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. 2021 Apr 13;12(2):e00579-21. doi: 10.1128/mBio.00579-21

FIG 1.

FIG 1

Short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) production in humans eating low-fat, plant-based and high-fat, animal-based diets. (a) Plant-based diets result in roughly twice the production of acetate and butyrate. (b) Animal-based diets result in roughly twice the production of isovalerate and isobutyrate, which have metabolic functions overlapping those of the traditional SCFAs acetate and butyrate. (Republished from reference 18 with the permission of the publisher.)