The other night I had some gut inflammation, perhaps because I didn’t get a chance to take my normal high fiber supplements (including inulin and resistant starch), as I’m travelling at the moment. I wondered about this, so asked Google, and it said:
Sudden cessation of a high-soluble fiber diet (including inulin) can indeed trigger gut issues. When microbes adapted to a high-inulin diet are suddenly deprived of it, they can begin to degrade the protective mucus layer of the gut, which can lead to inflammation and increase susceptibility to infection.
Timeframe: Studies suggest that a diet lacking fiber can cause an altered gut microbiota composition and an inflammatory environment within as little as three days.
That’s probably something worth keeping in mind…