DIETARY SUPPLEMENT TO PROMOTE GUT HEALTH

摘要

Provided are dietary supplement composition comprising one or both of theanine and a trace mineral complex, optionally in combination with bioactive peptides, in an amount or amount individually or in combination effective to promote gut health. Examples of benefits include one or more of an increase in the amount of total short-chain fatty acid production or of at least one of propionate, acetate and butyrate; an increase the expression or level of at least one tight-junction protein or mucin-3 or decrease the expression or level of claudin -2; an increase in transepithelial electrical resistance; an increase in the abundance or diversity of a member or phylum of the intestinal bacterial community of the intestinal lumen or mucus area an increase in the expression or level of at least one intestinal surface area marker protein. Methods for using such supplements are also disclosed.