Paul Saladino· MD
Sunlight appears to improve alpha diversity of the GI microbiome but FIBER DOES NOT!
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We can't find evidence that holds up here. Proponents are reasoning from mechanism or analogy rather than direct human data, and the most credible skeptics raise objections we can't dismiss.
Sunlight appears to improve alpha diversity of the GI microbiome but FIBER DOES NOT!
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fiber does not increase alpha diversity and ketogenic diets and kids for epilepsy do not decrease alpha diversity so the pundits advancing fiber from plants on the grounds that you need this to increase alpha diversity are not citing all of the evidence that is not true plant fiber does not increase alpha diversity removal of fiber does not decrease alpha diversity
there's clear evidence from Stanford that plant fiber doesn't increase Alpha diversity