The Claim

In middle-aged women with metabolic syndrome risk factors, low resistant starch intake is associated with increased abundance of the gut bacterial genus Marvinbryantia, which is associated with higher butyrate production and stable lipid metabolism, whereas high resistant starch intake is associated with increased abundance of Veillonella and elevated triglyceride levels.

Source: Effects of Resistant Starch on Metabolic Markers and Gut Microbiota in Women with Metabolic Syndrome Risk Factors: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Pilot Study

What the research says

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In plain English

In middle-aged women with metabolic syndrome risk factors, eating less resistant starch is linked to higher levels of the gut bacteria Marvinbryantia, which correlates with stable lipid levels and more butyrate, while eating more resistant starch is linked to higher levels of Veillonella and increased triglycerides.

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In middle-aged women with metabolic syndrome risk factors, low resistant starch intake is associated with an increase in the gut bacterial genus Marvinbryantia, which is linked to butyrate production and stable lipid metabolism, contrasting with the triglyceride rise seen with high resistant starch and Veillonella enrichment.

Why this might work

When people eat less resistant starch, a gut bacterium called Marvinbryantia grows and makes butyrate, which tells the liver to stop making fat and start burning it instead. When people eat more resistant starch, a different gut bacterium called Veillonella grows and makes acetate and propionate, which tell the liver to make more fat, raising triglyceride levels in the blood.

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What the research says

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  1. Study: Effects of Resistant Starch on Metabolic Markers and Gut Microbiota in Women with Metabolic Syndrome Risk Factors: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Pilot Study

    In women with metabolic risks, eating less resistant starch raised a good gut bacteria called Marvinbryantia, which helps keep fat levels stable, while eating more resistant starch raised a different bacteria linked to higher triglycerides — just like the claim says.

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