AUG 10, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE
Early‐Life Dietary Protein Source Reshapes Gut Microbiota but Fails to Curtail Diet‐Induced Metabolic Syndrome in Young Rats
Obesity
Small animal model study with modest sample sizes examining mechanistic microbiota changes, but primary finding—that early dietary protein fails to prevent metabolic dysfunction—is a negative result in a surrogate system without translational validation.
Reported
Study duration—controlled phase4 weeks
Study duration—HFHS challenge pha…5 weeks
Sample size per group8–11 per sex per diet