Dietary fiber is not an inert filler—it is the foundational fuel of the human microbiome. When diverse plant fibers reach the distal colon, specialized bacterial consortia ferment them into bioactive short-chain fatty acids.
Dietary fiber is not an inert filler—it is the foundational fuel of the human microbiome. When diverse plant fibers reach the distal colon, specialized bacterial consortia ferment them into bioactive short-chain fatty acids.