Dietary compound linked to heart disease may be influenced by gut microbiome

Thursday, August 11, 2016 - 11:21 in Biology & Nature

In the last five years, some scientists have cautioned against eating eggs and meat because these foods generate a common dietary compound, trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO), that research has suggested plays a role in heart disease. A Cornell study recently published online in the peer-reviewed journal Molecular Nutrition and Food Research reports new results that raise […]

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