The athlete gut microbiome and its relevance to health and performance: a review

MT O'Brien, O O'Sullivan, MJ Claesson, PD Cotter - Sports Medicine, 2022 - Springer
The human gut microbiome is a complex ecosystem of microorganisms that play an
important role in human health, influencing functions such as vitamin uptake, digestion and …

The 'Whey'to good health: Whey protein and its beneficial effect on metabolism, gut microbiota and mental health

S Boscaini, P Skuse, KN Nilaweera, JF Cryan… - Trends in Food Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Whey protein (WP) and its components account for 20% of bovine milk proteins.
Once considered as a waste by-product of cheese production, WP is now known to exert …

Improving reproducibility to enhance scientific rigor through consideration of mouse diet

CJ Westmark, J Brower, PK Held - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Our current inability as a biomedical field to reproduce and replicate
published scientific findings is a major crisis. A contributing factor is lack of reporting of …

Can dietary proteins selectively reduce either the visceral or subcutaneous adipose tissues?

KN Nilaweera, PD Cotter - Obesity Reviews, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
There is a considerable appeal for interventions that can selectively reduce either the
visceral or subcutaneous white adipose tissues in humans and other species because of …

Recent advances in wolfberry polysaccharides and whey protein-based biopolymers for regulating the diversity of gut microbiota and its mechanism: A review

M Al-Wraikat, L Zhang, L Li, MA Abubaker… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Imbalances in gut microbiota diversity are associated with various health issues, including
obesity and related disorders. There is a growing interest in developing synergistic …

Design of a proteolytic module for improved metabolic modeling of Bacteroides caccae

A Paulay, GM Grimaud, R Caballero, B Laroche… - Msystems, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
The gut microbiota plays a crucial role in health and is significantly modulated by human
diets. In addition to Western diets which are rich in proteins, high-protein diets are used for …

Dietary Amino Acid Source Elicits Sex‐Specific Metabolic Response to Diet‐Induced NAFLD in Mice

C Rives, CMP Martin, L Evariste… - Molecular Nutrition & …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Scope Non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a sexually dimorphic disease influenced
by dietary factors. Here, the metabolic and hepatic effects of dietary amino acid (AA) source …

The roles of different macronutrients in regulation of appetite, energy intake and adiposity

JR Speakman - Current opinion in endocrine and metabolic research, 2022 - Elsevier
Over-consumption of calories rather than decreased expenditure is the most likely cause of
the obesity epidemic. The reasons for this remain disputed, with all the main macro-nutrients …

The Sex Dependent and Independent Effects of Dietary Whey Proteins Are Passed from the Mother to the Offspring

KN Nilaweera, O Nychyk, W McCarthy… - Molecular Nutrition & …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Scope The study assesses the metabolic impact of dietary whey proteins across
generations. Method and results Virgin females are fed 20% energy whey proteins with 70 …

Whey protein and soy protein prevent obesity by upregulating uncoupling protein 1 to activate brown adipose tissue and promote white adipose tissue browning in …

A Ji, W Chen, T Zhang, R Shi, X Wang, Y Wang… - Food & Function, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
There are inconsistent conclusions regarding the effect of whey protein and soy protein
supplementation on obesity, and the underlying mechanisms of a high-protein diet for …