Many of us know the feeling of digestive discomfort, pain, bloating, and much worse. Some of us experience this daily and maybe have forgotten what it feels like to be well, energetic, and free from digestive pain.
A diet rich with nutrients from vegetables, fruits, and fibre is necessary for staying healthy … but there is more to this.
A diet high in fibre and nutrition should not be complicated. We’ve made it simple by offering a versatile, easy to use whole plant prebiotic fibre, happiGut™
“Feeding the whole gut and the whole body
Nature gifted us with a unique whole plant complex fibre inherently abundant with prebiotics and nutrients when it created the sugarcane plant. We carefully extracted the fibre using a low temperature water process, without using chemicals, to preserve the nutrition and unlock the ultimate whole plant complex prebiotic fibre for whole gut health. The nutrition of the cell wall structure of the plant remains but without the accompanying carbohydrate sugars or lipids that are present in most fruits or vegetables.
Our gastrointestinal system has a complex job to do, and multiple aspects of the body’s health depend on its optimal functioning.
Creating abundance and diversity of good bacteria in our gut happens through a process of fermentation when the gut is fed prebiotic fibre and nutrients.
Short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) are major end products of bacterial fermentation in the human colon and are known to have wide-ranging impacts on the body.
Upon reaching the large intestine, fibre is used as an energy source by the bacteria in the body. This process is called fermentation. Our friendly gut bacteria, when nourished by fibre, produces Short Chain Fatty Acids (SCFA) through fermentation.
fermentation primarily produces the SCFAs: acetate, propionate, and butyrate.
“The nutrient transporter – SCFAs” butyrate”
One of the key SCFAs is butyrate and is the main fuel source for colonocytes, the cells that line the gut. butyrate maintains the gut cell barrier, suppresses inflammation through regulation of the immune system, helps balance glucose levels in the gut, and helps regulate appetite.
butyrate functions to help cells fulfil their functions to nourish, strengthen, and protect the lining of the gut.
butyrate, in particular, is important for maintaining health via regulation of the immune system, maintenance of the epithelial barrier, and promotion of satiety following meals. It may be protective against several diseases, including colorectal cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, graft-versus-host disease, diabetes, and obesity. Therefore, stimulating butyrate production by the colonic microbiome could be useful for sustaining health and treating diseases. It’s important to note, not all fermentable fibres are equally capable of stimulating SCFA production.
A clean prebiotic whole plant fibre that slowly ferments throughout the whole gastrointestinal tract has a greater capacity for nutrient transformation.
After their production, these SCFAs are transported to the liver, the blood circulation, or absorbed by intestinal cells where their effects can influence systems throughout the body
SCFA are the main source of nutrition to our cells in the colon. They are incredibly important in helping to transform and transport nutrients. A diet high in prebiotic fibre boosts butyrate production and helps the good bacteria thrive in our guts.
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