REAGENT or RESOURCE	SOURCE	IDENTIFIER
Biological samples
Human blood samples (serum and plasma)	This study	N/A
Human stool samples	This study	N/A
Critical commercial assays
ALT	Abbott	7D56-21
AST	Abbott	7D81-21
GGT	Abbott	7D65
HDL	Abbott	3K33-21
Cholesterol	Abbott	7D62
TG	Abbott	7D74-21
Glucose	Abbott	3L82
HbA1c	Sebia	https://www.sebia.com/tests/hba1c/
CL-316,243	Tocris	1499 (Batch: 7A/173953)
2,2,2-Tribromoethanol (Avertin)	Sigma-Aldrich	T48402
Tekland Irradiated Global 18% Protein Rodent Diet	Envigo	2918
Glycerol Standard Solution	Sigma-Aldrich	G7793
Free Glycerol Reagent	Sigma-Aldrich	F6428
Ceramic beads	Mo Bio Laboratories	13114- 50
Glass beads	Mo Bio Laboratories	13116-50
MagMax-96 DNA Multi-sample kit	Life Technologies	4413022
SequalPrep Normalization Plate kit	Thermo Fisher	A1051001
Software and algorithms
SPSS v27	IBM	RRID:SCR_002865
Graphpad Prism v8	GraphPad Software	RRID:SCR_002798
RStudio v1.2.1335	Foundation for Statistical Computing	RRID:SCR_000432
Analyze Pro v1	Analyze Direct	https://analyzedirect.com/analyzepro-help-videos/
EMGworks v4.3		https://delsys.com/emgworks
Amide	Amide	http://amide.sourceforge.net/index.html
Other
Discovery MR750 3.0T (MRI scanner)	GE Healthcare	https://www.gehealthcare.com/courses/discovery-mr750-30t
Lunar Prodigy Advance 8743 (DEXA scanner)	GE Healthcare	https://www.gehealthcare.com/products/bone-and-metabolic-health/prodigy
High-Density Liquid Conditioned Two-Piece Suit (cooling suit)	Med-Eng	https://www.med-eng.com/
Isotemp 6200 R28 (refrigerated / heated bath circulator)	Fisher Scientific	https://www.fishersci.com/shop/products/fisher-scientific-isotemp-refrigerated-heated-bath-circulators-6-8-8-6l-115v-6-refrigerated-bath-circulator-6200-r28-28-200-c/13874676
Trigno Wireless System (EMG system)	Delsys	https://delsys.com/trigno
Norotrode 20 Bipolar (EMG electrodes)	Myotronic	https://www.myotronics.com/supplies/all-electrodes/norotrode-20-bipolar-semg-electrode
PowerLab (temperature data logger)	ADInstruments	https://www.adinstruments.com/products/powerlab-daq-hardware
TMQSS-020G-2 (thermocouples)	OMEGA Engineering	https://www.omega.ca/en/temperature-measurement/temperature-probes/probes-with-integral-connectors/p/JMQSS
MATLAB (custom-designed algorithm for EMG analysis)	Mathworks	RRID:SCR_001622
BMI Scale Model 882 (electronic platform scale)	Seca	https://www.scalesgalore.com/seca882.htm
Height Measuring Rod Model 240 (wall-mounted stadiometer)	Seca	https://www.seca.com/en_ee/products/all-products.html#/?category=6
Pull Type Spring Scale (weighted measuring tape)	Ohaus	https://us.ohaus.com/en-US/SpringScales
BPM-200 (blood pressure machine)	BpTRU Medical Devices	https://www.medsource-sw.com/blood-pressure/item-bpm-200/
Head/Neck/Spine (MRI coil)	ScanMed	https://www.scanmed.com/adultheadneckspinemricoil
IDEAL-IQ (MRI sequence)	GE Healthcare	https://www.gehealthcare.com/products/magnetic-resonance-imaging/mr-applications/ideal-iq---body
LAVA-FLEX (MRI sequence)	GE Healthcare	https://www.gehealthcare.com/products/magnetic-resonance-imaging/mr-applications/lava-flex---body
32-channel torso array (MRI coil)	NeoCoil	http://www.neocoil.com/products.php
WS-9037U-IT (weather station)	La Crosse Technology	https://www.lacrossetechnology.com/products/ws-9037u-it
Architect C4000 or c4100	Abbott	https://www.corelaboratory.abbott/int/en/offerings/brands/architect/architect-c4000
Architect C16	Abbott	https://www.corelaboratory.abbott/int/en/offerings/brands/architect
Capillarys 2 Flex Piercing	Sebia	https://www.sebia.com/tests/hba1c/
Comprehensive Lab Animal Monitoring System (CLAMS)	Columbus Instruments	https://www.colinst.com/products/clams-comprehensive-lab-animal-monitoring-system
Bruker Minispec LF90-II BCA-Analyzer	Bruker	https://www.bruker.com/en/products-and-solutions/magnetic-resonance.html
Infrared camera, T650sc, emissivity of 0.98, FLIR Systems	Flir	https://www.flir.ca/support/products/t650sc/#Overview
Experimental models: Organisms/strains
Mouse: Germ Free C57BL/6N	Farncombe Gnotobiotic Unit, McMaster University	Denou et al.59