Vaniver comments on Are the bacteria/parasites in your gut affecting your thinking? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vaniver 11 June 2012 04:31:05AM 1 point [-]

It's not quite probiotic, but the bacteria in sourdough seriously reduce the negative effects of wheat gluten; apparently, bread fermentation was widespread across wheat-eating cultures.

Comment author: mytyde 15 January 2013 01:30:41AM 0 points [-]

You're right, but note that most store-bought sourdough breads are barely sourdough at all; they're mostly just flavored but don't undergo the traditional fermentation process which takes too long for bread corporations more interested in moving stock. Roman legions actually survived largely off of long-fermented sourdough bread.