In what year did a Harvard study show rapid gut microbiome changes
Chapter 1

The underground engine

Chapter 2

The non-sinking ocean pump

Chapter 3

The carbon factory inside us

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Master of The secret carbon keepers of the microbial world

Ch 3 · The carbon factory inside us
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007skaty Butyrate fuels the cells of the human colon.

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007skaty Human Carbon Factory

We eat the plants to build our bones (oh yeah!) / A carbon factory of our own (of our own!)

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What we nourish within ourselves determines what we project outward.

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007skaty The carbon recycling process inside the human gut

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The carbon dioxide breath connection

007skaty Microbial fermentation produces carbon dioxide, hydrogen, and methane gases that pass through the gut wall into the bloodstream

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Butyrate the colon's favorite fuel

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The carbon factory inside us
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007skaty Sort nutrients to learn how the carbon factory inside us turns food into energy.

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Fun Fact

Internal gas exchange: Some of the carbon dioxide produced by your gut microbes is absorbed into your blood and eventually exhaled through your lungs when you breathe.

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Would you track your gut microbes' daily carbon output?

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Which four-carbon fatty acid provides seventy percent of the energy for human colon cells?

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007skaty How dietary changes alter the human gut microbiome.

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What is your favorite way to feed gut flora?

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What percentage of energy for human colon lining cells is supplied by butyrate?

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What carbon-based molecules do gut microbes produce when fermenting dietary fiber?

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Approximately how many microbial cells make up the human gut microbiome?

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Which specialized gut bacterium is known as a major producer of butyrate?

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In what year did a Harvard study show rapid gut microbiome changes from diet?

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How do microbial gases produced in the human gut eventually exit the body?

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How quickly can a major diet shift alter the human gut microbiome's composition?

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