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Fatty acid

Short-Chain Fatty Acid

Short-chain fatty acids, or SCFAs, are compounds gut microbes produce when they ferment certain fibers. Butyrate, propionate and acetate are the main examples.

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Fiber and tributyrin are different approaches

Resistant starch feeds microbial fermentation; tributyrin supplies a butyrate precursor. The pilot tested 200 or 400 mg daily of one complex, not a universal SCFA dose. 1 2

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