Table 3 |
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Fecal short chain fatty acid (μmol/L per g dry matter) and pH after kefir or milk consumption |
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KEFIR |
MILK |
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SCFA |
Day 0 |
Day 28 |
Day 0 |
Day 28 |
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Acetic |
247 ± 110 |
278 ± 129 |
228 ± 77 |
269 ± 104 |
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Butyric |
80 ± 53 |
99 ± 61 |
77 ± 38 |
75 ± 36 |
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Isobutyric1 |
8.6 ± 4.1 |
10 ± 6.9 |
7.8 ± 2.5 |
11 ± 3.9 |
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Valeric |
13 ± 6 |
13 ± 6 |
13 ± 7 |
14 ± 7 |
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Isovaleric1 |
14 ± 5 |
16 ± 8 |
12 ± 4 |
17 ± 6 |
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Propionic1 |
95 ± 52 |
117 ± 66 |
85 ± 42 |
105 ± 61 |
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Total SCFA1 |
458 ± 192 |
535 ± 239 |
423 ± 149 |
492 ± 196 |
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Fecal (pH) |
6.5 ± 0.5 |
6.8 ± 0.6 |
6.5 ± 0.5 |
6.7 ± 0.4 |
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Values are means ± SD, n = 12. 1significant effect of time during both kefir and milk supplementation, p < 0.05. |
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St-Onge et al. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2002 2:1 doi:10.1186/1472-6882-2-1 |
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