Study uncovers how glucose excreted in the gut converts into beneficial fatty acids
Gut microbes that were thought to feed exclusively on dietary fiber also get fed sugar from our guts, from which they produce ...
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We feed gut microbes sugar, they make a compound we need
Gut microbes that were thought to feed exclusively on dietary fiber also get fed sugar from our guts, from which they produce ...
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A Kobe University team found that glucose is excreted into the small intestine, where bacteria transform it into short-chain fatty acids. The endocrinologist OGAWA Wataru explains: “The production of ...