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Title: Interactions between food and gut microbiota: Impact on human health

Author
item WU, YANBEI - University Of Maryland
item WAN, JIAWEI - University Of Maryland
item CHOE, UYORY - University Of Maryland
item Pham, Quynhchi
item SCHOENE, NORBERTA W - Volunteer
item HE, QIANG - Sichuan University
item LI, BING - Huazhong Agricultural University
item YU, LIANGLI - University Of Maryland
item Wang, Thomas - Tom

Submitted to: Annual Review of Food Science & Technology
Publication Type: Review Article
Publication Acceptance Date: 4/1/2019
Publication Date: 3/25/2019
Citation: Wu, Y., Wan, J., Choe, U., Pham, Q., Schoene, N., He, Q., Li, B., Yu, L., Wang, T.T. 2019. Interactions between food and gut microbiota: Impact on human health. Annual Review of Food Science & Technology. 10:389-408. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-food-032818-121303.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-food-032818-121303

Interpretive Summary: Understanding the relationship between food and the gut microbiota, the interaction and how each modulates the other is critical for a successful promotion of human health. This review seeks to summarize: 1) the current knowledge on effects of food and food components on the gut microbiota, and 2) the association of gut microbiota, consumption of food and food bioactive components and resulting beneficial health outcomes. Our goal is to provide state-of-the-art information on food and the gut microbiota interactions and to stimulate discussions and research approaches that will move the field forward. This review will provide food scientists, technologists, as well as nutritionists, information on food and microbiome which may help the development of new or existing foods for healthy living.

Technical Abstract: Understanding the relationship between food and the gut microbiota, the interaction and how each modulates the other is critical for a successful promotion of human health. This review seeks to summarize: 1) the current knowledge on the effects of food and food components on the gut microbiota, and 2) the association of gut microbiota, consumption of food and food bioactive components, and the resulting beneficial health outcomes. Our goal is to provide state-of-the-art information on food and the gut microbiota interactions and to stimulate discussions and research approaches that will move the field forward.