In this podcast, I want to cover the importance of the intestinal mucosal barrier. 
What is the intestinal mucosal barrier? — It’s simply a barrier between the inside of your colon (the large bowel) and the colon cells. 
The large bowel is all about fermenting fiber. Most of your friendly bacteria should exist in the large bowel.

Mucosal barrier functions: 
1. First line of defense 
2. Antibacterial 
3. Place to ferment fiber
4. Selective absorption 
5. Lubrication 

Microbes eat fiber and turn into small-chain fatty acids (butyrate). 

Benefits of butyrate:
 • Feeds colonocytes
 • It’s an anti-inflammatory 
 • Improves insulin resistance
 • It’s anti-cancer
 • It has satiety properties 
 • It helps maintain the thickness of the mucosal layer

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