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Angel Gil is a researcher affiliated with the University of Granada in Spain, specializing in the field of Medicine with a significant focus on public health and nutrition. Their work spans several subfields including Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Nutrition and Dietetics, Physiology, Molecular Biology, and Epidemiology.

Their research covers a variety of key topics such as:

  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases

Among their recent publications are:

  • Effects of Probiotics on Metabolic Syndrome: A Systematic Review of Randomized Clinical Trials, 2020, Nutrients
  • Genetics of Lactose Intolerance: An Updated Review and Online Interactive World Maps of Phenotype and Genotype Frequencies, 2020, Nutrients
  • Malnutrition in all its forms by wealth, education and ethnicity in Latin America: who are more affected?, 2020, Public Health Nutrition
  • Elevated plasma succinate levels are linked to higher cardiovascular disease risk factors in young adults, 2021, Cardiovascular Diabetology
  • No evidence of brown adipose tissue activation after 24 weeks of supervised exercise training in young sedentary adults in the ACTIBATE randomized controlled trial, 2022, Nature Communications

Angel Gil has collaborated extensively with several frequent co-authors, including Julio Plaza-Díaz, Mercedes Gil-Campos, Concepción M. Aguilera, Rosaura Leis, and Gloria Bueno. These collaborations indicate an active engagement in multi-author research projects within their areas of expertise.

The researcher's work is published predominantly in specialized venues such as:

  • Nutrients
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Nutrition
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Nutrición Hospitalaria

Angel Gil's scientific output includes over 200 publications in the field of Medicine. This extensive contribution covers multidisciplinary research important for understanding nutrition, metabolism, and public health factors affecting different populations globally.

Best Publications

  • Probiotic Mechanisms of Action

    Miriam Bermudez-Brito;Julio Plaza-Díaz;Sergio Muñoz-Quezada;Carolina Gómez-Llorente

  • Mechanisms of Action of Probiotics

    Julio Plaza-Diaz;Francisco Javier Ruiz-Ojeda;Mercedes Gil-Campos;Mercedes Gil-Campos;Angel Gil

  • Intestinal microbiota of 6-week-old infants across Europe: geographic influence beyond delivery mode, breast-feeding, and antibiotics

    Matteo Fallani;David Young;Jane Scott;Elisabeth Norin

  • Adiponectin, the missing link in insulin resistance and obesity

    Mercedes Gil-Campos;R Ramón Cañete;Angel Gil

  • Vitamin D: Classic and Novel Actions.

    Ángel Gil;Julio Plaza-Diaz;María Dolores Mesa

  • Oral administration of a turmeric extract inhibits LDL oxidation and has hypocholesterolemic effects in rabbits with experimental atherosclerosis.

    M.C. Ramı́rez-Tortosa;M.D. Mesa;M.C. Aguilera;J.L. Quiles

  • Determinants of the human infant intestinal microbiota after the introduction of first complementary foods in infant samples from five European centres

    Matteo Fallani;Sergio Amarri;Agneta Uusijarvi;Rüdiger Adam

  • Polyunsaturated fatty acids and inflammatory diseases

    Á. Gil

  • The Role of Probiotic Lactic Acid Bacteria and Bifidobacteria in the Prevention and Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Other Related Diseases: A Systematic Review of Randomized Human Clinical Trials

    Maria Jose Saez-Lara;Carolina Gomez-Llorente;Julio Plaza-Diaz;Angel Gil

  • Sources, isolation, characterisation and evaluation of probiotics.

    Luis Fontana;Miriam Bermudez-Brito;Julio Plaza-Diaz;Sergio Muñoz-Quezada

  • Cell Models and Their Application for Studying Adipogenic Differentiation in Relation to Obesity: A Review.

    Francisco Javier Ruiz-Ojeda;Azahara Iris Rupérez;Carolina Gomez-Llorente;Angel Gil

  • Evidence of the Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Probiotics and Synbiotics in Intestinal Chronic Diseases

    Julio Plaza-Díaz;Francisco Javier Ruiz-Ojeda;Laura Maria Vilchez-Padial;Angel Gil

  • Effects of Sweeteners on the Gut Microbiota: A Review of Experimental Studies and Clinical Trials.

    Francisco Javier Ruiz-Ojeda;Julio Plaza-Díaz;Maria Jose Sáez-Lara;Angel Gil

  • Effects of Probiotics and Synbiotics on Obesity, Insulin Resistance Syndrome, Type 2 Diabetes and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Review of Human Clinical Trials

    Maria Jose Sáez-Lara;Candido Robles-Sanchez;Francisco Javier Ruiz-Ojeda;Julio Plaza-Diaz

  • Absorption and distribution of dietary fatty acids from different sources.

    M Ramı́rez;L Amate;A Gil

  • Factors associated with maternal mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa: an ecological study

    Jose Luis Alvarez;Ruth Gil;Valentín Hernández;Angel Gil

  • Growth, development and differentiation: a functional food science approach

    Berthold Koletzko;Peter J. Aggett;J. G. Bindels;P. Bung

  • Curcuma longa Extract Supplementation Reduces Oxidative Stress and Attenuates Aortic Fatty Streak Development in Rabbits

    José L. Quiles;M. Dolores Mesa;César L. Ramírez-Tortosa;Concepción M. Aguilera

  • Antimicrobial, Antioxidant, and Immunomodulatory Properties of Essential Oils: A Systematic Review

    Magdalena Valdivieso-Ugarte;Carolina Gomez-Llorente;Julio Plaza-Díaz;Ángel Gil

  • Effects of fish-oil and folate supplementation of pregnant women on maternal and fetal plasma concentrations of docosahexaenoic acid and eicosapentaenoic acid: a European randomized multicenter trial

    Susanne Krauss-Etschmann;Rania Shadid;Cristina Campoy;Eva Hoster

Frequent Co-Authors

Lluis Serra-Majem
Lluis Serra-Majem Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Marcela González-Gross
Marcela González-Gross Technical University of Madrid
Luis A. Moreno
Luis A. Moreno University of Zaragoza
Jonatan R. Ruiz
Jonatan R. Ruiz University of Granada
José L. Quiles
José L. Quiles University of Granada
Ramon Planas
Ramon Planas University of Barcelona
Keith M. Godfrey
Keith M. Godfrey University of Southampton
Philip C. Calder
Philip C. Calder University of Southampton
Berthold Koletzko
Berthold Koletzko Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Ricardo Uauy
Ricardo Uauy London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

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