Effects of an isoenergetic low Glycaemic Index (GI) diet on liver fat accumulation and gut microbiota composition in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD): a study protocol of an efficacy mechanism evaluation

• Moira Taylor,
• Ana Valdes,
• Guruprasad Aithal,
• Stephen Bawden,
• Penny Gowland,
• Jane Grove,
• Amina Al-Awadi,
• Amrita Vijay

Affiliations

Moira Taylor

4 School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK

Ana Valdes

NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK

Guruprasad Aithal

Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, The University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK

Stephen Bawden

3Physics and Astronomy, Sir Peter Mansfield Imaging Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK

Penny Gowland

NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and the University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK

Jane Grove

1Nottingham Digestive Diseases Centre, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK

Amina Al-Awadi

1 Nottingham Digestive Diseases Centre, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK

Amrita Vijay

5 School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK