Scientists explain how tiny gut bacteria influence your body’s health and why many animals on Earth are still waiting to be discovered.

A research team led by scientists from the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in São Paulo, Brazil, has made significant ...

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 ...

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 ...

Human milk (HM) contains butyrate, a short-chain fatty acid (SCFA). This four-carbon fatty acid is present in HM at a varied concentration of 0.1–0.75 mg/100 mL. Butyrate has many biological functions ...

Supplements containing butyrate have become significantly more popular over recent years because of the potential health benefits they offer. Butyrate, a short-chain fatty acid, is created by gut ...

Short-chain fatty acids are produced by the friendly bacteria in your gut. In fact, they are the main source of nutrition for the cells in your colon. Short-chain fatty acids may also play an ...