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Cresol-4 and how it can help in Diabetes
There are microbes in your gastrointestinal tract. If they end up in a bad neighborhood, your health can plummet.
A study in the journal Nature Metabolism reveals that in people with obesity, bacteria or their products may migrate through the gut wall into other tissue — especially in the liver and belly fat. Once there, they trigger inflammation that changes how your metabolism functions and keeps insulin from doing its job of regulating blood glucose levels. That causes Type 2 diabetes.
Another team of international researchers recently set out to discover which gut bacteria protect against diabetes. They found certain forms of bacteria synthesize a molecule called Cresol-4, a metabolite that stimulates insulin-producing beta cell production. Cresol-4 is measurably low in folks with diabetes.
We’re beginning to learn how obesity triggers diabetes. But until then it’s smart to know that Cresol-4 is found in low levels in tomatoes, asparagus, coffee and tea. They’re good foods to eat while you work to maintain a diabetes-defeating, healthy weight to keep your diabetes at bay.
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