Peter Attia· MD
So we we you know not all fibers are created equal and this is where unfortunately we do need to get a into a little bit of semantics uh to be able to to really make progress uh in this topic.
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So we we you know not all fibers are created equal and this is where unfortunately we do need to get a into a little bit of semantics uh to be able to to really make progress uh in this topic.
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But it probably is the case that different people react to different fiber, it's very clear they do. And that depends on your microbiome because your microbiome will degrade the fibers differently. And so the microbes you have will degrade a certain set of fibers that's different from the microbes I have in my gut.
However, I must say that we and others are engaging very exciting studies, which suggests that even with fibers...not all fibers are created equal. In other words, you know, even fibers are composed of many different chemical formulations that differ from each other in the way that they are consumed by the microbes and impact the human body. So even with fibers and with the generally beneficial effects that have been observed with them, it seems that some fibers are better than others.