Supplementation with oral butyrate may be effective as a treatment for pediatric obesity, data indicate. In a randomized, placebo-controlled Italian study of more than 50 children with obesity, 6 ...
Your gut's petrol maybe running low and it is causing you all sorts of gut issues. But, what does it really mean? Bloating that doesn’t settle, gas that feels unpredictable, sluggish digestion, and a ...
Butyrate, produced when gut bacteria ferment dietary fiber, was shown to influence immune-cell identity, trafficking, and ...
The benefits of dietary fiber extend beyond digestive health, as dietary fiber-derived metabolites produced by gut microbiota can influence immune function. Short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) are ...
In a 2020 World Health Organization (WHO) report, diabetes mellitus was featured as one of the top 10 leading causes of death. Diabetes is a metabolic disease that has certain hereditary ...
Human milk (HM) contains butyrate, a short-chain fatty acid (SCFA). This four-carbon fatty acid is present in HM at a varied concentration of 0.1–0.75 mg/100 mL. Butyrate has many biological functions ...