Question from @Goldfinger (original post):
@qOS does Fusion Optimized help with digestion? If it does, how does it do so?
Summary
@Goldfinger — the breakdown first, then the digestion question, which has a plain answer.
What Fusion Optimized is
It is an energy module with two halves. The first half is intake: it makes the most of all the energy around you, massively improving the amount, quality and absorption of energy from any safe source, so you may feel more energised and get more done each day. The page calls this a spirituality-based mechanism but is explicit that it works just as well in a custom with no spiritual aim. The second half is nutrition: it develops your overall knowledge of food, drink, nutrients, vitamins, minerals and other substances, and guides you toward a state of real well-being through what you eat and drink.
Don’t confuse it with the newer Fusion Core, which is a different module: that one turns load itself (deadlines, demands, “too much”) into usable energy so you’re less likely to burn out. Fusion Optimized raises intake; Fusion Core converts pressure. Given the deficit you described, that distinction may matter more than digestion does.
Does it help with digestion?
Not directly, and the page doesn’t claim it. Fusion Optimized lists energy intake and nutritional knowledge; it does not list digestion, gut function, or any physical shifting of the digestive system, so that is not in the current version of the module. The only indirect effect is that better-informed food and drink choices tend to sit better, but the module works on what you choose to put in, not on how your body processes it.
Where digestion actually lives
SPS: Digestive System is the module built for it: physical shifting that targets the whole digestive tract, mouth to intestines and the gut microbiome, aiming to heal it from damage, illness and discomfort while strengthening and improving it. It is already in your g:TA II draft, and it pairs logically with Fusion Optimized: one chooses the fuel, the other builds the engine that processes it.
Recommendation: keep Fusion Optimized in the build for energy and nutrition, let SPS: Digestive System carry the digestion work, and if the wipeout is the pressing problem, look at Fusion Core alongside or instead.
One closing note: physical shifting takes time and works with action (food, movement, rest), and it is not a substitute for medical advice if the digestive issue is a real one.