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Stool energy density is positively correlated to intestinal transit time and related to microbial enterotypes
12 Dec 2022
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: It has been hypothesised that the gut microbiota causally affects obesity via its capacity to extract energy from the diet. Yet, evidence elucidating the role of particular human microbial community structures and determinants of microbiota-dependent energy harvest is lacking. RESULTS: Here, we investigated whether energy extraction from the diet in 85 overweight adults, estimated by dry stool energy...
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