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Fad diets are popular but often short-lived dietary trends or weight-loss plans that promote quick results. They usually focus on specific foods or eating…
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Fats
Fats are lipid molecules that serve as an essential energy source, insulator, and structural component of cells. Different types of fats, including saturated, unsaturated,…
Read termFecal Microbiota Transplant (FMT)
Fecal microbiota transplant (FMT) is a medical procedure in which processed stool from a rigorously screened, healthy donor is transferred into the gastrointestinal tract…
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Food security is a broader concept encompassing not only affordability but also availability, accessibility, and utilization of food. It is the condition in which…
Read termHPA Dysbiosis-Neuroinflammatory Cycle
The HPA (hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal) axis dysbiosis-neuroinflammatory cycle is a proposed mechanism of how chronic stress and an imbalanced gut microbiota can contribute to the development…
Read termMicrobial Diversity
Microbial diversity measures the variety of species in the gut microbiota. Higher diversity indicates a healthy microbiota because it contains a diverse range of…
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