The Western Diet has been tested as part of the University of Cork's program of special studies on the effect of diet on susceptibility to infections.. Experiments have shown that a diet that is high in fat and low in fiber increases the likelihood of listeriosis, one of the most serious diseases caused by poor diet.. Severe disease can be fatal, especially in people with immune system problems.

Experiments have confirmed that the Western diet (red meat, foods high in fat, sugar, processed grains, fried foods) leads to an imbalance in the microflora of the gastrointestinal tract and reduces resistance to the causative agent of the disease - Listeria monocytogenes.

The experimental mice were fed according to the Western diet, then they were infected, and subsequently their digestive organs and feces were carefully examined.. The results confirmed that even a short meal on this diet leads to disruption of the immune system, and the number of goblet cells in the human digestive system, which Listeria monocytogenes infects, increases significantly, which increases the body's vulnerability. In addition, gene excess contributes to the intensification of the obesity process, all this accelerates the adaptation and development of pathogenic bacteria in the body and the intensification of the development of the disease..

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