MAC's Microbiotic accessible carbohydrates
The history of the "gut feeling" is that when their were one celled organisms with a digestive tube and a nervous system. Eventually moving up to the brain
Gut microbes actually control whether mice are introverted or extroverted.
Also involved in Nocipeptive reflexes
Emotional behavior
Social bhavior
Ingestive behavior
Biologically Brain neurochemistry
HPA axis
Stress induced gene expression
Increased sympathetic nervous system activity during stress modulates microbial behavior
science is having us reconceptualize what we consider to be our bodies. 30 trillion human cells and 39 trillion microbial cells, 43 percent human
obese mbs fed to germ free mice made them obese mbs of lean peole fed to germ free mice made
them lean
fermentable and non fermentable fiber
fermentation results in short chain fatty acids(acetate, butyrate, propionate) which can be used for energy. Coloncites, the cells that line the epithelial lining of digestive tract. coincidentally, prefer butyrate as fuel!
Inulin, FOS, pectin and high maize
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