Microbiome reads from Fecal samples.. human gut metagenome

Resistant starch (RS) decreases intestinal inflammation and improves guthealth in some settings. Rural African children are a population at riskfor poor gut health and its associated growth faltering. We tested thehypothesis that a panel of parameters of gut health would be improved withdietary supplementation with RS in rural, stunted Malawian children.Eighteen stunted 3-5 year old children were supplemented with 8.5 g/d ofRS type 2 for 4 weeks. The fecal samples were analyzed for the microbiota,the microbiome, short chain fatty acids, metabolome and proteinsindicative of inflammation before and after the intervention.