Fasting alters the gut microbiome reducing blood pressure and body weight in metabolic syndrome patients

Nutritional modification including fasting has been shown to reduce cardiometabolic risk linked to western diet. Here the authors show implementation of fasting resulted in alterations to the intestinal microbiota, and circulating immune cells, improving blood pressure and body weight in patients wi...

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Main Authors: András Maifeld, Hendrik Bartolomaeus, Ulrike Löber, Ellen G. Avery, Nico Steckhan, Lajos Markó, Nicola Wilck, Ibrahim Hamad, Urša Šušnjar, Anja Mähler, Christoph Hohmann, Chia-Yu Chen, Holger Cramer, Gustav Dobos, Till Robin Lesker, Till Strowig, Ralf Dechend, Danilo Bzdok, Markus Kleinewietfeld, Andreas Michalsen, Dominik N. Müller, Sofia K. Forslund
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22097-0