Navy and black bean supplementation primes the colonic mucosal microenvironment to improve gut health (original) (raw)

“…At the species level, AOD enhanced an OTU assigned to the family S24-7, which was significantly repressed in the HFD group. S24-7 is a kind of carbohydrate-fermenting bacteria that produces SCFAs [51]. AST reversed the abundance of three OTUs belonging to the order Clostridiales, which were significantly increased by HFD.…”

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“…This is the first study to report negative findings in relation to navy bean consumption. Interestingly, Monk et al [28] reported that a diet containing black beans enhanced colonic barrier integrity and function as well as the microbiotic composition in mice compared to those fed navy beans, and they attributed the improvements in gut health to the unique components of black beans, particularly their polyphenols. It is likely that the phytochemical differences between the two bean types are also responsible for their different vascular effects, given that the nutritional composition of black beans and navy beans is similar (Table S1).…”

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“…Of the many functions that dietary fiber may affect in mammalian species, there is considerable interest in its influence on the meta-organism, i.e., the gut-associated microbiome [16][17][18][19][20]. The available literature on this topic is expanding rapidly, e.g., [21][22][23][24]; however, we found no studies in which the effects of the four most predominant pulses have been compared. This is important for several reasons.…”

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