The Role of Short-chain Fatty Acids in Malnutrition on Stress, Eating Behavior, and Nutritional State

The SCFAs mixture contains acetate, butyrate, and propionate in a ratio of 60:20:20, and the total daily amount of SCFAs is equivalent to the fermentation of 10g of arabinoxylan oligosaccharides. Participants will be asked to consume these capsules spread at four intervals throughout the day. The nursing staff will distribute the capsules to the participants individually, supervise their intake, and monitor adherence by capsule count.

To serve as a placebo, microcrystalline cellulose will be included in the same type of CDCs.