Gut dysbiosis refers to an imbalance in your gut environment, and it's the reason fibre feels good for some people and terrible for others. As Kieran puts it: "Maybe it's not that fibre is beneficial, but the beneficial effects of fibre are"???
Is fibre actually required for gut health?
Now let's decode what he just said, he believes fibre isn't required. Fair enough, you won't entirely die without it,
Then again your body can handle extreme amounts of stress and inflammation without dying also.
What does fibre actually do that he isn't mentioning?
He mentions that fibre feeds butyrate producers, what he doesn't mention is the butyrate strengthens the gut lining,
It also crosses the blood brain barrier and lowers inflammation there, leading to lower risks of neurological diseases.
It strengthens the mucus lining and the guts natural antimicrobial defences,
Meaning you're much less likely to die of infections. It also means you get less inflamed per bacterial toxin as your body can degrade it.
It helps feed Akkermansia and Christensenella, which higher populations densities link to less risk of diabetes and obesity.
So why does fibre make some people feel worse?
Now is fibre good for everyone? Yes.
Is it good for you right now? It depends.
The only reason fibre wouldn't be good, Is if you had bacterial overgrowths and a dysregulated gut environment,
Which means fibres only bad for you if your body is already bad for you.
Fix the environment and it goes back to being beneficial.
Fibre catches a lot of hate for what poor gut health is doing, if someone says they feel massively worse eating fibre,
I'd bet you their gut health isn't on point or even anywhere close.
The reasons behind poor fibre tolerance often trace back to:
- Bacterial overgrowths in the gut
- A dysregulated gut environment
- Poor gut motility
- Underlying bile flow issues that go unaddressed
How do you fix gut dysbiosis instead of avoiding fibre?
So if you feel like you want to unlock the full benefits of fibre, instead of being told to fear it,
Find out why your body might not be agreeing with it well, and get a personalised support plan to help it along.
@Kikuhiko_lol that's a good point and again depends on the person as well, i don't like to make generalised claims about what's good for everyone for this reason.
