A high fat diet is linked to unfavourable changes in the type and numbers of gut bacteria.
A high fat diet is linked to unfavourable changes in the type and numbers of gut bacteria – collectively known as the microbiome – as well as a rise in inflammatory triggers in the body, finds the first study of its kind, published online in the journalThese effects may sow the seeds for the development of metabolic disorders, such as diabetes, as well as heart disease and stroke, over the longer term, warn the researchers.
The researchers wanted to see if different levels of dietary fat might alter gut bacteria in healthy young adults from China, where dietary habits are moving from a traditional low fat, high carb diet, to one relatively high in fat and low in carbs. Each participant stuck to their particular diet for six months, and its impact on their gut bacteria and inflammatory triggers was assessed in blood and faecal samples taken at the start and end of the six months.
By contrast, the numbers of these beneficial bacteria had fallen in the high fat diet group, while numbers of “unhelpful” bacteria that have been found in the guts of people with type 2 diabetes, for example, had increased.
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