Benefits
Your gut bacteria make butyrate first and foremost to fuel and energize the gut lining, which allows the gut to easily absorb nutrients into the bloodstream while combating permeability, keeping waste and toxins out of the bloodstream — and then move everything right along to be *ahem* disposed of. (Bye, constipation!) But that’s not the whole story — butyrate is an effective gut health supplement with full-body benefits. It’s also backed by over 5000 scientific studies, including human clinical trials. When butyrate is absorbed into the bloodstream, it quickly goes to work throughout the body.
Gut Health
- May support a healthy inflammation response, protecting the body from disease while regulating immune function.*
- The thing is, most of us aren’t making enough butyrate naturally. Some people may hardly have any butyrate-producing bacteria in their gut due to low fiber intake or repeated antibiotic use. And these days, it's easy for the body to use up butyrate quickly, trying to calm inflammation, fighting off hundreds of toxins and pollutants in our environment, keeping the microbiome from going rogue, and holding the gut together.
- The capsules of butyrate are vegetarian, made from plant cellulose. The butyrate powder within is enterically coated. We want to make sure that butyrate survives exposure to stomach acid and gets to the colon, where it will be most effective in supporting gut cells. Here, an approach has been devised to tackle the challenge of butyrate delivery—coating with a vegetable fat, commonly called a medium-chain triglyceride. The reasoning behind this is that a significant part of the butyrate will be released only when lipase (fat digesting enzyme) is secreted in the duodenum, the first part of the small intestine.
How to use
Sodium Butyrate (BodyBio)
Many people take multiple doses, in the morning and evening, or even 1-2 caps with each meal.
600mg
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Dosing strategy:
It may take up to 3 months of consecutive usage for the full benefits to manifest.
Ideal for:
Gut health
Quality
All vendors are vetted for quality, to ensure they contain the right active ingredients and ratios. Each vendor provides a Certificate of Analysis ℹ️, to ensure accurate dosing, and a product free of contaminants/heavy metals. Further, when brands we work with have been randomly pulled off the shelf and tested by Labdoor, they have tended to score A+ ℹ️.
Efficacy
Before listing products, we compile a list of available research, to determine if claims match the evidence. Likewise, we scour the the internet to gauge people’s experience with each product. Most of the products listed typically score at least [4.5/5 from reviews]. All the studies we’ve found are listed at the bottom of the page, under citations.
Medication interactions and allergies
Please consult your healthcare professional before making any changes to your lifestyle or regime.
For further information on contraindications and allergies, please visit the vendors website.
Buy from a BYB
These products are well researched, and have very informative fact sheets that are nice for patients. Their care in formulating quality products for easy and maximum assimilation by the body is outstanding in comparison to other products on the market.
Sodium Butyrate has been a secret tool of mine to enhance my gut health for many years. I regularly recommend it to people.
