MICROBIOME BREAKTHROUGH: Harness the Power of Your Gut Bacteria to Boost Your Mood and Heal Your Body (Microbiome Medicine Library)

by Raphael Kellman

It’s hard for me to praise butyrate too highly: It supports the cells that line your large intestine, helps regulate your metabolism, and lowers inflammation, which, as we have seen, is extremely helpful in reducing anxiety, depression, and brain fog.

Most important of all, butyrate supports your stress response, which has all sorts of benefits for clear thinking, balanced emotions, optimism, self-confidence, and energy.

The Microbiome Protocol understands there are no “bad” bacteria. In the right context, all bacteria have the potential to do good, contributing to the health of the whole body ecology. Health problems occur when some bacteria proliferate unchecked. So, our goal is not to “eliminate the bad,” but rather to restore balance, pruning the naturally occurring bacteria in your gut that have overgrown to excess while still maintaining a diverse and vibrant ecology.