Chris Kuzawa
@ckuzawa.bsky.social
Biological anthropologist and Professor in the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard
Germ free mice inoculated with gut microbes from humans and another larger brained species eat more but grow slower and put on less fat than mice inoculated with GM from smaller brained primate. Instead they prioritize production of glucose (brain fuel) - driven by SCFA and hepatic gluconeogenesis
December 6, 2024 at 9:22 PM
Germ free mice inoculated with gut microbes from humans and another larger brained species eat more but grow slower and put on less fat than mice inoculated with GM from smaller brained primate. Instead they prioritize production of glucose (brain fuel) - driven by SCFA and hepatic gluconeogenesis