Baobab Improves Gut Health

The gut microbiome consists of many microorganisms that play a vital role in every aspect of our health. Gut Microbiota support healthy digestion, produce vitamins, determine nutrient absorption, and more. Urban living has eroded the diversity of the gut microbiota and made us more susceptible to metabolic disease and vulnerable to the effects of our changing environment, emerging pathogens, and pollution.

Gut microbiome diversity

Studies into the gut microbiome of hunter-gatherers such as the Hadza in Tanzania showed that a diet that includes Baobab encouraged greater gut microbiome diversity. Diabetes, cancer, and cardiovascular disease are virtually nonexistent in hunter-gatherer societies. Meanwhile, research shows that improving gut health is essential in preventing and treating conditions we encounter in modern society, including anxiety, depression, neurodegenerative diseases, cardiovascular disease, and bone, joint, and skin disorders.

Baobab is prebiotic

Baobab fruit powder is 48% fiber, and 75% is soluble fiber. Soluble fiber is fermented in the gut to produce healthful probiotics. Research shows that daily prebiotic fiber profoundly and positively impacts our health, improving digestion, immunity, sleep, and mood.

Baobab increases probiotics in the gut.

Baobab research showed that the prebiotic fiber in Baobab Fruit Powder increases the presence of Lactobacilli and Bifidus bacteria in the gut. Increasing the production of Lactobacillus and Bifidus bacteria has been shown to lower cholesterol, improve gut health and the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome, and support healthy weight, allergies, and eczema.

Baobab increases short-chain fatty acid production.

Short-chain fatty acids, acetate, propionate, and butyrate, are produced by healthful bacteria in the gut; they are essential to gut barrier integrity and play an important role in all aspects of our health. Propionate is involved in producing glucose in the liver, acetate is necessary for synthesizing lipids, and butyrate is the preferred energy source for the gut.

Baobab improves gut barrier health.

The gut barrier separates our internal milieu from the outside world. The gut barrier consists of a layer of mucus and intestinal cells. The mucus layer acts as a coat covering the cells in the intestinal wall and removes bacteria and toxins into the intestinal flow. The intestinal mucus layer controls the transfer of water and nutrients to the deeper intestinal cell layer and acts as a first line of defense against harmful compounds. Baobab fruit powder supports a healthy microbiome composition, decreases intestinal permeability, and increases mucus production for a healthy gut barrier.