Study uncovers how glucose excreted in the gut converts into beneficial fatty acids

Study uncovers how glucose excreted in the gut converts into beneficial fatty acids

Source: News-Medical.Net

Gut microbes that were thought to feed exclusively on dietary fiber also get fed sugar from our guts, from which they produce short-chain fatty acids that are crucial to many body functions.

Gut microbes that were thought to feed exclusively on dietary fiber also get fed sugar from our guts, from which they produce short-chain fatty acids that are crucial to many body functions. The Kobe University discovery of this symbiotic relationshi… [2951 chars]

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