Cutting carbs can increase your risk of diabetes

[ketojoe]

“The science is unequivocal when it comes to diabetes and cardiovascular disease.”

It’s really annoying when people posing as scientists act like zealots.

[richard]

Apparently to metabolize Butyric acid into Acetyl-CoA to be burned we take it through some interesting steps.

Butyric acid into Betahydroxybutyrate then into AcetoAcetate into AcetoAcetylCoA which we convert into 2x Acetyl-Coa’s.

Soooo butyric acid (like most short chained fatty acids) is a direct precursor to ketones and we already know how to make those.

@amber has a great blog post on the topic

Does a ketogenic diet confer the benefits of butyrate without the fibre?

[brownfat]

Ok, you caught me being a wiseass but truth is stranger than fiction, through Richard’s link I found

“Topical administration of butyrate to cure colitis has been fairly well demonstrated (Scheppach et al., 1992; Hamer et al., 2010a; 2010b). This is done mainly through intrarectal administration of enemas that contain butyrate.”

[MelTar]

I don’t know anything about butyric acid, but I do know that fiber stops me up and fat makes me regular.