Nutrition · Foundations
Fiber & the Microbiome
Trillions of gut microbes and what feeds them: soluble vs insoluble fiber, fermentation into short-chain fatty acids, the fiber gap, plant diversity, fermented foods (the Stanford trial), and how to raise fiber without misery.
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Key idea
Prereqs: Macronutrients. Next: Diets compared. Sources: Sender, Fuchs & Milo (PLoS Biology, 2016); Wastyk et al., Sonnenburg lab (Cell, 2021); Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Educational only.Next: 1. The microbiome