Year Awarded 2017
FFAR award amount $299,744
Total award amount $599,488
Location Urbana-Champaign, IL
Matching Funders The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
Grantee Institution University of Illinois
The microbiome in human guts and diet are linked to public health issues including obesity, liver disease and diabetes. While the microbiome is susceptible to changes in diet, there is a dearth of knowledge on how specific foods effect microbiome and how diet and the microbiome are related to disease treatment and prevention. University of Illinois researchers are furthering general understanding of how foods impacts health. The project is providing information that will help consumers to make healthful food choices.