Nature Communications (Nov 2018)

A low-gluten diet induces changes in the intestinal microbiome of healthy Danish adults

  • Lea B. S. Hansen,
  • Henrik M. Roager,
  • Nadja B. Søndertoft,
  • Rikke J. Gøbel,
  • Mette Kristensen,
  • Mireia Vallès-Colomer,
  • Sara Vieira-Silva,
  • Sabine Ibrügger,
  • Mads V. Lind,
  • Rasmus B. Mærkedahl,
  • Martin I. Bahl,
  • Mia L. Madsen,
  • Jesper Havelund,
  • Gwen Falony,
  • Inge Tetens,
  • Trine Nielsen,
  • Kristine H. Allin,
  • Henrik L. Frandsen,
  • Bolette Hartmann,
  • Jens Juul Holst,
  • Morten H. Sparholt,
  • Jesper Holck,
  • Andreas Blennow,
  • Janne Marie Moll,
  • Anne S. Meyer,
  • Camilla Hoppe,
  • Jørgen H. Poulsen,
  • Vera Carvalho,
  • Domenico Sagnelli,
  • Marlene D. Dalgaard,
  • Anders F. Christensen,
  • Magnus Christian Lydolph,
  • Alastair B. Ross,
  • Silas Villas-Bôas,
  • Susanne Brix,
  • Thomas Sicheritz-Pontén,
  • Karsten Buschard,
  • Allan Linneberg,
  • Jüri J. Rumessen,
  • Claus T. Ekstrøm,
  • Christian Ritz,
  • Karsten Kristiansen,
  • H. Bjørn Nielsen,
  • Henrik Vestergaard,
  • Nils J. Færgeman,
  • Jeroen Raes,
  • Hanne Frøkiær,
  • Torben Hansen,
  • Lotte Lauritzen,
  • Ramneek Gupta,
  • Tine Rask Licht,
  • Oluf Pedersen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07019-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Gluten-free diets are increasingly common in the general population. Here, the authors report the results of a randomised cross-over trial involving middle-aged, healthy Danish adults, showing evidence that a low-gluten diet leads to gut microbiome changes, possibly due to variations in dietary fibres.