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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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I have been looking everywhere for my sense of humour
but it is lost somewhere … Ah Bloom County. What a beautiful world that was, and truth be told, a stuffed Opus [careful, he might hear you, ed.] accompanied us to the hospital when our first child was born, and they … Continue reading
You must be [a] very [soon to be committed] patient
“You must be very patient,” the nice young man said as we walked down my stairs. He had come to make sure that the commode chair and bath transfer bench, to name but a few of my new favourite things, … Continue reading
Here’s something cool I learnt in Latin
And it has a great name too: the Passive Periphrastic. It has stayed with me not just because it has a wonderful name, like Englebert Humperdink, a stage name if you will believe it, but because it explains the origin … Continue reading
These are a few of my favourite things
Write about cartoons … write about humour … write about music … I grew up in a house full of humour, much of it inexplicable. We used to get these Giles cartoon books, for example, from a favourite Aunt every … Continue reading
Write About Dogs
My mum always told me I should write about what I know … Yes, well, you are thinking, that narrows the field. Like the joke about take me to your superior, could you be a little more specific. But the … Continue reading
Do we or don’t we need Heroes?
I think we need mentors and leaders, but not exactly heroes. It is my firm belief that mankind has slowly been advancing in terms of understanding of surroundings, and that as that understanding has advanced the simpler ideas that satisfied our … Continue reading
More ideas, this time from a self-appointed philosopher king
It is irritating but common for privilege to not recognize itself or reveal appropriate humility as it bellies up to the bar to snorkel up the caviar at a fancy state dinner, so my attitudes towards this man’s writings are … Continue reading
Friday Night Jukebox
Can’t be done! But a nonsense thread for Friday Night. To quote one of my favourite authors, “How did it get so late so soon? It’s night before it’s afternoon. December is here before it’s June. My goodness how the … Continue reading
Cape Spear, St. John’s and Pumpkin Pie
Yesterday we got to visit the very lighthouse that graces the top of this website. It stands on top of Cape Spear, the most easterly part of all of North America. The name Spear appears to be a mispronunciation of … Continue reading
Playing with Plug-ins
That’s it, playing with plugins. Hoping to get better picture loading and better formatting for comments, and the ability to preview and edit them too. And want youtubes to open in a new tab. But it is just me, my … Continue reading
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