Gut health/microbiome impacts your health so much. It’s so good to see it getting more and more attention in the last few years. So few people really know the deets on it even though it’s so important to our health.

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That is a good point. However this is also a complex issue. Yogurt and fermented milk have a high amount of beneficial bacteria – even more so than many probiotics. Cocoa, on the other hand, has flavonoids and many other ingredients. Mediterranean diet is known because of its high content of unsaturated fats (olive oil). And certainly not all saturated fats are bad. It’s more about the overall balance of the diet. The text has been modified to reflect your point.

Foods that Improve Gut Microbiota
– Yogurt [R, R, R, R] and fermented milk (kefir) [R, R, R]
– Cocoa [R, R]

Long-term consumption of a Mediterranean diet increases butyrate producers (these have many health benefits) [R].

.. which are full of saturated fat (including the Mediterranean diet) ..
with this statement:

Foods with Negative Effects on Gut Bacteria
– Saturated fats [R, R]

And the SFCAs and butyrate which are beneficially produced by the gut bacteria themselves as you referenced… Yet these fats are ALSO saturated fats

You guys need to do some meta-analysis and critiques of the studies (i.e. lack of isolation of variables) because I have been noticing that many references cited are contradictory.