{"id":244562,"date":"2026-09-28T05:03:33","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T10:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/gut-microbe-molecule-reveals-molecular-link-between-microbiome-and-whole-body-metabolism"},"modified":"2026-09-28T05:03:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T10:03:33","slug":"gut-microbe-molecule-reveals-molecular-link-between-microbiome-and-whole-body-metabolism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/gut-microbe-molecule-reveals-molecular-link-between-microbiome-and-whole-body-metabolism","title":{"rendered":"Gut microbe molecule reveals molecular link between microbiome and whole body metabolism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding-right: 20px\"><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/gut-microbe-molecule-reveals-molecular-link-between-microbiome-and-whole-body-metabolism2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Researchers at the University of Konstanz have demonstrated at a molecular level how bacteria in the human gut influence the entire body. Among other things, they can lower blood sugar levels and reduce fatty liver disease. The work is published in the journal EMBO Molecular Medicine.<\/p>\n<p>For several years, a wide range of over-the-counter products designed to have a positive effect on the gut microbiome have been available. They promise greater bacterial diversity in the digestive tract and, as a result, better overall health. For the same purpose, doctors prescribe medications aimed at restoring gut microbial balance, for instance, following antibiotic treatment.<\/p>\n<p>But why does the gut microbiota have such a profound impact on the entire organism? Thomas Brunner, professor of biochemical pharmacology, and biologist Anna Pia Plazzo at the University of Konstanz set out to answer this question. Together with their team, they recently discovered that gut bacteria and the compounds they produce\u2014which also enter the food chain via ruminants\u2014trigger biological processes that the human body can activate only with difficulty. They help suppress inflammation and may also have beneficial effects on fatty liver disease.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers at the University of Konstanz have demonstrated at a molecular level how bacteria in the human gut influence the entire body. Among other things, they can lower blood sugar levels and reduce fatty liver disease. The work is published in the journal EMBO Molecular Medicine. For several years, a wide range of over-the-counter products [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":707,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,19,1495],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-244562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-chemistry","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244562","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\/707"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244562\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}