butyrate

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Butyrate

Butyrate, also known as butyric acid, is a short-chain fatty acid that plays a vital role in the health of the human gut. It is produced by the bacterial fermentation of dietary fibers in the colon and serves as a primary energy source for colon cells. Additionally, it has anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer properties.

Category
Short-Chain Fatty Acid
Molecular Formula
C4H8O2
Mechanism of Action
Butyrate exerts beneficial effects mainly through serving as an energy source for colonocytes, maintaining gut barrier integrity, modulating inflammation, and regulating gene expression via its histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitory activity.
Evidence Grade
B

Other Names

  • Butyric acid
  • Butanoic acid

Primary Benefits

  • Supports gut health
  • Reduces inflammation
  • May help prevent certain cancers
  • May aid in weight loss
  • May improve insulin sensitivity

Recommended Dosage

Adults 300-400mg per day
Children Consult a healthcare provider

Side Effects

  • Gastrointestinal discomfort
  • Bloating
  • Diarrhea
  • Nausea

Precautions

  • People with kidney disease should consult a healthcare provider
  • Pregnant or breastfeeding women should consult a healthcare provider

Interactions

  • May interact with certain medications, consult your healthcare provider

Key References

  • Canani RB, Di Costanzo M, Leone L, Pedata M, Meli R, Calignano A. Potential beneficial effects of butyrate in intestinal and extraintestinal diseases. World J Gastroenterol. 2011;17(12):1519-1528. doi:10.3748/wjg.v17.i12.1519
  • Hamer HM, Jonkers D, Venema K, Vanhoutvin S, Troost FJ, Brummer RJ. Review article: the role of butyrate on colonic function. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2008;27(2):104-119. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2036.2007.03562.x
Dr. Eric Verdin on Ketogenic Diet Longevity, Beta-Hydroxybutyrate, HDAC Inhibitors & NAD+
Enhancing Health and Longevity Through Diet, Exercise, and Fasting 16:41 0
“Butyrate was the first known or first identified inhibitor of HDACs, histone deacetylases, which are epigenetic regulators, and so that suggested that maybe beta-hydroxybutyrate might be an endogenous regulator of these HDACs.”

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Gut Microbiome Expert: The HIDDEN Side Of Health You’re MISSING | Dr. Sean Gibbons
Unlocking Secrets of Gut Health: Microbiome Diversity and Future Insights 36:14 0
“resistant maize or potato starch seems to do a pretty good job in terms of at least turning up butyrate which yeah and you think that's a pretty reasonable biioarker to go after”

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Gut Microbiome Expert: The HIDDEN Side Of Health You’re MISSING | Dr. Sean Gibbons
Unlocking Secrets of Gut Health: Microbiome Diversity and Future Insights 36:51 0
“in my lab at the University of Washington we worked in a mouse model of mitochondrial disease where we found originally that rapamy rescued that model but then later on that a carbos rescued that model which is a inhibitor of of yeah exactly um and that in those mice in the a carbos treated mice there was an increase in short- chain fatty acids including butyrate and that's at least part of the mechanism of the rescue of the mitochondrial dysfunction”

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Gut Microbiome Expert: The HIDDEN Side Of Health You’re MISSING | Dr. Sean Gibbons
Unlocking Secrets of Gut Health: Microbiome Diversity and Future Insights 37:29 0
“there are some papers showing that butyrate has negative associations with certain diseases um there's some cancers um and so when you say negative associations you mean people who have these diseases have higher levels of circulating butyrate is that typically yes in the blood and so that's that's that's what's been measured and that's what's been postulated”

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Gut Microbiome Expert: The HIDDEN Side Of Health You’re MISSING | Dr. Sean Gibbons
Unlocking Secrets of Gut Health: Microbiome Diversity and Future Insights 1:15:21 0
“our lab is actually trying to get into this space with our metabolic modeling and there in the models we can actually break down a banana into its molecular constituents like this much inulin this much glucose and that can be fed into this metabolic network of someone's microbiota and then predict um you know the good guy metabolites like maybe butyrate but there's also bad guy metabolites It's like amidazol propionate which is like insul promotes some you know insulin resistance”

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The Truth About Microplastics – Dr Rhonda Patrick
Understanding Microplastics and Toxin Exposure in Everyday Health and Environment 1:55:43 0
“fiber plays an important role in preventing intestinal permeability for a couple of reasons one 70% of the energy used by your gut is called butyrate butyrate is made from bacteria in your gut by fermenting that fermentable type of fiber I was talking about.”

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The Truth About Microplastics – Dr Rhonda Patrick
Understanding Microplastics and Toxin Exposure in Everyday Health and Environment 1:59:00 0
“exercise is actually a stress on the body, on the brain, on the gut and it actually very very trans causes intestinal permeability but as an adaptation like exercise does adaptations it does cardiovascular adaptations your brain adapts everything's you know adapting um your gut actually increases the production of butter rate producing bacteria so that the next time you exercise guess what you have more butter rate around to like really help help the um your gut be more robust”

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Dr. Peter Attia: Supplements for Longevity & Their Efficacy
Supplements, Lifestyle, and Strategies for Longevity and Optimal Health 2:17:36 0
“I take pendulum the probiotic got it y as far as I know there's no other probiotic that has any meaningful effect on the body outside of pendulum right pendulum is the because CU if you buy the argument that a probiotic for your gut needs to have Anor robic bacteria in it there's no value in giving you aerobic bacteria so you have to have something anerobic so acrania which works through the um glp1 butyrate pathway is anerobic and pendulum is the only company that can make it”

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