Comment by culi
6 hours ago
It works by converting fibers into butyrate. You should maintain a high fiber diet to promote Roseburia in your gut
6 hours ago
It works by converting fibers into butyrate. You should maintain a high fiber diet to promote Roseburia in your gut
It is known that the bacteria that produce high amount of butyrate are beneficial, e.g. by decreasing the risk of colon cancer, but this does not seem sufficient to explain the increase in muscle strength that seems to be caused by this species alone.
The study has first found in humans a correlation between muscle strength and the presence of this bacterium. Then they have attempted to determine whether this correlation is due to a causal relationship by killing the gut bacteria in mice, then feeding them with this kind of human gut bacteria. The result was an increased muscle strength, which seems to confirm causality.
How the bacteria increase muscle strength remains unknown. I think that a possible explanation may be that this bacterium produces some substance that mimics a human hormone, e.g. a steroid, in which case it would be a kind of natural doping.
Natural or otherwise, one must wonder if there are similar downsides.
True.
I've always eaten a ton of fiber, to the point where if I stop I get constipated, and I've always put on muscle fairly easily.
the fiber will promote all bacteria in your gut, not just this particular strain.
All fiber-consuming gut bacteria, yes - but that's basically synonymous with "good"/beneficial gut bacteria, so it's good advice even if it doesn't give people the massive gainz they might have been hoping for.
You know it would be funny if at least once the finding would be "you should eat more hamburgers" or something.
A home made hamburger can be incredibly healthy.