Comprehensive Gut Microbiota

Comprehensive Gut Microbiota is a wide-ranging resource providing new insights into gut microbiota as a critical mediator of human health and well-being. 120 comprehensive chapters, split across three volumes, present trusted and authoritative sources of information for novel human gut microbiome and health research. Its focuses on the fascinating intestinal microbiome and its interaction with food, food bioactive components, nutrition and human health. Chapters address the core science in the microbiota field and draw links between the microbiome, food, nutrition and health interaction. Headed by world-famous editors and written by researchers who are familiar with the latest microbiota findings, each chapter provides a long-term perspective about this high profile and fast-moving topic. The text reflects the current state of evidence available in the field of microbiota, its regulation at the individual and population level, and the importance of the microbiome to human health. Each section includes introductory chapters presenting the key concepts about the section objective. Later sections focus on the novel findings of the gut microbiome, food and nutrition science. Human studies and systematic literature reviews are discussed throughout the work, both cross-sectional and interventional clinical trials with a critical analysis of the quality of research and clinical design. Comprehensive introduction to gut microbiota research and its role and relation to human health; offering readers a ‘one-stop’ resource for access to a wealth of information to fully support their research and activities in this areaConsolidates new research on how gut microbiota affects nutrition and vice versa, offering increased understanding of methodologies and the complexity of microbiome-health science. Facilitates comprehension of different diet approaches in relation to gut and overall healthChapters written by leading experts from various fields and regions will ensure that the knowledge within is easily understood by and applicable to a large audienceArticles will be intuitively and meticulously organized into 8 coherent sections on key topics, making it easier for the reader to access relevant information quickly