Diet-microbe interactions in the gut: effects on human health and disease

Content: 
Front-matter, Pages i,iii
Copyright, Page iv
Foreword, Pages ix-x
Acknowledgements, Page xi
List of Contributors, Pages xiii-xiv, Philip Allsopp, Marialaura Bonaccio, Duncan T. Brown, Emma M. Brown, Renato Bruni, Luca Calani, Duccio Cavalieri, Florencia Ceppa, Angela Ceribelli, Martina Cirlini, Adele Costabile, Simone Cuva, Chiara Dall’Asta, Carlotta De Filippo, Daniele Del Rio, Maria Benedetta Donati, Francesca Fava, Cesare Furlanello, Giovanni de Gaetano, Mattia Gasperotti, Chris I.R. Gill,  et al.
Chapter 1 - The Microbiota of the Human Gastrointestinal Tract: A Molecular View, Pages 1-15, Kieran M. Tuohy, Karen P. Scott
Chapter 2 - A Nutritional Anthropology of the Human Gut Microbiota, Pages 17-26, Carlotta De Filippo, Kieran M. Tuohy
Chapter 3 - Probiotic Microorganisms for Shaping the Human Gut Microbiota – Mechanisms and Efficacy into the Future, Pages 27-40, Lorenzo Morelli, Vania Patrone
Chapter 4 - Bifidobacteria of the Human Gut: Our Special Friends, Pages 41-51, Marco Ventura, Francesca Turroni, Douwe van Sinderen
Chapter 5 - Shaping the Human Microbiome with Prebiotic Foods – Current Perspectives for Continued Development, Pages 53-71, Kieran M. Tuohy, Duncan T. Brown, Annett Klinder, Adele Costabile, Francesca Fava
Chapter 6 - Bioactivation of High-Molecular-Weight Polyphenols by the Gut Microbiome, Pages 73-101, Pedro Mena, Luca Calani, Renato Bruni, Daniele Del Rio
Chapter 7 - Gut Microbial Metabolism of Plant Lignans: Influence on Human Health, Pages 103-117, Seth C. Yoder, Samuel M. Lancaster, Meredith A.J. Hullar, Johanna W. Lampe
Chapter 8 - Gut Microbiome Modulates Dietary Xenobiotic Toxicity: The Case of DON and Its Derivatives, Pages 119-125, Martina Cirlini, Renato Bruni, Chiara Dall’Asta
Chapter 9 - Gut Microbiota–Immune System Crosstalk: Implications for Metabolic Disease, Pages 127-137, Francesca Fava
Chapter 10 - The Interplay of Epigenetics and Epidemiology in Autoimmune Diseases: Time for Geoepigenetics, Pages 139-148, Carlo Selmi, Angela Ceribelli
Chapter 11 - Obesity-Associated Gut Microbiota: Characterization and Dietary Modulation, Pages 149-171, Qing Shen, Vatsala Maitin
Chapter 12 - An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away – Inter-Relationship Between Apple Consumption, the Gut Microbiota and Cardiometabolic Disease Risk Reduction, Pages 173-194, Athanasios Koutsos, Julie A. Lovegrove
Chapter 13 - Whole Plant Foods and Colon Cancer Risk, Pages 195-207, Emma M. Brown, Ian Rowland, Nigel G. Ternan, Philip Allsopp, Geoff McMullan, Chris I.R. Gill
Chapter 14 - Population Level Divergence from the Mediterranean Diet and the Risk of Cancer and Metabolic Disease, Pages 209-223, George Pounis, Marialaura Bonaccio, Kieran M. Tuohy, Maria Benedetta Donati, Giovanni de Gaetano, Licia Iacoviello
Chapter 15 - Diet and the Gut Microbiota – How the Gut: Brain Axis Impacts on Autism, Pages 225-245, Kieran M. Tuohy, Paola Venuti, Simone Cuva, Cesare Furlanello, Mattia Gasperotti, Andrea Mancini, Florencia Ceppa, Duccio Cavalieri, Carlotta de Filippo, Urska Vrhovsek, Pedro Mena, Daniele Del Rio, Francesca Fava
Index, Pages 247-253