Does drinking fizzy sweet water change your gut bugs?

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Changes in gut microbiota composition following water kefir consumption in healthy adults

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Summary

People drank a homemade fizzy sweet drink made with sugar and tiny microbes for two weeks, and scientists checked if their gut bacteria changed.

Proposed Mechanism
Water kefir metabolites promote SCFA-producing taxa
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Transient microbial introduction modulates gut microbiota composition
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Authors

de Mel R, Al Khafaji AH, Muthusamy S, Xu J, Håkansson Å