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“Inulin and fructo-oligosaccharides are among the most abundant prebiotics in the human diet, present in apples, bananas, legumes, and dietary supplement forms. Their fermentation by gut microbiota produces short-chain fatty acids, including acetate, propionate, and butyrate.”

“This diversity was specifically associated with increased abundance of the bacterial families Lachnospiraceae and Ruminococcaceae. Lachnospiraceae is capable of producing the short-chain fatty acid butyrate, which is a known promoter of metabolic health.”

“The exercise-only group did not show the same changes in these pain-sensitivity measures. Only the inulin groups showed increases in the short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) butyrate and in the peptide hormone glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1).”

“Stool samples collected before the intervention and three months afterward revealed widespread changes in the butyrate pathway—microbial functions involved in producing butyrate, a short-chain fatty acid that helps maintain the integrity of the intestinal lining.”

“Furthermore, participants who had common comorbidities associated with their mental health conditions (such as irritable bowel syndrome), saw additional benefits due to the purported beneficial effects of probiotics/prebiotics on gut health.”

“After the rats had been on their respective diets for five weeks, the authors either flipped their light/dark schedules (roughly equivalent to flying across 12 time zones) or left them on a normal schedule once a week for eight weeks.”

“Those that increased included butyrate, branched-chain amino acids, carnitines, organic acids, coenzymes, pyrimidines, purines, antioxidants, and molecules associated with the pentose phosphate pathway.”

“Instead, resistant starch undergoes microbial fermentation in the colon, providing nutrients for the microbes, and producing butyrate, a short-chain fatty acid that supports the health of colonocytes – the cells that line the colon and rectum (the end portion of the colon).”

“They also noted that metabolites from cocoa and green tea polyphenols were associated with having higher levels of butyrate (a short-chain fatty acid that benefits gut health) and lower levels of zonulin.”

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