Dr. Jeffrey Gladden argues the gut works like soil that can be restored, not just a digestive tract. He calls this shift from fiber-focused treatments a potential holy grail for microbiome health, moving beyond the old view that we could only modestly influence our gut bacteria.
This is maybe the most exciting thing I've heard about the gut in a long time. Because— no, really. Because, I mean, we knew about digestion, right? We knew about pathogens. We knew about, you know, quote unquote, good commensals. We've known there were anaerobes down there, but it was a little bit of a black box, no pun intended. Because, you know, you didn't really— what are you going to do about it, right? Except give, you know, some fiber. And now, if you're able to actually kind of resurrect, construct, rescue the soil in which the gut microbiome is actually growing. Oh my gosh, that seems like, that seems like the holy grail. I mean, it's, I don't know if it's a holy grail, but it seems like, you know, a big part of the answer.
