Load Minimization Theory and the Gut-Brain Axis:  A Dynamic Model for Reducing Total Load through Gentle Self-Establishment, Microbial Re-tagging, and SCFA-Mediated Immune Regulation(ver.2)

This paper integrates the microbiota-gut-brain axis (GBA) and microbiota-derived short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) into Load Minimization Theory (LMT). Gentle self-observation and re-tagging of gut signals reduce total relational load (L = U + F + E) while enhancing SCFA production, which exerts strong anti-inflammatory and immune-coherence effects. We extend the previous dynamic S(t) model with a gut re-tagging term G(t) and present a practical, field-tested “Gut-Friendly I am me Time” protocol. This framework offers a novel psychoneuroimmunological approach in which daily mind-based gentleness supports whole-body (gut + brain + immune) rest and coherence (An-soku).