Dr. Michael Snyder

So we have communities of microbes, and every person's community is different.

And so we have these enzymes, hydrolases, 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 maybe if you eat a certain fiber, you're not as prepared to handle it as the next person.

So this is why we need to collect the right data.

And it may be at the end, well, you need to add the right probiotic, the right microbe to go with that fiber to better get the tuning you're looking for.

And in the long run, if you probably want permanent –

incubation of this probiotic into your gut, you may actually have to add a community because they're all interdependent.

They get personalized again early, and so you basically formed your own personal guild.

One problem with probiotics is that they don't stick that well.

A lot of them wash out, although what a prolonged use can help colonize some of that may be possible.

Yeah, that's right.

Yeah, but are you avoiding it because you're getting inflammation?

You said some don't agree with you.

Is that because of gas or is that because of inflammation?

But if you can figure out which fibers might be inducing that specifically, maybe you can avoid those foods with those fibers.

I don't know.

And again, fiber seems to be very personalized.

So I think it is something you can try.

It's a pretty easy experiment to do.