Figure 1.
The thali diet promotes gut bacterial diversity by delivering probiotics, prebiotics, and different classes of phytochemicals from fermented foods, dal and vegetables and spices, respectively. Indeed, sambar, a component of the thali diet suppressed chemically-induced colon carcinogenesis in vivo [67]. *Black and white peppercorns, cloves, cinnamon, mace (part of nutmeg), black and green cardamom pods, bay leaf, cumin, and coriander.