Western-style diets could be contributing to the rapid increase in inflammatory bowel disease. New research suggests that dietary fat can alter bile composition and so favour the growth of pro-inflammatory gut microbes. See Letter p.104
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Turnbaugh, P. Fat, bile and gut microbes. Nature 487, 47–48 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/487047a
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