If you want to learn more about SCFAs, I’ve linked to some episodes in the show notes. But now let’s look at probiotic foods and how they can raise SCFA.

Probiotic foods are cultured and fermented foods which have live beneficial bacteria in them. When we eat these foods, we ingest this bacteria, which then become part of our gut microbiome and improve our levels of beneficial bacteria.

Many of these beneficial bacterial strains directly increase SCFA levels, but some of them indirectly support SCFA production by creating an environment that helps other SCFA producing bacteria to thrive, or by feeding specific bacteria that in turn, produce SCFAs. This is known as cross-feeding.

So, which probiotic foods might be helpful for us in particular?

Read more.

Show notes

SCFA resources

https://www.theendobellycoach.com/podcast/endometriosis-short-chain-fatty-acids

https://www.theendobellycoach.com/podcast/endometriosis-butyrate

https://www.theendobellycoach.com/podcast/endometriosis-propionate-acetate

https://www.theendobellycoach.com/podcast/endometriosis-ibs-psyllium-husk

https://www.theendobellycoach.com/podcast/phgg-endo-belly-sibo-ibs

Probiotic research

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10180739/

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/5647158_Short_chain_fatty_acids_and_colonic_health

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S175646461630175

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0717345820300282

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/272339114_Enhancement_of_Short_Chain_Fatty_Acid_Production_from_Millet_Fibres_by_Pure_Cultures_of_Probiotic_Fermentation

https://apjcn.nhri.org.tw/server/apjcn/5/1/15.pdf

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0047212

https://aspenjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0115426506021004351

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7230973/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11034488/

https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/21/8/2890

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002916523065000

Fermented food examples

https://zoe.com/learn/top-fermented-foods

Inflammation and fermented foods study

https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(21)00754-6

Mast cells and endo

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9396281/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0015028206014373

https://www.emjreviews.com/reproductive-health/article/targeting-mast-cells-as-a-viable-therapeutic-option-in-endometriosis/

Soy

https://www.larabriden.com/how-soy-affects-hormones/

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