Impacts of dietary exposure to pesticides on faecal microbiome metabolism in adult twins.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Dietary habits have a profound influence on the metabolic activity of gut microorganisms and their influence on health. Concerns have been raised as to whether the consumption of foodstuffs contaminated with pesticides can contribute to the development of chronic disease by affecting the gut microbiome. We performed the first pesticide biomonitoring survey of the British population, and subsequently used the results to perform the first pesticide association study on gut microbiome composition and function from the TwinsUK registry.

Methods

Dietary exposure of 186 common insecticide, herbicide, or fungicide residues and the faecal microbiome in 65 twin pairs in the UK was investigated. We evaluated if dietary habits, geographic location, or the rural/urban environ

SUBMITTER: Mesnage R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9063241 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature