One of the benefits of having a healthy gut and gut bacteria is the production of vital fatty acids called short-chain fatty acids. Admittedly, they’re not exactly the fatty acids many people like to talk about, but they’re vital for optimum health and organ function. What do short-chain fatty acids do? How do these fatty acids contribute to overall health? What does it mean if you’re low on short-chain fatty acids?

In this episode, we discuss how short-chain fatty acids affect our gut health and its implications for everyday life. We explain how they are produced and the importance of fibrous foods. We describe some of the symptoms and diseases associated with low short-chain fatty acid levels and how you can test for it. Fellow Genovian, Oliver Jenkins, also joins us to describe the weight of expectations Genova has to meet with each test sample.

 

“The more you increase the diversity of the food you're eating, the more you increase the diversity of your microbiome.” - Michael Chapman

 

This week on The Lab Report Podcast:

• Why short-chain fatty acids are sometimes called postbiotics.
• What short-chain fatty acids do for the body.
• The difference between putrefactive and beneficial short-chain fatty acids.
• How fiber affects short-chain fatty acid production and risk of disease.
• What it means when you're low on short-chain fatty acids.
• The three major symptoms that conventional tests can't detect.
• How Genova is run in the UK and the expectations of patients.

 

 

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