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The diet–microbe morbid union

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A common dietary component that some people even take as a supplement is converted by the gut microbiota to harmful metabolites linked to heart disease. This finding has cautionary implications. See Article p.57

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Figure 1: From diet to disease.

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  1. Kimberly Rak and Daniel J. Rader are at the Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics, and the Cardiovascular Institute, University of Pennsylvania Schools of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6160, USA.,

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