3.5. Gut Barrier Function and Inflammation
inflammation, MEB
INTESTINAL INFLAMMATION, INFLAMMATION
Participants completed a gastrointestinal permeability test at the end of each study arm to test the hypothesis that MEB would alleviate ‘leaky gut’ in association with lowered intestinal inflammation. Contrary to our hypothesis, small intestinal permeability based on urinary lactulose/mannitol (0–5 h) and colonic permeability based on urinary sucralose/erythritol (5–24 h) were not significantly different between MEB and COMP (We also considered that fecal SCFAs, which regulate gut barrier health and inflammation [