We feed gut microbes sugar, they make a compound we need

ScienceDaily
Mar 3, 2025, 2:17 pm123 pts
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 that are crucial to many body functions. The discovery of this symbiotic relationship also points the way to developing novel therapeutics.

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