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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Lifestyle
Louise Pyne

Butyrate: forget probiotics, this is why you need a postbiotic

If we had a tick box for every physical and mental process that involved the gut, the list would be as long as our arm.

We know that the little microorganisms that live in the gut work in synchrony to help to keep us well, and keeping this delicate balance of microbes finely tuned shows promising effects in slashing the risk of chronic disease such as diabetes and obesity, inflammatory bowel disease and even certain forms of cancer. Indeed the far-reaching impact that the gut has on our health is real.

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