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A few examples of why adopting a whole food plant based diet includes, a diet rich in short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) could positively impact gut microbiota and inflammatory processes (Jorg et al, 2016). The microbiome converts non-digestible carbohydrates from plants (dietary fibers) to SCFAs, including acetate, butyrate, and propionate, which reduce the risk of inflammatory diseases, type 2 diabetes, obesity, heart disease, and other conditions. Tea contains polyphenols, and is easily and inexpensively consumed by most people (Winiarska-Mieczan et al, 2021). The immunomodulatory properties of polyphenols may, in turn, be useful in alleviating the symptoms of autoimmunological disorders. Polyphenols are capable of activating intracellular pathways (e.g., the arachidonic acid-dependent pathway, the nuclear transcription factor (NF-κB), mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK), phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/B protein kinase signaling pathway (PI3K/Akt) as well as stimulating epigenetic modulations that regulate the organism’s immune response. Ginger reduces autoantibody production (Ramadan et al, 2020), and a cocoa-rich diet decreases autoantibody production, conferring beneficial immune function (Camps- Bossacoma et al, 2017).