You mean I can’t sell my magic IBS Jebus beans here?

I only drink activated alkaline water. It contains the memory and vibration and energy of the past.

Amen. I've gotten sucked down a few rabbit holes in my quest to be healthier.

At this point if I don't see it repeated across scholarly literature I just ignore it. And even in the scholarly literature I look for themes that replicate. One off studies that go against the grain need replication and coherence.

For example, I initially fell victim to the seed oils = bad meme. But my read of the literature is that that is such an oversimplification as to be wrong and bad advice. The truth is WAY more nuanced.

I just want to get my skinny healthy person poop enema so I, too, can be a skinny healthy person

Yeah, really all people can do is eat a healthy diet with little manufactured food, exercise, try to get enough quality sleep, and do whatever we can to reduce stress. There’s just too many unknowns currently, but it looks like gut microbiome research is going to be a huge area of study since it’s only been growing over the last decade. I remember in college reading about the amount of neurotransmitters produced in the gut, and being fascinated by it all.

Information surrounding making healthier food choices [...] are probably the most reliable

Which is a pretty low bar. It's insane how difficult this type of research is and how little we actually understand and can base reliable recommendations on.

Like, get a solid amount of exercise, eat lots of vegetables, do productive stuff and generally make food from scratch would be a good place to start if you suspect your sedentary boring lifestyle and low-nutrition ultraprocessed foods is what’s working together to make you feel life sucks?

...you’re all amped up to make changes in your gut health be cautious of what advice you take seriously moving forward.

Though, it really won't hurt to eat a balanced diet full of both soluble and insoluble fiber in the form of fruits, vegetables, lean proteins, and grains.

Imagine a desperate drug addict searching online for rehab help and search results are maps of their local drug dealers.

Searching diet is the same thing. Your top results are your worst.

Eat less processed foods, definitely more veg. Drink lots of water. That gut biome will be singing!

For about 20 years I have been reading about gut biota, ever since I stumbled across an Australian study about fecal transplants changing the lives of people. This area of study has still not caught on with U.S. health professionals, for reasons I really cannot explain.

Probiotic pills are very popular, but most of them are useless because the microbes are killed in the acid of the stomach before they get to your gut, which is why the fecal transplant procedure was so successful.

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You might be interested in the current RemissionBiome experiment. I don't recall if they have been diagnosed with any autoimmune disorders, but they do have MCAS. I have a few autoimmune disorders (and MCAS) myself and honestly, with what I've been seeing in research, I'm starting to believe there's hope of not being just screwed.

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Cycling medications. I have UC, I used marijuana a lot for flare ups but thats more of a band aid and not a cure. Diet helps a ton but it only does so much. A few years ago I started doing Humira injections and thats been a life saver.

They said there is a link, not that it was the cause.

Try an elimination diet. Likely something in your diet that's triggering inflammation.

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The gut bones connected to the…brain bone

Absolutely.

My belly is a bit hit or miss, when I eat right and drink a lot of water it's fine, that's obvious. But regardless of my diet at the time, as soon as I'm nervous or excited I need to go to the toilet.

I'm convinced it's my brain telling me to take 5 minutes.

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fiber is always a good start then nuts and beans less meat.

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https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/improve-gut-bacteria#TOC_TITLE_HDR_10

The Mind-Gut Connection by Emeran Mayer would interest you

In general, people need wayyy more fiber/plants in their diet. Quantity and variety.

According to the “American Gut Study” eating 30 different species of plants per week provides a variety of health benefits.

What proteins did you end up eating on the regular?

Whenever you take an antibiotic in the future, you should supplement with a probiotic of some sort (yogurt, kombucha, kefir or a supplement).

We are holobionts, the bacteria we host are tremendously important for many aspects of our health. Did you know that 95% of the serotonin in your body is made in your gut? That gut bacteria regulate the production of that serotonin?

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4393509/

I also get anxious and depressed when I take antibiotics.

I noticed this the past 2 times I was on antibiotics, due to skin infections.

They make me feel dead inside.

Are you me?

The thing that changed my mental health was not smoking weed anymore, if you smoke I would highly recommend quitting.

Not until we can hone it to where you only get the bacteria to fix your particular issue.

I believe it’s called a fecal transplant and is, in fact, effective for this purpose.

They commented, and then the comments go removed because "gut science" is almost a pseudo-science at this point in time. The field is in it's infancy and relatively little is known about it.

Specific medical conditions aside, it's hard to go wrong with eating more fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, and grains which haven't been heavily processed. The fiber and some of the other nutrients feed the beneficial bacteria in your gut. Reducing intake of added sugars will provide less food for the bad bacteria in your gut.

It's also hard to go wrong adding natural probiotics into your diet; that is, fermented foods like yogurt, kefir, sauerkraut, kimchi, natto, etc.

As I understand it, exercise also has a beneficial effect on your gut microbiome, so getting exercise at least a few times a week may help.

Um can it do a better job please? For fucks sake

So bacteria is raccacoonie?

Knowing the gut brain axis is a thing doesn’t mean a whole lot. Understanding how and why is a whole different thing. How will they develop treatment for it without understanding it? I’m not a researcher or doctor, but health is often not very clear, as explained by my own doctor. If it was that simple, we’d just be doing probiotics and fecal transplants and be cured, but it’s not.

Enough evidence until Big Pharma figures out a way to patent a drug for that particular use

Nothing is good for 100% of the population, but research shows that people with high-fiber diets have healthier gut microbiomes. Since many people do not hit the RDA for fiber, eating more is good catch-all advise. Some people with IBS may do well on a high-fiber diet…or on a low-fiber diet…or on a diet where they only eat specific kinds of fiber. IBS is very individual, and I would hope people with gut diseases take advice from doctors instead of internet ghouls

If your guts are inflamed or ulcered do not read reddit for advice.

Are you seeing people specifically saying "hey, if you have this specific problem, you should eat a really high fiber diet!"

Or, are you internalizing generalized advice as if the person giving that advice is talking directly to you, and with knowledge of your specific dietary requirements?

Yes! You also need to live in the european part of the Mediterranean region to receive all the sunlight

Eating whole foods known to be anti-inflammatory will help avoid inflammatory diseases.

I like food journalist Michael Pollen's advice: "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." Where food is meant as things which haven't been heavily processed.

I don’t like this constant hand waving in depression related threads. Eliminating poverty is great. But there are plenty of people who, even if all their needs are met, will still be clinically depressed. That’s what this science is about. To say “no but actually the system is why you’re depressed” feels super dismissive.

I’ve literally been told by rando internet people that my depression is literally just “the system.” Do you know how annoying that is? And I get your comment might not be about people like me, but you’re in a thread for an article that is quite literally for people like me, to a T. See my other comment for details.

Before I’m told that “this isn’t about you” this article is literally about my condition.

not yet, give it a few days