1018 - 8 Butyrate Benefits: Supplement Guide + How to Raise It Naturally

In this video, Dr. Ruscio discusses 8 benefits of taking butyrate, a fat molecule with gut and systemic healing properties. Butyrate is produced by gut bacteria, but it is often low in different chronic health conditions. Supplementation has been shown to improve a variety of gut conditions, including IBS, IBD, and SIBO, as well as chronic inflammation and brain health. Doctor Ruscio also discusses some simple dietary strategies to increase butyrate production naturally.
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📌 Timestamps
00:00 What is Butyrate?
01:57 Leaky Gut
04:10 SIBO
06:35 Systemic Inflammation & Immunomodulation
07:59 Weight Loss
09:31 IBS-C & IBS-D
10:53 Inflammatory Bowel Disease
13:10 Diverticulosis
14:00 Traveler's Diarrhea
14:42 Brain Health
16:49 Best Forms
17:19 Best Products
18:45 Dosage & Protocol
19:18 Safety & Side Effects
19:57 Foods To Raise Butyrate Levels Naturally
🎧 Audio Episode & Featured Studies
📉 Beyond the Gut: Unveiling Butyrate's Global Health Impact Through Gut Health and Dysbiosis-Related Conditions: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40284169/
📉 Acute effects of butyrate on intestinal permeability in patients with irritable bowel syndrome assessed by a novel colonoscopy research model: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40810534/
📉 Butyrate improves handgrip strength and physical performance by reducing intestinal leak in post-menopausal women, a randomized controlled trial: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40167641/
📉 Short-chain fatty acids in the small-bowel bacterial overgrowth syndrome: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4023615/
📉 Effect of microencapsulated sodium butyrate on abdominal symptoms and carbohydrate metabolism in patients with type 2 diabetes: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-47309-9
📉 The effectiveness of microencapsulated sodium butyrate at reducing symptoms in patients with irritable bowel syndrome: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35371361/
📉 Efficacy of Microencapsulated Sodium Butyrate as Add-On Therapy in Inducing Remission in Patients with Mild-To-Moderate Ulcerative Colitis: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41422374/
📉 Impact of oral butyrate on clinical and biochemical parameters in IBD: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41354580/
📉 The Usefulness of Microencapsulated Sodium Butyrate Add-On Therapy in Maintaining Remission in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33291846/
📉 The Effect of Sodium Butyrate Enemas Compared with Placebo on Disease Activity, Endoscopic Scores, and Histological and Inflammatory Parameters in Inflammatory B...