We had a chance to spontaneously visit delightful relatives at their little slice of heaven, and the weather forecast is fabulous, and the hippie van made it all the way past Sturgeon Falls, now unfortunately renamed by our amalgamating provincial government West Niipissing. We have never been here before, so it is novel for me, but not for you! If there ever were two people who could talk more than me, we are visiting them, and who would have thought that I would have been joined at six so we could start up where we stopped last night. So my plans have been foiled in the nicest way, and I hope yours are too, if they happen to get foiled as well on this beautiful Saturday.
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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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We are celebrating our 30th wedding anniversary (two days early) by taking a big crew down to New Glarus for the Oktoberfest celebration. Great weather, and outside oompah band, and a nice dinner to follow. Have a nice day, one and all.