Advances in the health effects of proteins based on the regulation of gut microbiota

  • MA Xuedan ,
  • QIAN Haifeng ,
  • LI Yan ,
  • WANG Li
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  • (School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China)

Received date: 2023-03-15

  Revised date: 2023-04-10

  Online published: 2024-01-02

Abstract

The gut microbiota is considered an essential bridge between diet and human health, and alterations to its ecosystem may relate to the host health. Protein is one of the important components of human dietary nutrition, and its nutritional properties depend on the source. The amino acid composition and the degree of digestion and absorption of different dietary protein sources provide different metabolic substrates for the microbiota in the gut, resulting in differences in the composition and metabolic properties of the microbiota, which in turn affect the health of the host to varying degrees. It was reported that different sources of dietary protein had different effects on organismal health mediated by the intestinal flora. In this paper, the amino acid composition, the digestive utilization, and the regulatory effects on the intestinal microbiota of proteins from various sources are summarized, and their health regulation mechanisms based on the gut microbiota are discussed. The aim of this paper is to understand the differences in the role of dietary protein-intestinal flora interactions in regulating organism health, which is helpful to provide valuable references for scientific diets for health promotion.

Cite this article

MA Xuedan , QIAN Haifeng , LI Yan , WANG Li . Advances in the health effects of proteins based on the regulation of gut microbiota[J]. Food and Fermentation Industries, 2023 , 49(23) : 315 -323 . DOI: 10.13995/j.cnki.11-1802/ts.035487

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