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by photon_lines 30 days ago
Eating ultra processed foods with added sugar / loads of calories. A huge reason why they're so destructive is because they lack fibre (which keep our microbiomes healthy) and lack compounds which are good for us. Try keeping weight on while eating minimally-processed food that is more vegan in nature: the amount you'll have to consume to keep the weight on is significant. When you start this diet, you won't like it that much and you will feel hungry since your microbiome is used to your old diet -- but try doing it for a month, and you'll see a huge shift in the way you feel and the foods which you crave (the above will start transforming your microbiome quite significantly). Do it for 3 - 6 months you'll wonder how in the world you ever lived without it.
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Them: The problem is making good food choice. The drug helps with that.

You: The drug is a bandaid; just make good food choices.

Antidepressants are the best analogy here. If the core problem is in your brain (or brain-body integration), then, for now, exogenous compounds are the only way to address the core issue.