Frank Duca, PhD, is an associate professor and metabolic diseases researcher at University of Arizona, Tucson, and author of the studies “Differential effects of plant-based flours on metabolic homeostasis and the gut microbiota in high-fat fed rats,” published in Nutrition & Metabolism, and “Impact of plant-based dietary fibers on metabolic homeostasis in high-fat diet mice via alterations in the gut microbiota and metabolites,” published in Journal of Nutrition.
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