Discussion: Gut Microbes and Health

Purpose: Future health care professionals need to become comfortable sharing information about food and nutrition. In doing so, students must be sure to use reliable sources of information, interpret that information accurately, and communicate it clearly. These discussions will allow you to practice the skills that are used when educating clients about the connections between lifestyle and health.

The length of your response should be sufficient to respond in a clear and detailed manner, but should not wander from the focus of the prompt. It is recommended that your response stay in the 100-250 word count range. For replies to classmates, be sure to add to the conversation. Include new factual information. Your reply should be at least 4 sentences in length.

Task: Watch this video on the health impact of our microbiota:

What is one piece of information presented in the video that you found important and interesting? Your task will be to find current, evidence-based information on that topic.

To answer this prompt, find a research article from a reliable source on that one topic. Use either Google Scholar (

) or the library databases to be sure the article is scholarly. Filter for the last 5 years to make sure it is current.

Be sure to choose an article that is interesting to you. Read the entire article, not only the abstract.

Copy the following template into the reply to this discussion. Summarize the research by providing the following information, including a working link for the article.

1. Title of research article:
2. Authors:
3. Title of the journal:
4. Date of publication (must be within the past 5 years):
5. Type of research or study design (refer to section 1.5 of your text to review the different types of studies):
6. In your opinion, what was the most important finding? Summarize in at least 5 sentences.
7. Working link to the full research article (so your classmates can read the source article):