They did note systolic blood pressures went down, but a small increase in blood glucose was noted, which appears to just happen with this one bacteria.
From the study:
“Reduced levels of Butyricicoccus, a SCFA producer, have been associated with chronic gastrointestinal and kidney diseases [60,61]. Butyricicoccus has also been shown to provide therapeutic potential for gastrointestinal inflammation, including ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease, through its protective effects on the integrity of intestinal epithelial cells to maintain intestinal permeability [61,62]. These findings suggest the potential for Butyricicoccus to beneficially modulate blood pressure, as observed in the MedDairy group. A higher abundance of Butyricicoccus is also positively correlated with higher fasting plasma glucose levels but was not significantly associated with other determinants of glucose homeostasis, including insulin and HOMA-IR levels.”
Mediterranean with extra dairy . . . sounds like a winner!
Double my saganaki order . . . oopaaahh!
Thanks!
does almond “milk” count?
asking for a woke friend
Does the Mediterranean diet include pizza and pasta? Those come from a Mediterranean country.
FWIW - NIH is doing a study on the Med diet. A friend of mine is participating. They supply a week’s worth of meals for her each week - then she goes in and leaves blood and stool samples at the end of each week. Should be some interesting results
I eat 2 table spoons of yogurt first thing in the morning. No gut issues at age 83. I picked up that habit growing up in India where my mother made yogurt at home from buffalo milk every day. My parents always had 2 cow-buffaloes in barn, their milk was richer, and we had plenty of homemade butter & buttermilk from it. No hormones ever!