Sentences with phrase «small chain fatty»

Fruit is a good source of pectin, which is metabolized in the colon by bacteria, such as Bacteroides, producing small chain fatty acids (SCFAs).

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Butter is rich in short and medium chain fatty acids, including even small amounts of lauric acid.

Instead of being cleaved in twain by our enzymes and absorbed as glucose, resistant starch (RS) travels unscathed through the small intestine into the colon, where colonic gut flora metabolize it into short chain fatty acids.

The walnuts and sunflower seeds are rich in small chain omega - 3 fatty acids, B vitamins and healthy fiber.

We find small and medium chain fatty acids in grass - fed butter and coconut fats.

According to a new study, high long - chain omega - 3 polyunsaturated fatty acid content in blood may lower the risk of small brain infarcts and other brain abnormalities in the elderly.

The second - stage reaction strips off the fatty acids» carboxyl group (a carbon atom, two oxygen atoms, and a hydrogen atom) and breaks the remaining hydrocarbon chains into smaller fragments, yielding a light oil.

The new Wisconsin study shows that a small set of short - chain fatty acids produced as the gut bacteria consume, metabolize and ferment nutrients from plants are important chemical messengers, communicating with the cells of the host through the epigenome.

«They are known for their enzymatic potential to transform long - chain fatty acids, hormones, and amino acids into smaller — volatile — compounds, which have a typical malodor.»

Through a process called bioaccumulation, toxic mercury can progressively accumulate in fatty tissues at each successive stage of the food chain, from small plant - eating fish to larger fish that eat them, and finally to humans who consume the various types of seafood.

For example, salmon in the wild eat smaller fish, which eat aquatic plants rich in beneficial long chain omega - 3 fatty acids DHA and EPA.

Coconuts also contain small amounts of other medium - chain fatty acids, including capric acid and caprylic acid.

«Unlike the long chain fatty acids contained in animal fats, medium chain fatty acids are small enough to enter mitochondria — the cells» energy burning powerhouses — directly where they can then be converted to energy.

Researchers focused on two species of bacteria that break up dietary fibers from food into small molecules called short - chain fatty acids.

Short chain fatty acids can fuel the cells of the colon as well as travel through the small intestine into the portal vein and then to the liver (to be used as fuel or sent elsewhere.)

Another small but important source of fats are from bacteria that inhabit the large intestine, which ferment non-digestible materials such as cellulose to produce short - chain fatty acids, biotin, vitamin B12, and vitamin K2 that are absorbed by the colonic mucosa.

Intake of small - to - medium - chain saturated fatty acids is associated with peripheral leukocyte telomere length in postmenopausal women.

Only about 10 % of the ingested isomalt is digested to glucose, sorbitol and mannitol in the small intestine, the rest passes to the large intestine where it is broken down (fermented) by the beneficial bacteria into gases and short chain fatty acids (SCFAs), which are partly absorbed in the colon and partly used as a food for the bacteria [1,2 - p. 184].

Macroalgae, otherwise known as seaweed, is even lower in fat than most vegetables (< 1 — 14 % of calories from fat), although it does contain small amounts of long - chain fatty acids.

However, in smaller amount, 1 - 2 a week, their saturated short chain fatty acids and micro nutrition can be beneficial.

It's also a medium - chain fatty acid, which means that it is absorbed in the small intestine and doesn't require bile salts to be released to break them down.

A study that looked at the mechanism behind dietary fibers effect on the microbiome, they hypothesized that «dietary fiber resists digestion in the small intestine, and enters the colon where it is fermented to produce [short chain fatty acids] that may enhance the healthy composition of gut microbiota.»

FOS is not digested in the small intestine, so it passes to the large intestine, where it is broken down (fermented) by beneficial large intestinal bacteria into gases, like hydrogen, and short - chain fatty acids (SCFAs), which are absorbed and can provide 1.5 - 2.7 kilocalories per gram [1,2,3].

The addition of a phosphate group to the fatty acid chain permits simpler digestion in the small intestine and a more rapid incorporation into brain, lung, and liver tissues.

Chia is also loaded with the small chain omega - 3 fatty acid ALA and soluble and insoluble fibers.

Given an ample supply of food containing medium - chain fatty acids, a nursing mother will produce a milk rich in these health - promoting nutrients.9 While cow's milk and other dairy products contain small amounts, the foods richest in medium - chain fatty acids are the tropical oils, principally coconut oil.

349 D IETARY, FUNCTIONAL, AND TOTAL FIBER Contribution of Fiber to Energy When a metabolizable carbohydrate is absorbed in the small intestine, its energy value is 16.7 kJ / g (4 kcal / g); when fiber is anaerobically fer - mented by colonic microflora in the large intestine, short - chain fatty acids (e.g., butyrate, acetate, and propionate) are produced and absorbed as an energy source.

Specifically, there is a progressively smaller LDL - cholesterol - raising effect with substitution for carbohydrate of saturated fatty acids of increasing chain length, with the largest increase observed for lauric acid (12 carbons), and no significant increase with stearic acid (18 carbons).

A small proportion of energy from fermented fiber is used for bacterial growth and mainte - nance, and bacteria are excreted in feces, which also contain short - chain fatty acids (Cummings and Branch, 1986).

When long - chain fatty acids are consumed, they are digested and absorbed into the small - intestinal epithelial cells; however, they are not transported directly into the blood supply but rather enter the lymphatics first.

Studies in healthy dogs fed diets with n - 6: n - 3 fatty acid ratios of 5:1 and 10:1 demonstrated a decreased production of LTB4 in plasma, neutrophils and skin.32 Increases in certain long chain n - 3 fatty acids and decreases in arachidonic acid were identified in the small intestine and colonic mucosa of healthy Beagles fed the same ratios.33 Further research is necessary to establish a dosage of PUFA's and to determine the clinical benefits in dogs and cats with large bowel diseases.

Hemp foods, which are rich in omega - 3 and omega - 6 fatty acids, and hemp body care products are carried by large chains such as Whole Foods, Trader Joe's and by thousands of smaller independent natural food chains, stores and co-ops, and even by some mainstream grocery stores.

Hemp foods, which are rich in omega - 3 and omega - 6 fatty acids, and hemp body care products are carried by large chains such as Whole Foods, Wild Oats, and Trader Joe's and by thousands of smaller independent natural food chains, stores and co-ops, and even by some mainstream grocery stores.