Why do vegetarian women have happier guts?

Original Title

Diet-Associated Gut Bacterial Microbiota and Metabolome Signatures Linked to Fermented Food Intake in Healthy Postmenopausal Women

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Summary

Women who eat mostly plants and daily fermented foods like pickled veggies and soy paste have different gut bacteria than women who eat meat. These plant-eating women’s gut bugs make more good chemicals that help their intestines and give them more nutrients.

Proposed Mechanism
Fermented food-derived microbes enhance SCFA production via carbohydrate fermentation
Supported by evidence
Fermented soy-based foods enhance essential amino acid biosynthesis via microbial metabolism
Suggested
Habitual intake of Weissella from fermented foods transiently colonizes the gut and contributes to microbial community structure
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Authors

Buranavanitvong N, Thanthithum C, Kanyakam K, Azzout-Marniche D, Jouan-Rimbaud Bouveresse D, Chotechuang N, Prakitchaiwattana C