Vitamin C Supplementation in Healthy Individuals Leads to Shifts of Bacterial Populations in the Gut-A Pilot Study

• Main Authors: Antonius T. Otten (Author), Arno R. Bourgonje (Author), Vera Peters (Author), Behrooz Z. Alizadeh (Author), Gerard Dijkstra (Author), Hermie J. M. Harmsen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2021-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Gut microbes are crucial to human health, but microbial composition is often disturbed in a number of human diseases. Accumulating evidence points to nutritional modulation of the gut microbiota as a potentially beneficial therapeutic strategy. Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) may be of particular interest...