What Would You Like to Eat, Mr CKD Microbiota? A Mediterranean Diet, please!
In this review we elucidate the role of gut microbiota as the plausible missing link between food and health, focusing on chronic kidney disease (CKD). Microbiota, the microbial community harboured in the large intestine, is considered a symbiotic “supplementary organ”. It contributes to digestion,...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Karger Publishers
2014-07-01
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| Series: | Kidney & Blood Pressure Research |
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| Online Access: | http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/355785 |