ABC Catalyst
are doing a special two part program called 'Gut reaction', featuring
Monash research.
Part 1 was broadcast Thursday 14 and Part 2 on 21 August 2014. Part 2
features a young, fit, active and apparently healthy man, Gideon
Cordover, who trials a prebiotic fibre-rich diet designed by dietitian and nutrition researcher Dr Jane Muir and prepared by Masters student Trish Veitch, from the Monash Department of Gastroenterology.
Gideon had been eating an unhealthy diet predominantly of fast food. In
the words of the Catalyst promo, "changing the foods we eat could
revolutionise our health and treat disease."
Prof Charles Mackay's group in the School of Biological Sciences, featured in
Part 1, is also undertaking research into the impact of increasing what's called 'prebiotic' fibre in your diet. Prebiotics are fibre compounds that provide a substrate for beneficial
bacteria that colonize the large bowel, and thereby stimulate the growth
and activity of these bacteria, which may benefit not only digestion and absorption of
minerals, but also immune system function.
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