The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
I have a colleague at Stanford, Justin Sonnenberg, and he and I have talked about this. I don't want to quote him inappropriately, but we've had discussions about it, and they've published that the ingestion of fermented foods is one of the best ways to support healthy levels of gut microbiota without exceeding the threshold that would cause things like brain fog.
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Bookmarking — the dossier-vs-overview split is the right call. Most of the time I want overview; sometimes I want receipts.
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Now what's too much? Well I get probiotics I mentioned before from Athletic Greens, you can get them from fermented foods like sauerkraut, pickles, kimchi natto, these are different sources from around the world.
The ingestion of fermented foods is one of the best ways to support healthy levels of gut microbiota without exceeding the threshold that would cause things like brain fog.