Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
What if a molecule your gut makes to digest fat could protect you from a heart attack?
A new study in Nature Cardiovascular Research found that people with coronary artery disease have lower levels of DCA (deoxycholic acid) — a gut-derived bile acid that reduces blood clotting. Since clots cause most heart attacks and strokes, this matters.
Researchers showed:
• Lower DCA = more platelet clumping
• More clumping = higher cardiovascular risk
• Supplementing mice with DCA, DCA-producing microbes, or healthy human fecal transplants literally reduced heart-tissue death during heart attacks
Gut → blood → heart.
Metabolism isn’t separate systems. It’s unified.
Full breakdown linked below.
#HeartHealth #CardiovascularHealth #GutHealth #Metabolism #DCA #Microbiome #BloodClots #HeartAttack #NickNorwitz #MedicalResearch #HealthScience #StayCurious
What if a molecule your gut makes to digest fat could protect you from a heart attack?
A new study in Nature Cardiovascular Research found that people with coronary artery disease have lower levels of DCA (deoxycholic acid) — a gut-derived bile acid that reduces blood clotting. Since clots cause most heart attacks and strokes, this matters.
Researchers showed:
• Lower DCA = more platelet clumping
• More clumping = higher cardiovascular risk
• Supplementing mice with DCA, DCA-producing microbes, or healthy human fecal transplants literally reduced heart-tissue death during heart attacks
Gut → blood → heart.
Metabolism isn’t separate systems. It’s unified.
Full breakdown linked below.
#HeartHealth #CardiovascularHealth #GutHealth #Metabolism #DCA #Microbiome #BloodClots #HeartAttack #NickNorwitz #MedicalResearch #HealthScience #StayCurious
