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Now initially you might think you don't need or even want to know aboutbutyrate (ˈbjuːtɪˌreɪt) noun,
any salt or ester of butyric acid, containing the monovalent group C3H7COO- or ion C3H7COO–, and when you then bumped into this, having first found out it is in butter, you might well panic:
Examples of butyrate in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebClear plastic screwdriver handles are usually made from cellulose acetate butyrate, a material developed in the 1930s.
— Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, "Why Do My Old Plastic Screwdriver Handles Stink?," 8 Oct. 2017But then you would realize that lately it has had a great rise in reputation and helps maintain your biodome and aids in the production of key neurotransmitters that help both our gut and our brains to work. Apparently we make it when bacteria in our bellies ferment high fibre carbohydrates, but it is also, and here is the punchline, found in butter! The highest food source for it. I am relieved, and think I will just butter up everything!
At least these verbose scientist think so:
The neuropharmacology of butyrate: The bread and butter of the microbiota-gut-brain axis?
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Category Archives: PHOTOS
I haven’t really bored you with my photos lately …
In no particular order, and all from around Penetang. The camera did not roam to Go Home as the trip was short and busy. But I am beginning to get that camera itch again, and can only hope, like the … Continue reading
Turtles all the way down ..
I can’t remember when I first heard this explanation for creation and the earth, but basically the theory holds that the earth is supported by a turtle, and if one asks what supports the turtle, the answer is, “It’s turtles … Continue reading
Community or Cult?
Cui bono? Is there a leader, to whom tithes flow, unelected but self-proclaimed? Are you better off, spiritually and materially? Or have you been convinced that poverty is good for you morally and proves your integrity, while the leader needs … Continue reading
Is it me, for a moment, for a moment …
There is just something magical about the ocean, and I am spoiled enough that I have actually crossed the Atlantic 3 times by ship, the first time when I was 6. We sailed on the Empress of Canada seen here … Continue reading
Home again, home again, jiggedy-jig …
So here we are back in O-town [that is an o not a zero, please] and the drive home was just like a drive home. I remember the Prince of Wales once being asked by a journalist upon his arrival … Continue reading
Winter storm Yona? yada, yona, yada …
Is this meant to make us feel sort of chummy with storms, this naming of them? I must have missed the rest of the alphabet. So in lieu of writing about how pleasant this spring has been, I thought I … Continue reading
The best parts of the last two days …
leaving out the beautiful people. Dawn and winter eats another flag. It was pretty … pretty damned cold. A wind to chill your bones. But it turned into a beautiful sunny day, with an almost caricaturish display of Canadianness, with … Continue reading
Well these are just too fabulous not to steal: frozen lighthouses on Lake Michigan
Frozen in time: Michigan lighthouses transformed into stunning giant icicles after being frozen solid by storm.
It is a dark October morning, so I was thinking about Elbow Cay
and particularly a beach at the southern end of Elbow Cay, called Tahiti Beach: Elbow Cay is a paradise that sits on the Atlantic side of Abaco in the Bahamas. I have had the privilege to spend a number of … Continue reading
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