It’s not where you think Alzheimer’s begins, researchers now suspect the disease may start in your gut, and that could change everything

Researchers find early Alzheimer's changes in the gut, opening a surprising path toward earlier detection and treatment.
MedPage Today

Adding Gut Health Supplement Helped Kids With Obesity Lose More Weight

Children with obesity saw therapeutic benefits with the addition of a daily oral butyrate supplement to standard of care, the randomized Butyrate Against Pediatric Obesity (BAPO) trial showed. In an ...
Medscape

Butyrate Improves BMI and Other Key Measures in Pediatric Obesity

Supplementation with oral butyrate may be effective as a treatment for pediatric obesity, data indicate. In a randomized, placebo-controlled Italian study of more than 50 children with obesity, 6 ...
London Evening Standard

Butyrate: forget probiotics, this is why you need a postbiotic

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Gut trouble in young Indians fuels microbiome testing boom: What is butyrate and why it matters?

Indian youngsters are increasingly suffering from digestive issues, which is pushing them to go for microbiome testing, according to experts. Abhishek Mukherjee, microbiologist and gut-microbiome ...