Candida is a yeast, i.e. a single-celled organism belonging to the kingdom of fungi, which usually lives as commensal in the gut and under normal conditions does no harm. However, it can become pathogenic when one or more of the following imbalances occur in the body…
Perhaps not everyone knows that butyrate is a short-chain fatty acid that plays a very important role in gut health. In fact, this substance is the main source of nutrition for the cells of the colon epithelium and contributes to the maintenance of their function and integrity, promoting overall gut health, regulating the inflammatory response and modulating the gut microbiota in a eubiotic sense.