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A ketogenic diet significantly alters microbiome composition compared to a vegan diet.
Practitioners may consider the impact of ketogenic diets on gut microbiome composition.
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Finally, a ketogenic diet alters the microbiome composition significantly more than the vegan diet with enrichment in many microbes including bile-tolerant gut Bacteroides taxa.
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Highly controlled nutritional interventions uncover defined immune and microbiome responses in human
Verena M. Link et al. · The Journal of Immunology · 2023
DOI 10.4049/jimmunol.210.supp.66.01
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