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The amount and type of food we eat and its consistency follow a healthy Diet The main factors affecting human beings are Healthusing a new study artificial intelligence It shows.
What we eat and what we eat, say researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne how regularly we eat These are the most important factors in determining gut health.
Studies routinely link diets that are rich in fiber, fruits, vegetables, and Nuts for higher gut microbiome diversity and better digestive health.
Gut microbes are bacteria, viruses, fungi, and other microorganisms that live in our digestive tract. Some support health while others may be harmful.
New research published in journal nature communication, For the first time, it has been discovered that consistency in following a healthy diet is as important for gut health as the type or amount of food we eat.
Study, conducted by aye The analysis shows that eating fruits, vegetables and grains regularly is important for developing a healthy gut microbiota. “This research clearly shows that you cannot overindulge in vegetables on your healthy day and then eat in an unhealthy way for the rest of the week or month,” said Marcel Salathe, an author of the study.
“In fact, our study shows that irregular consumption of healthy foods destroys many of their beneficial effects on the gut microbiota. This is a real encouragement for future studies to look not only at what people are eating but also at the patterns of what they are eating over time.”
Advanced AI techniques are being used to assess stool samples to predict a person’s diet using their microbiota and vice versa.
Researchers found that a person’s gut microbiota could predict what they ate and vice versa with up to 85 percent accuracy.
“It is relatively easy to get such data from stool samples but it is extremely difficult to understand someone’s diet, this data is challenging to collect,” Dr Salathe said.
The latest study assessed the nutritional information of nearly 1,000 people who were part of the “Food and You” study.
The data was collected through the MyFoodRepo app developed by the Swiss Institute.
The app’s AI system analyzed the data for nutritional content and the analysis was then reviewed by researchers.
“Historically,” said Rohan Singh, lead author of the study, “nutrition research has relied on food frequency questionnaires and 24-hour dietary recalls. In theory you can ask someone to write down everything they eat, but in practice this is not done because it is impossible.”
This research provides insight into lifestyle-oriented gut disorders that often develop gradually.
“Since nutrition is one of the major contributors to these diseases, analyzes like ours may be able to assess how improvements could be made in a person’s diet,” Dr. Singh said. “AI can then help people adjust their food intake accordingly.”
In view of these findings, researchers call for updating dietary guidelines to emphasize not only the type and quantity of food but also the regularity of healthy eating behaviors.
They hope to use the new data to investigate the connection between food additives, such as emulsifiers found in ultra-processed foods, and gut microbiota. “There is a strong hypothesis that some of these additives can actually have a negative impact on your microbiota and we have some early indications that that may actually be the case,” Dr. Salathe said.