<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>azinman2</author><text>Europe puts plenty of E numbers in their food (the US just spells it out versus hiding it under a number). There are things illegal in the US that are used in food in Europe. A lot of the time, at least for things like pesticides, the different is country of origin of manufacturer.</text><parent_chain><item><author>waihtis</author><text>&amp;gt; my gut health was immediately, noticeably better in Europe&lt;p&gt;Its because a lot of the weird artificial junk that are allowed to be put into your food is illegal in Europe. Even things like popular sweeteners have been shown to have a negative effect on your gut health.</text></item><item><author>darth_avocado</author><text>There’s two different effects hidden in that statement&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; living in France&lt;p&gt;I have had similar experience where my gut health was immediately, noticeably better in Europe. I was eating the same foods and somehow it was better.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; Eating stinky raw cheeses and different fermented foods&lt;p&gt;Raw and fermented foods in cultures across the world are linked to better gut health. However, industrial fermentation and packaging won’t help you as much because the diversity of microbes drops and packaging often kills most of them. We need to bring back the culture of home fermentation.</text></item><item><author>the_sleaze_</author><text>Best gut related health I ever had was living in France and eating stinky raw cheeses and different fermented foods. Like clockwork.</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>Popular gut probiotic craps out in randomized controlled trial</title><url>https://arstechnica.com/health/2024/10/popular-gut-probiotic-completely-craps-out-in-randomized-controlled-trial/</url></story>
<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>sroussey</author><text>The preservatives in flour &amp;#x2F; bread &amp;#x2F; etc are illegal in Europe. My sister is allergic and can’t have any bread in the USA. But can in France and Italy.</text><parent_chain><item><author>waihtis</author><text>&amp;gt; my gut health was immediately, noticeably better in Europe&lt;p&gt;Its because a lot of the weird artificial junk that are allowed to be put into your food is illegal in Europe. Even things like popular sweeteners have been shown to have a negative effect on your gut health.</text></item><item><author>darth_avocado</author><text>There’s two different effects hidden in that statement&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; living in France&lt;p&gt;I have had similar experience where my gut health was immediately, noticeably better in Europe. I was eating the same foods and somehow it was better.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; Eating stinky raw cheeses and different fermented foods&lt;p&gt;Raw and fermented foods in cultures across the world are linked to better gut health. However, industrial fermentation and packaging won’t help you as much because the diversity of microbes drops and packaging often kills most of them. We need to bring back the culture of home fermentation.</text></item><item><author>the_sleaze_</author><text>Best gut related health I ever had was living in France and eating stinky raw cheeses and different fermented foods. Like clockwork.</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>Popular gut probiotic craps out in randomized controlled trial</title><url>https://arstechnica.com/health/2024/10/popular-gut-probiotic-completely-craps-out-in-randomized-controlled-trial/</url></story>