Paul Saladino· MD
there are plenty of organisms in our guts that can metabolize fat and protein into short chain fatty acids
Verbal pushback — no audited source on record.
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
there are plenty of organisms in our guts that can metabolize fat and protein into short chain fatty acids
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people will say oh I need resistant starch for short chain fatty-acids and that's just not true I mean we know that we can make isobutane protein you know we don't need short chain fatty-acids from plant fiber we can make plenty of short chain fatty-acids from protein that activate all the same receptors is butyrate and are just as effective at crossing the membrane of colon epithelial cells and providing benefit