Category Archives: Short Chain Fatty Acids

Short Chain Fatty Acids May Reduce Appetite

Posted on March 14, 2018 by Robert Barrington

There exists a highly complex negative feedback loop for appetite regulation. This feedback loop ensures that no overeating occurs and this helps maintain body weight within a set range. The hormones and nerve signals that regulate this feedback loop are … Continue reading →

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Breastfeeding and Formula Feeding: Gut Health

Posted on October 30, 2017 by Robert Barrington

A number of studies have compared the health effects of breast milk compared to formula milk. Superficially, breast milk and formula milk look similar, but subtle differences exist in the nutritional composition of the milks. The main difference in this … Continue reading →

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Replacing Soft Drinks with Fruit: Fructose

Posted on October 13, 2017 by Robert Barrington

Soft drinks are a source of fructose. In the United States soft drinks contain fructose mainly in the form of high fructose corn syrup, whilst in the United Kingdom, they contain fructose mainly in the form of sucrose. Both high … Continue reading →

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Resistant Starch: Metabolic Effects (In Mice)

Posted on October 11, 2017 by Robert Barrington

Resistant starch is a name given to a group of foodstuffs that are classified as dietary fibre but are known to be fermentable in the gut. While previously it was thought that dietary fibres were not digested and absorbed in … Continue reading →

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Colonic Digestion

Posted on February 24, 2017 by Robert Barrington

The digestion and absorption of food is an interesting and not fully understood topic. The lack of understanding stems from the difficulty is accessing the absorptive surfaces of the gut to be able to measure the transport of nutrients, and … Continue reading →

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Replacing Soft Drinks with Fruit

Posted on January 29, 2017 by Robert Barrington
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The Beneficial Glycaemic Effects of Vinegar

Posted on December 11, 2016 by Robert Barrington
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Short Chain Fatty Acids Lower Blood Cholesterol?

Posted on September 25, 2015 by Robert Barrington

Epidemiological studies suggest that fibre consumption is associated with lower plasma cholesterol concentrations. It has been suggested that the plasma cholesterol lowering effects of high fibre diets may be responsible for their cardioprotective effects. For example, it is estimated from … Continue reading →

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Fibre as a Source of Energy

Posted on May 24, 2015 by Robert Barrington
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More on Fibre and Short-Chain Fatty Acids

Posted on April 15, 2015 by Robert Barrington

Soluble fibre has been shown to possess the ability to lower blood lipids in both normal and hypercholesterolaemic subjects, with effects being seen generally in the low density lipoprotein (LDL) fraction. However, insoluble fibre does not share the same lipidaemic … Continue reading →

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