Nutritional supplements articles from across Nature Portfolio

In this Review, Sanz and colleagues discuss how diet shapes the gut microbiome, the role of diet–microbiome interactions on the immune, nervous and cardiometabolic systems, and implications for dietary guidelines and precision nutrition.

An analysis of patent documents reveals a trend of increasing interest in functional food innovations that may aid future decision-making in research, business and policymaking.

A metabolic product of excess niacin promotes vascular inflammation in preclinical models and is associated with increased rates of major adverse cardiovascular events in humans.

In the SSaSS trial, substituting regular table salt (100% sodium chloride) with an alternative containing 25% potassium chloride reduced the rate of stroke, major cardiovascular events and all-cause death.