{"id":227716,"date":"2025-12-23T21:09:41","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T03:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/tiny-molecule-made-by-gut-bacteria-could-cut-type-2-diabetes-risk"},"modified":"2025-12-23T21:09:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T03:09:41","slug":"tiny-molecule-made-by-gut-bacteria-could-cut-type-2-diabetes-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/tiny-molecule-made-by-gut-bacteria-could-cut-type-2-diabetes-risk","title":{"rendered":"Tiny Molecule Made by Gut Bacteria Could Cut Type 2 Diabetes Risk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/tiny-molecule-made-by-gut-bacteria-could-cut-type-2-diabetes-risk.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A compound produced by gut bacteria could play a vital role in managing and preventing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/scientists-think-theyve-found-a-new-cause-of-type-2-diabetes\">type 2 diabetes<\/a>, according to a study led by researchers from Imperial College London (ICL).<\/p>\n<p>The small molecule, called <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trimethylamine\">trimethylamine<\/a> (TMA), is a major type of bacterial metabolite \u2013 a class of chemicals produced naturally through processes of transforming nutrients into energy and building blocks.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists have now found evidence in human cell models and lab mice that TMA could protect the body from some of the damage triggered by a high-fat diet. Specifically, it has the effect of dampening down inflammation and improving insulin response, both of which reduce the risk of type 2 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/diabetes\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_self\">diabetes<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A compound produced by gut bacteria could play a vital role in managing and preventing type 2 diabetes, according to a study led by researchers from Imperial College London (ICL). The small molecule, called trimethylamine (TMA), is a major type of bacterial metabolite \u2013 a class of chemicals produced naturally through processes of transforming nutrients [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":511,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-227716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-chemistry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/511"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227716\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}