exact, and Applied Sciences.

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Currently, intervention studies in humans have demonstrated that dietary fibre and whole grain consumption increase gut bacterial diversity. However, low-fibre...

Perspective: Physiological Benefits of Short-Chain Fatty Acids from Cereal Grain Fibre Fermentation and Metabolic Syndrome

Published Online: May 11, 2020

Page range: 65 - 67

Received: Jan 26, 2020

Accepted: Mar 18, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/prolas-2020-0010

Keywords
dietary fibre, cereal fibre, gut microbiota, prebiotic, postbiotic

© 2020 Guna Havensone et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Perspective: Physiological Benefits of Short-Chain Fatty Acids from Cereal Grain Fibre Fermentation and Metabolic Syndrome

Published Online: May 11, 2020

Page range: 65 - 67

Received: Jan 26, 2020

Accepted: Mar 18, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/prolas-2020-0010

Keywordsdietary fibre, cereal fibre, gut microbiota, prebiotic, postbiotic

© 2020 Guna Havensone et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
dietary fibre, cereal fibre, gut microbiota, prebiotic, postbiotic