1018 - 8 Butyrate Benefits: Supplement Guide + How to Raise It Naturally

1018 - 8 Butyrate Benefits: Supplement Guide + How to Raise It Naturally

Author: Dr. Michael Ruscio, DC May 13, 2026 Duration: 28:58

In this video, Dr. Ruscio discusses 8 benefits of taking butyrate, a fat molecule with gut and systemic healing properties. Butyrate is produced by gut bacteria, but it is often low in different chronic health conditions. Supplementation has been shown to improve a variety of gut conditions, including IBS, IBD, and SIBO, as well as chronic inflammation and brain health. Doctor Ruscio also discusses some simple dietary strategies to increase butyrate production naturally. 

 

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💊 Featured Products:

Apollo's Hegemony Microencapsulated Sodium Butyrate: https://www.amazon.com/Butyrate-Butyric-Capsules-Supplement-Support/dp/B0FR9K154Y

BodyBio Sodium Butyrate: https://www.amazon.com/BodyBio-Sodium-Butyrate-Postbiotic-Microbiome/dp/B0058A9SF0/

Tributyrin-Max:

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📌 Timestamps

 

00:00 What is Butyrate?

01:57 Leaky Gut

04:10 SIBO

06:35 Systemic Inflammation & Immunomodulation

07:59 Weight Loss

09:31 IBS-C & IBS-D

10:53 Inflammatory Bowel Disease

13:10 Diverticulosis

14:00 Traveler's Diarrhea

14:42 Brain Health

16:49 Best Forms

17:19 Best Products

18:45 Dosage & Protocol

19:18 Safety & Side Effects

19:57 Foods To Raise Butyrate Levels Naturally



🎧 Audio Episode & Featured Studies 

📉 Beyond the Gut: Unveiling Butyrate's Global Health Impact Through Gut Health and Dysbiosis-Related Conditions: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40284169/

📉 Acute effects of butyrate on intestinal permeability in patients with irritable bowel syndrome assessed by a novel colonoscopy research model: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40810534/

📉 Butyrate improves handgrip strength and physical performance by reducing intestinal leak in post-menopausal women, a randomized controlled trial: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40167641/

📉 Short-chain fatty acids in the small-bowel bacterial overgrowth syndrome: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4023615/

📉 Effect of microencapsulated sodium butyrate on abdominal symptoms and carbohydrate metabolism in patients with type 2 diabetes: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-47309-9

📉 The effectiveness of microencapsulated sodium butyrate at reducing symptoms in patients with irritable bowel syndrome: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35371361/

📉 Efficacy of Microencapsulated Sodium Butyrate as Add-On Therapy in Inducing Remission in Patients with Mild-To-Moderate Ulcerative Colitis: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41422374/

📉 Impact of oral butyrate on clinical and biochemical parameters in IBD: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41354580/

📉 The Usefulness of Microencapsulated Sodium Butyrate Add-On Therapy in Maintaining Remission in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33291846/

📉 The Effect of Sodium Butyrate Enemas Compared with Placebo on Disease Activity, Endoscopic Scores, and Histological and Inflammatory Parameters in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33352566/

📉 Microencapsulated sodium butyrate administered to patients with diverticulosis decreases incidence of diverticulitis—a prospective randomized study: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00384-013-1807-5

📉 Micro-encapsulated and colonic-release sodium butyrate modulates gut microbiota and improves abdominal pain in patients with symptomatic uncomplicated diverticular disease: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/medicine/articles/10.3389/fmed.2025.1487892/full

📉 Sodium butyrate and short chain fatty acids in prevention of travellers' diarrhoea:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1477893913001373?via%3Dihub

📉 A Novel Butyrate Generator Helps Modulate the Gut-Brain Axis: https://www.dovepress.com/article/download/109943

📉 Dietary tributyrin supplementation in Parkinson's disease: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41271518/

 

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