The Hindu·5 min read·medium
Gut-microbe study races to capture what urban diets erase in urbanising India
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Jacob P Koshy
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A three-year study published in 'Gut Microbes' examines how urbanization and processed diets are altering the gut microbiome of Indians. Researchers compared rural and urban populations sharing genetic ancestry to isolate the impact of environment on health.
Bacteria in the human gut, and not just genes, may help explain why urbanising Indians face rising rates of diabetes, obesity and hypertension. This is from a three-year study that has produced what its authors describe as the first reference database of the gut microbiome across South Asia.
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