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“The production of short-chain fatty acids from the excreted glucose is a huge discovery,” said Kobe University endocrinologist Wataru Ogawa, MD, PhD.

More information: Shuangyuan Wang et al, Circulating short-chain and branched short-chain fatty acids and the risk of incident type 2 diabetes: findings from the 4C Study, Life Metabolism (2025).