Newswise — WINSTON-SALEM, N. C. – August 31, 2020 – Specific fungi in the gut associated with a higher risk of Alzheimer’s disease and found in people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) can be altered in a beneficial manner by eating a modified Mediterranean diet, researchers at Wake Forest School of Medicine have found.
The small study is published in the current online edition of the journal EBioMedicine.
“Our study reveals that unique fungi co-living with bacteria in the gut of patients with MCI can be modulated through a Mediterranean ketogenic diet,” said principal investigator Hariom Yadav, assistant professor of molecular medicine at Wake Forest School of Medicine, part of Wake Forest Baptist Health.
In the single-center, randomized, double-blind crossover pilot study, Yadav’s team identified the organisms in the gut microbiome by sequencing the…
