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Digestive enzymes and absorption
There’s only one way to find out. Lipase enzymes break down fat into fatty acids and glycerol. Digestion of fat in the small intestine is helped by bile, made in the liver. Digested food ...
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We feed gut microbes sugar, they make a compound we need
A Kobe University team found that glucose is excreted into the small intestine, where bacteria transform it into short-chain fatty acids. The endocrinologist OGAWA Wataru explains: “The ...
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How fat metabolism works in our bodies!
It involves the digestion, absorption, transportation and ... an enzyme that breaks down small amounts of fat into fatty acids. 2. In the small intestine: When fats reach the small intestine ...
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Lipid stimulation of fatty acid sensors in the human duodenum: relationship with gastrointestinal hormones, BMI and diet
The small intestinal free fatty acid (FFA) sensors, FFA receptor 1 (FFAR1), FFAR4, G-protein receptor 119 (GPR119) and cluster of differentiation-36 (CD36), mediate the fat-induced release of ...
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Gut microbes that convert sugar into vital short-chain fatty acids point the way to novel therapeutics
Gut microbes that were thought to feed exclusively on dietary fiber also get fed sugar from our guts, from which they produce short-chain fatty acids ... a part of the small intestine, and is ...
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Gut Microbes Convert Glucose to Short-Chain Fatty Acids Under Metformin Regulation
“The production of short-chain fatty acids from the excreted glucose ... glucose is excreted in the jejunum, a part of the small intestine, from where it is then transported inside the gut ...
BBC3y
Digestive enzymes and absorption
There’s only one way to find out. Lipase enzymes break down fat into fatty acids and glycerol. Digestion of fat in the small intestine is helped by bile, made in the liver. Digested food ...