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"Eating fiber alters the microbiome. It may boost cancer treatment, too."

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With the discussion of diet, a slightly different perspective on the value of plant based nutrition. Apparently 60 - 80% of immune system is in the gut. This article from the Washington Post,

msn.com/en-us/news/us/eatin...

briefly details a couple of experimental teams working with melanoma and their findings that fiber rich diets can result in dramatically improved response to immunotherapy.

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just talked with my doc about this - and he concurs - bad gut biome is a problem but it isn't clear what "good" biome does - nonetheless, i'm sticking to my sauerkraut and fiber

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