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Micronutrients & recovery
The gut bacterium Eubacterium rectale causally decreases plasma levels of hydrogen sulfite, a toxin that negatively affects cardiovascular function.
Maintaining a healthy gut microbiome, specifically by supporting bacteria like Eubacterium rectale, may help reduce hydrogen sulfite levels in your blood, which is beneficial for cardiovascular health.
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Mendelian randomization analyses support a potential causal effect of Eubacterium rectale in decreasing plasma levels of hydrogen sulfite—a toxin that affects cardiovascular function.
Why this rating
Uses Mendelian Randomization (MR) and mediation analysis, which are strong for inferring causality in observational data, supported by sensitivity analyses.
Source
Influence of the microbiome, diet and genetics on inter-individual variation in the human plasma metabolome
Lianmin Chen et al. · Nature Medicine · 2022
cohort · n=1368Cited 303×
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