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Henry H Le1, Elizabeth L Johnson1
1Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
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Ketogenic diets (KDs) are popularly used to aid a myriad of conditions. KDs induce metabolic changes, but how microbiome alterations contribute to these changes remains unexplored. In a recent Cell paper, Ang et al. identify KD-specific changes to the gut microbiota linked to a reduction in pro-inflammatory Th17 cells.
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