The Toxic Microbiome

Table of Contents

Dedication

Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1: Diet related chronic diseases are the most critical health problem of modern societies - how did that happen?

Chapter 2: The "industrialized" microbiome - a caution label for a global epidemic

Missing microbes - does it matter?

Chapter 3: The subtle problems of microbiome research

Is the microbiome "oversold"?

Is microbiome science heading in the wrong direction?

Chapter 4: The gut microbiome: a new perspective

Our microbiome is a metabolic organ

Functional omes: metabolites over species

Finding a new definition for a "healthy" microbiome and "dysbiosis"

Chapter 5: Shaping the microbial behavior

Diet: the master educator of the gut microbiome

Starving the microbial self: a foundation for developing a chronic disease

Chapter 6: The toxic microbiome

"It's not the fiber, it's the animal protein"

Protein fermentation

Fat toxicity

Secondary bile acids

Heme iron

TMAO: the way to a man's heart is through his gut microbiota

Toxicomicrobiomics

A toxic microbiome: useful for predicting chronic diseases?

Chapter 7: How to build a healthy gut microbiome and prevent chronic diseases

The "true" human diet: are humans really omnivores?

"The Paleo diet is a myth"

Protein concerns: Do we get enough on plants?

Feeding microbes for disease prevention and treatment

Chapter 8: "Fixing" the microbiome - Can we restore a healthy microbiome by other means than diet?

Probiotics - hype or hope?

Fecal microbial transplantation or "The Power of Poop"

The "Wild West" of microbiome science: drugging the microbiome and personalized nutrition

Glossary

Abbreviations

Literature