Influence of habitual dietary fibre intake on the responsiveness of the gut microbiota to a prebiotic: Protocol for a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, cross-over, single-centre study

BMJ Open

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Healey, Genelle ^a,b   Brough, Louise ^a   Butts, Chrissie ^b   Murphy, Rinki ^c   Whelan, Kevin ^d   Coad, Jane ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene sequencing; Appetite; Gut microbiota; NUTRITION DIETETICS; Prebiotic

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; INULIN; PLACEBO; PREBIOTIC AGENT; RNA 16S; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ABDOMINAL PAIN; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BLOATING; DIARRHEA; DIETARY FIBER; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; FOOD INTAKE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; NAUSEA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TREATMENT DURATION; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ADULT; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DRUG EFFECTS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; APPETITE; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREBIOTICS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84985949317     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012504     Document Type: Article

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