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Short-chain fatty acids are depleted in mice fed a high-sugar diet. Concentrations of cecal acetate (A), propionate (B), butyrate (C), and total SCFA after two days on the diet. Cecal acetate and total concentrations of SCFA were significantly reduced in high sugar fed mice. Oral acetate supplementation increased cecal levels of acetate in chow fed mice (A). Data is shown as mean ± SEM. Chow: n = 5; HS: n = 5; Chow + acetate: n = 4; HS + acetate: n = 4. *p < 0.05.
