The number of cells in the human microbiome is known to exceed the number of cells in the human body. The microbiome has been known to influence a person’s physical and mental health.
It hence makes sense to pay close attention to the microbiome.
People with stomach issues try to increase the amount of microbiota by literally ingesting them. This is known as probiotics, usually found in fermented food such as yogurt, sauerkraut, or nattō.
However multiple studies have shown that eating probiotics alone doesn’t seem to significantly change the biome.
Instead, studies point to an alternative mechanism to change the microbiome. These are Prebiotics, or dietary fibers. Certain types of microbiota consume certain types of prebiotics. By changing your diet to eat different dietary fibers, you can influence which microbiota survive in your gut.
Although a few forms of dietary fibers have been classified and found to affect the gut microbiome, researchers are still scratching the surface of which fibers can affect microbiota, and how that affects overall human health.
Generally, it is considered to be good to have a diverse microbiome. It is considered bad for one bacteria to take over and have a monopoly over your gut. This kind of thing happens when you take antibiotics. Bacteria resistant to the antibiotic can take over your gut.
I want to increase the diversity of my microbiome. Because of the lacking science of dietary fibers, here is my experimental diet.
Assume that the more diverse a plant is, the more diverse its fibers will likely be. Hence, to increase gut diversity, I need to eat a wide variety of high fiber foods. The more varied, the better.
In order to find “variety”, I divide food based on its plant Order. Here is a detailed table I have compiled.
Here are my priorities when searching for food to eat for this diet:
Based on my plant diversity analysis, here are a list of receipes I have compiled over time: