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Taylor and Francis Ltd The Toxic Microbiome 1st Edition 2022 Softbound by Schwitalla, Sarah
Establishes a connection between poor gut microbiome health and chronic disease and cancer developmentDemonstrates how animal products and low-fiber diet patterns induce a detrimental metabolic transition of the gut microbiome from a human health maintaining towards a disease promoting state.Discusses the opportunity of a toxic microbial metabolic signature as a powerful clinical and diagnostic tool to effectively predict chronic disease and cancer developmentProvides the latest evidence on different strategies to rebuild a healthy microbiome metabolism and effectively prevent non-communicable diseases and colorectal cancerDocuments the gut microbiome benefits of a plant-based diet. Table of ContentsDedication PrefaceIntroductionChapter 1: Diet related chronic diseases are the most critical health problem of modern societies - how did that happen?Chapter 2: The "industrialized" microbiome - a caution label for a global epidemicMissing microbes - does it matter?Chapter 3: The subtle problems of microbiome researchIs the microbiome "oversold"?Is microbiome science heading in the wrong direction?Chapter 4: The gut microbiome: a new perspectiveOur microbiome is a metabolic organFunctional omes: metabolites over speciesFinding a new definition for a "healthy" microbiome and "dysbiosis"Chapter 5: Shaping the microbial behaviorDiet: the master educator of the gut microbiomeStarving the microbial self: a foundation for developing a chronic diseaseChapter 6: The toxic microbiome"It's not the fiber, it's the animal protein"Protein fermentationFat toxicitySecondary bile acidsHeme ironTMAO: the way to a man's heart is through his gut microbiotaToxicomicrobiomicsA toxic microbiome: useful for predicting chronic diseases?Chapter 7: How to build a healthy gut microbiome and prevent chronic diseasesThe "true" human diet: are humans really omnivores?"The Paleo diet is a myth"Protein concerns: Do we get enough on plants?Feeding microbes for disease prevention and treatmentChapter 8: "Fixing" the microbiome - Can we restore a healthy microbiome by other means than diet?Probiotics - hype or hope?Fecal microbial transplantation or "The Power of Poop"The "Wild West" of microbiome science: drugging the microbiome and personalized nutritionGlossaryAbbreviationsLiterature