Individual gut microbiome composition, including the presence of specific hydrolase enzymes, influences how well a person can break down and utilize different fibers.

“I imagine the microbes you have in you, they have certain hydrolaces that break down these fibers, and everybody's microbiome is very, very different. Uh so we we have communities of microbes and and every person's community is different and so they we have these enzymes hydrolaces that do break down these fibers and my guess is that we already know that yours is going to be different from mine. And so it may be if you eat a certain fiber you're not as prepared to handle it as the next person.”