On Wednesday, 17 Sept.
from 16h
don't miss Flash talk (ft) session 1
and Poster (p) session 1

and meet our lab members:
✨ @fackelmeister.bsky.social
✨ @vheidrich.bsky.social

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Thank you so much!

Thank you! Subgroups are not something we looked into, but we did consider hPDI (healthy plant-based diet index). This correlates with the same microbes regardless of diet pattern so in theory, omn eating more veg could have similar microbes as vegans. In practice though, omn have the lowest hPDI.

This work wouldn’t have been possible without collaboration! 💪 Kudos and thanks to the team at CIBIO and ZOE (most aren't on bluesky, so not tagged here) @cibiocm.bsky.social @fasnicar.bsky.social
🥳👏 10/10

Summary: The inclusion/exclusion of major food groups leaves its mark on the gut #microbiome via potential selection & food-to-gut acquisition esp from #dairy but also from fruit/veg, highlighting the role of agricultural practices in westernized gut microbiomes. 9/10

Interestingly though, the most prevalent food microbes in vegans are soil microbes sometimes used in agriculture as N-fixing plant-growth promoters🌱 8/10

Using the database of food-specific microbes #cFMD, we found that the greatest number of microbes may be derived from dairy, then fruits/veg and finally meat. Since vegans don’t eat dairy, they harbored the fewest food microbes. 7/10

🍎🥑🥕Diversity of plant-based foods in one’s #diet can play a role in shaping the gut #microbiome, regardless of diet pattern. However, in practice, omnivores consume a significantly less plant-diverse diet than #vegans or #vegetarians. 6/10

By correlating gut microbes with various host #cardiometabolic markers, we found vegan signature gut #microbes to be most favorable in terms of cardiometabolic #health, followed by vegetarians, trailed by omnivores. 5/10

#Dairy microbes distinguish vegan from vegetarian gut #microbiomes, esp Streptococcus thermophilus, a common dairy starter. 4/10