Abstract
Chocolate, gut microbiota, and human health
Highlights
With the advances in molecular biology techniques, the association between changes in the gut microbiota and human diseases or disorders is becoming more evident
Ingredients in diets that are derived from prebiotics and consumed as probiotics or synbiotics play a role in changing the human gut microbiota (Steer et al, 2000)
This means that gut microbes affect the hydrolysis and the absorption of the polyphenols and at the same time the products of this hydrolysis affect the growth of bacterial species that are present in the intestine either negatively or positively
Summary
With the advances in molecular biology techniques, the association between changes in the gut microbiota and human diseases or disorders is becoming more evident. Ingredients in diets that are derived from prebiotics and consumed as probiotics or synbiotics play a role in changing the human gut microbiota (Steer et al, 2000). Chocolate or cocoa is considered a prebiotic that is rich, among other chemicals, in polyphenols (Redovnikovicet al., 2009).
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