Furan-2,5-dicarboxylic

Furan-2,5-dicarboxylic Acid (FDCA)

• Popular companies: Great Plains
• What the company says it indicates: Aspergillus overgrowth
• Microbial sources
• Formed from the oxidation of 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furfural
• Dietary constituent discussed above
• Three-month diet and exercise program
• Increased fasting blood levels of FDCA by 10 percent in obese women
• Likely entirely attributable to bacterial shifts rather than diet
• Post-intervention test was taken after both groups consumed an identical standardized diet for one week
• No research has correlated FDCA with specific gut bacteria or fungi.
• Limited research suggests modestly lower levels may indicate a metabolically healthy microbiome overall
• Correlations with specific taxa cannot be made.
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