Nutrition Gut Microbiome & Probiotic: The Triple Connection [Print Replica] Kindle Edition

• Gut microbiota and its evolving impact on health, may help in creating personalized treatments, to keep people healthy and prevent illness.• Potential role of the gut microbiota as a predictor for cancer development and treatment, immune checkpoint inhibitors in cancer treatment, and in determining the efficacy of oral drugs.• Basics of cholera infection, and the role of gut microbiota in asymptomatic infections.• Isolating and characterizing potential probiotic strains, from potential fermented foods in Northeast India.• The immune system declines with aging resulting in impaired vaccination response and an increased risk of infectious and non-infectious complications. Evidence for the role of probiotics to improve, immune function in older adults.• Gut microbiota’s influence on the gut–brain axis and the role of specific strains of probiotics, in alleviating stress, improving sleep quality and reducing symptoms ofdepression.• Probiotics may help to boost immunity in athletes, and reduce the risk of infections.• Intestinal environment plays an important role in prevention of infectious complications, post-surgery. Perioperative use of synbiotics, can improve intestinal microbial balance and reduce the incidence of infectious complications.• Short-term ingestion of probiotics is a safe, supportive, approach with immunological, virological, and bacteriological benefits in HIV-infected individuals. Read more