"All disease begins in the gut" -- Hippocrates It seems we just keep discovering more effects of the microbiome on health. I heard about this anti-inflammation

"All disease begins in the gut" -- Hippocrates It seems we just keep discovering more effects of the microbiome on health. I heard about this anti-inflammation effect just yesterday. I think it was explained as gram negative bacteria overgrowth in the gut (due to a bad bacterial balance). Those bacteria have a hard 'shell' that triggers a potent immune response (with inflammation) when present in the blood stream, which they enter from the small intestine. So I think your advice to maximize fiber intake is sound. This feeds gut bacteria (unlike most other food which is broken down before reaching the small intestine). Another intervention would be fermented foods.