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Everything You Need To Know About Short-Chain Fatty Acids

The Microbiome Report

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Are Short Chain Fatty Acids in the Colon?

There's fermentation in the gut, all along the gut, but usually highest after the end of the small intestine that Ilium right into the colon. They travel through the portal vein to the liver, the liver will metabolize them further, but they are in circulation in small amounts. So I think it's not as much about other organs or other sides of the body having a fermentation of capacity. It's more so that they're originating from the colon.

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