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Chronic consumption of probiotics, oats, and apples has differential effects on postprandial bile acid profile and cardiometabolic disease risk markers compared with an isocaloric control (cornflakes): a randomized trial

Journal

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION
Volume 117, Issue 2, Pages 252-265

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ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajcnut.2022.10.013

Keywords

Renetta Canada Apples; probiotic; fiber; polyphenols; gut microbiota; apolipoprotein B; bile acids; glucose; insulin

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This study investigated the chronic effects of probiotics, oats, and apples on postprandial bile acids, gut microbiota, and cardiometabolic health biomarkers. The results showed that oats and apples can reduce postprandial blood sugar and insulin levels, while probiotics can increase bile acid levels. However, the impacts of these dietary components on gut microbiota and cardiometabolic risk markers remain unclear.
Background: Dietary components that impact the gut microbiota may beneficially affect cardiometabolic health, possibly by altered bile acid meta-bolism. However, impacts of these foods on postprandial bile acids, gut microbiota, and cardiometabolic risk markers are unclear.Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the chronic effects of probiotics, oats, and apples on postprandial bile acids, gut microbiota, and cardiometabolic health biomarkers.Methods: Using an acute within chronic parallel design, 61 volunteers (mean +/- SD: age 52 +/- 12 y; BMI 24.8 +/- 3.4 kg/m2) were randomly assigned to consume 40 g cornflakes (control), 40 g oats or 2 Renetta Canada apples each with 2 placebo capsules per day or 40 g cornflakes with 2 Lactobacillus reuteri capsules (>5 x 109 CFU) per day, for 8 wk. Fasting and postprandial serum/plasma bile acids and cardiometabolic health biomarkers, fecal bile acids, and gut microbiota composition were determined.Results: At week 0, oats and apples significantly decreased postprandial serum insulin [area under the curve (AUC): 25.6 (17.4, 33.8) and 23.4 (15.4, 31.4) vs. 42.0 (33.7, 50.2) pmol/L x min and incremental AUC (iAUC): 17.8 (11.6, 24.0) and 13.7 (7.7, 19.8) vs. 29.6 (23.3, 35.8) pmol/L x min] and C -peptide responses [AUC: 599 (514, 684) and 550 (467, 632) vs. 750 (665, 835) ng/mL x min], whereas non-esterified fatty acids were increased [AUC 135 (117, 153) vs. 86.3 (67.9, 105) and iAUC 96.2 (78.8, 114) vs. 60 (42.1, 77.9) mmol/L x min] after the apples vs. control (P < 0.05). Postprandial unconjugated [AUC: predicted means (95% CI) 1469 (1101, 1837) vs. 363 (-28, 754) mu mol/L x min and iAUC: 923 (682, 1165) vs. 22.0 (-235, 279) mu mol/L x min)] and hydrophobic [iAUC: 1210 (911, 1510) vs. 487 (168, 806) mu mol/L x min] bile acid responses were increased after 8 wk probiotic intervention vs. control (P < 0.049). None of the interventions modulated the gut microbiota.Conclusions: These results support beneficial effects of apples and oats on postprandial glycemia and the ability of the probiotic Lactobacillus reuteri to modulate postprandial plasma bile acid profiles compared with control (cornflakes), with no relationship evident between circulating bile acids and cardiometabolic health biomarkers.

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