The Life-Long Role of Nutrition on the Gut Microbiome and Gastrointestinal Disease
Joann Romano-Keelera, Jilei Zhangb, Jun Sunb.c
Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Illinois at Chicago, 840 South Wood Street, MC 856, Suite 1252, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
Abstract
The human body is composed of a vast population of microbes, including bacteria, viruses, fungi, and phages, that outnumber human cells 1.3 to 1.0 based on recent calculations and estimates.1,2 The densest community of these microbes, which are referred to as the human microbiota, resides in the gut.
Keywords: Cancer, Dysbiosis, Gut-brain axis,Inflammation, Infant, Nutrition, Microbiome, Micronutrients.
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