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

This paper integrates the microbiota-gut-brain axis (GBA) and microbiota-derived short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) into Load Minimization Theory (LMT). We propose that 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. An extension of the previous dynamic S(t) model including a gut re-tagging term G(t) is presented, together with a practical “Gut-Friendly I am me Time” protocol. This framework offers a novel psychoneuroimmunological approach in which mind-based gentleness supports whole-body (gut + brain + immune) rest and coherence (An-soku).