Diet is important in changing the microbiome
Here’s a link to a recent Time magazine article on the microbiome:
http://time.com/5360407/microbiome-diet-gut-health/
It references work by our customer, Krzysztof Czaja.
Read more
The biggest study that's been done in mouse nutrition in 50 years by John Speakman, PhD
In a landmark paper published in Cell Metabolism in September of 2018, John Speakman, (with joint appointments at University of Aberdeen and the Chinese Academy of Sciences) et al., studied the effects of 29 different diets that varied in...

Dr. Pellizzon and Dr. Ricci published in Current Protocols in Toxicology
Our invited paper entitled “Effects of Rodent Diet Choice and Fiber Type on Data Interpretation of Gut Microbiome and Metabolic Disease Research” is available online as an epub and was made open access by Current Protocols in Toxicology.

Research Diets scientist quoted in Nature article
In last month’s Nature Medicine, Dan Engber wrote a nice article about the efforts to standardize high-fat diets to make rodents obese, and the pitfalls of a ‘one diet fits all’ approach. He also points out the lack of attention that is generally...

Fiber Is Good for You. Now Scientists May Know Why.
Research Diets formulated diets for the Gewirtz lab referenced in this article http://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/01/science/food-fiber-microbiome-inflammation.html

The common use of improper control diets in diet-induced metabolic disease research confounds data interpretation: the fiber factor
Diets used to induce metabolic disease are generally high in fat and refined carbohydrates and importantly, are usually made with refined, purified ingredients. However, researchers will often use a low fat grain-based (GB) diet containing...

Categories
Tags
Latest Posts
- Diet is important in changing the microbiome
- The biggest study that's been done in mouse nutrition in 50 years by John Speakman, PhD
- Dr. Pellizzon and Dr. Ricci published in Current Protocols in Toxicology
- Research Diets scientist quoted in Nature article
- Fiber Is Good for You. Now Scientists May Know Why.
- The common use of improper control diets in diet-induced metabolic disease research confounds data interpretation: the fiber factor