{"id":584371,"date":"2026-08-05T22:12:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T22:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/584371\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T22:12:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T22:12:13","slug":"how-gut-bacteria-alter-the-true-caloric-value-of-your-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/584371\/","title":{"rendered":"How gut bacteria alter the true caloric value of your food"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\tHow gut bacteria alter the true caloric value of your food &#8211; Futura-Sciences<\/p>\n<p>August 5, 2026<\/p>\n<p>            2 min    <\/p>\n<p>            <img width=\"1920\" height=\"823\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/gut-bacteria-decide-how-many-calories-you-actually-absorb-scientists-are-stunned.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Calculating protein, carbohydrate, and fat content is not enough to determine how many calories we absorb when we eat. The role of the microbiota must also be taken into account.\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><br \/>\n                    Calculating protein, carbohydrate, and fat content is not enough to determine how many calories we absorb when we eat. The role of the microbiota must also be taken into account. \u00a9 Oleg, Adobe Stock (image generated using AI)<\/p>\n<p>\n            See also\n        <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"How gut bacteria alter the true caloric value of your food &#8211; Futura-Sciences August 5, 2026 2 min&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":584372,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[103,204708,61,60,446],"class_list":["post-584371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nutrition","tag-health","tag-health-medicine","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-nutrition"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=584371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584371\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/584372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=584371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=584371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=584371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}