• In nutrigenomics, the basic goal is to discover how diet affects metabolic pathways in the body and how this regulation may be disturbed in diet - related disease — i.e., humans with a certain mutated gene
absorb higher levels of fat from the intestine, leading to elevated cholesterol and possible atherosclerosis.
Since it is
absorbed by healthy bacteria, these bacteria multiply and improve intestinal health by raising the amount
of butyrate and other short - chain
fats in the colon.7
Higher levels of butyrate can reduce gas, bloating, and many food intolerances.