Naturally fermented foods can help diverticulitis

ASK THE DOCTORS

Hello again, dear readers! Welcome to a bonus edition of the letters column.

It’s lovely to be hearing from so many of you. We have two interesting followup questions to recent columns, so we’ll dive right in.

– When writing about the gut microbiome, we often discuss the benefits of eating naturally fermented foods. We heard from a reader who credits adding fermented foods to her diet with easing sy…