Western diet-based NutriCol medium: A high-pectin, low-inulin culture medium promoted gut microbiota stability and diversity in PolyFermS and M-ARCOL continuous in vitro models.

Optimizing fermentation media to accurately reflect the colonic environment remains a challenge in developing in vitro models that simulate the human colon. This study aimed to develop a fermentation medium, Nutritive Colonic (NutriCol), which mimics colonic chyme with fiber content reflective of a typical Western diet and compared to the widely used MacFarlane medium. MacFarlane/NutriCol media contained the following fiber (g/L): potato starch (5/0.

Magnet® Empirical Outcomes: Key Strategies to Improve Sustainability.

Healthcare organizations are challenged to demonstrate sustainability of quality outcomes within an ever-changing healthcare environment. The Magnet® model and empirical outcomes component provides a framework for demonstrating improvements in quality outcomes and is a foundation for creating professional nursing care environments to support sustainability. Within this high-performing professional nursing care environment, nursing leaders are able to engage in key strategies to enhance sustainability of quality outcomes once achieved.

Viscosity development from oat bran β-glucans through digestion is lowered in the presence of phenolic compounds.

Dietary fibres have been shown to aggregate and lose viscosity and water binding capacity in solution in the presence of phenolic compounds. This study aimed to verify this observation in a complex grain system containing β-glucans. The viscosity of uncooked and cooked oat bran digested was measured in the presence of 1-30 mM phenolic acids or flavonoids, and digestograms were modelled to understand the effects of phenolic compounds on the drivers of viscosity.

Gut microbiome responses to dietary intake of grain-based fibers with the potential to modulate markers of metabolic disease: a systematic literature review.

Context: Cereal fiber modulates the gut microbiome and benefits metabolic health. The potential link between these effects is of interest.0.

Anti-diabetic effects of bioactive peptides: recent advances and clinical implications.

Diabetes mellitus, particularly type 2 diabetes, is a major global health issue, the prevalence of which seems to be on the rise worldwide. Interventions such as healthy diet, physical activity, maintaining a healthy weight, and medication (for those with a diagnosis of diabetes) are among the most effective strategies to prevent and control diabetes. Three-quarters of patients diagnosed with diabetes are in countries with poor financial infrastructure, nutritional awareness and health care systems.