Mike Keenan

Professor
Nutrition and Food Sciences
Louisiana State University
United States of America

Professor Nutrition
Biography

"Dr. Mike Keenan is currently working as a Professor in the Department of Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences , Louisiana State University , USA. His research interests includes Study of the health effects of the dietary fermentable fiber, resistant starch, which includes molecular effects and the effect on the microbiota. He is serving as an editorial member and reviewer of several international reputed journals. Dr. Mike Keenan is the member of many international affiliations. He has successfully completed his Administrative responsibilities. He has authored of many research articles/books related to Study of the health effects of the dietary fermentable fiber, resistant starch, which includes molecular effects and the effect on the microbiota. "

Research Intrest

Study of the health effects of the dietary fermentable fiber, resistant starch, which includes molecular effects and the effect on the microbiota. This includes the study of the whole grain and non-whole grain forms of resistant starch and the effects of different dietary levels of fat on fermentation of resistant starch.

List of Publications
Beneficial Effects of Fermentation of Whole Grains (WG) and Whole Grain Resistant Starch (RS) in Lean Zucker Diabetic Fatty (ZDF) Rats J Guice, R Page, D Carvajal-Aldaz, A Raggio, D Obanda, H Durham, ... The FASEB Journal 31 (1 Supplement), 454.1-454.1
Antibiotics administration altered microbiota composition after knockdown, donor transplant and chow diet in Lean Zucker Diabetic Fatty (LZDF) rats R Page, J Guice, D Carvajal-Aldaz, A Raggio, D Welsh, C Taylor, M Luo, ... The FASEB Journal 31 (1 Supplement), 138.4-138.4.
Misleading conclusions on effects of resistant starch due to inappropriate formulation of controls, inadequate statistical power, and anomalies in the in vitro methods MJ Keenan, RJ Martin, MD Robertson, KJ Aryana, R Witwer, H Warshaw The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 105 (5), 1248-1249.