topicSynbiotics Metabolic Health Randomized Trial
claimThis narrative review summarizes current evidence on dietary and supplementation-based strategies for modulating the gut microbiota, with particular attention to dietary fiber, fermented foods, prebiotics, probiotics, synbiotics, and postbiotics.
evidence level4
citationEkstedt-Biskot N (2026)
sourceDietary and Supplementation Strategies for Modulating Gut Microbiota: A Narrative Review.
topicSynbiotics Metabolic Health Randomized Trial
claimOverall, current evidence suggests that microbiota-targeted nutritional strategies may support gut homeostasis and selected health-related outcomes; however, their effects are not universal and require more personalized and better-controlled approaches in future research.
evidence level4
citationEkstedt-Biskot N (2026)
sourceDietary and Supplementation Strategies for Modulating Gut Microbiota: A Narrative Review.
topicSynbiotics Metabolic Health Randomized Trial
claimThe composition and balance of the gut microbiota are important for human health, as they are involved in metabolic processes, immune regulation, intestinal barrier function, and gut-brain communication.
evidence level4
citationEkstedt-Biskot N (2026)
sourceDietary and Supplementation Strategies for Modulating Gut Microbiota: A Narrative Review.
topicSynbiotics Metabolic Health Randomized Trial
claimIndia's escalating burden of obesity and metabolic disease is characterized by a distinctive "thin-fat" phenotype, in which individuals with normal or near-normal body mass index exhibit disproportionate visceral adiposity, reduced skeletal muscle mass, and heightened susceptibility to insulin resistance.
evidence level4
citationGanguly NK (2026)
sourceReconsidering Obesity in India Through a Gut-Metabolic Lens: Mechanistic Insights and the Emerging Role of Synbiotics in Individuals with the Thin-Fat Phenotype.
topicSynbiotics Metabolic Health Randomized Trial
claimEmerging evidence implicates gut microbiome dysbiosis, impaired fermentation of dietary fibers, reduced short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) signaling, altered bile acid metabolism, metabolic endotoxemia, and dysregulated adipose tissue crosstalk as key contributors to metabolic vulnerability in South Asian populations.
evidence level4
citationGanguly NK (2026)
sourceReconsidering Obesity in India Through a Gut-Metabolic Lens: Mechanistic Insights and the Emerging Role of Synbiotics in Individuals with the Thin-Fat Phenotype.
topicSynbiotics Metabolic Health Randomized Trial
claimEmerging clinical evidence from randomized controlled trials evaluating synbiotic and prebiotic-botanical formulations is also discussed, highlighting their potential benefits as adjuncts to lifestyle modification.
evidence level4
citationGanguly NK (2026)
sourceReconsidering Obesity in India Through a Gut-Metabolic Lens: Mechanistic Insights and the Emerging Role of Synbiotics in Individuals with the Thin-Fat Phenotype.
topicSynbiotics Metabolic Health Randomized Trial
claimConventional obesity models centered primarily on caloric imbalance fail to adequately explain this pattern, underscoring the need for a more integrative pathophysiological framework.
evidence level4
citationGanguly NK (2026)
sourceReconsidering Obesity in India Through a Gut-Metabolic Lens: Mechanistic Insights and the Emerging Role of Synbiotics in Individuals with the Thin-Fat Phenotype.