Re:Gut microbe linked to depression in large health study
by happylion0801 on Sunday February 06, 2022 @03:43PM
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> Very much a 'seems like IBS, try low FODMAP, see what works and doesn't via experience,' which was pretty amazing/alarming how little is understood about our guts.
Yes exactly this.
> Especially since I think it'll be interesting to find out if something has been added to our diets that's causing an increase in intolerance over the last decade+.
One thing I read is that western diets severely lack in fiber which usually leads to loss of microbiome diversity [1]. But studies like this are still early stages, we need targeted results based on all this to really have any effect.
Yes exactly this.
> Especially since I think it'll be interesting to find out if something has been added to our diets that's causing an increase in intolerance over the last decade+.
One thing I read is that western diets severely lack in fiber which usually leads to loss of microbiome diversity [1]. But studies like this are still early stages, we need targeted results based on all this to really have any effect.
[1] https://nautil.us/how-the-western-diet-has-derailed-our-evol...