How To Flavor Water Kefir – Second Fermentation Tips

Water Kefir Soda in mason jar

Water kefir soda is delicious as it is, and it is healthy, but flavored water kefir is even better because has more nutrients, and it tastes even better. We can use various fruits or fruit juices to flavor it, but we can even use certain aromatherapy plants, or even some therapeutic herbs. We can use the … Read more

How To Make and Grow Water Kefir Grains

Tibicos, (water kefir grains), in a strainer

Growing your own water kefir grains is not difficult, if you are careful, and you tend them properly you can make huge quantities of tibicos, the water kefir grains. You need a few tibicos as a starter, quality water, sugar, and some various fruits. To improve the process, you may also add minerals to your … Read more

List of Probiotic Supplements

Probiotic supplements capsules

How To Choose the Probiotic Supplements Probiotic supplements are one of the safest, and more convenient way to boost your intestinal microflora count. There is a wide range of probiotics, and choosing the right one might prove a little overwhelming. Which one to buy, which one is the most effective, which one is the easiest … Read more

Kiwi Fruit Powder – A Powerful Prebiotic, Actazin and Actinidin

Kiwi Fruit - Photo by Luc Viatour

Kiwi fruit is packed with vitamins and minerals, such as vitamin C, (more than orange), vitamin K, Vitamin E, vitamin B, potassium and manganese. This makes it a very nutritious and healthy fruit, but its healing properties do not come solely from the vitamin and mineral content. Kiwi is a great antioxidant due to the … Read more

Kefir vs Yogurt, Which Fermented Milk Drink Is Better?

Home Made Kefir

Yogurt Might Not Be the Best Fermented Milk Drink Kefir is a fermented milk drink, similar to yogurt, with a milder taste and a different probiotic composition. Kefir is gaining popularity more and more, because of its specific taste that appeals to many people, and because of its increased health benefits. Yogurt on the other … Read more

Water Kefir Health Benefits

Water Kefir Grains

Water kefir soda is not only a very tasty soda, but it is incredibly healthy. It is a great replacement for the milk kefir. The health benefits of water kefir are attributed to the unique probiotic cultures in the tibicos, and the high concentration of these. There are many conditions that can be treated with … Read more

How To Make Water Kefir Soda – Water Kefir Soda Recipe

Water Kefir Soda Jars

Water kefir soda is a fermented drink, that uses tibicos, or water kefir grains – as they are more commonly known, and is most commonly brewed at home. Water kefir grains, are a culture of bacteria and yeasts encapsulated in a specific polysaccharide biofilm created by the bacteria, hence the name grains. Kefir water soda … Read more

Pasteurized Foods List – Most Common Pasteurized Foods and Drinks

Beer

Pasteurized foods are safer for people with low immunity, because pasteurization kills most of the harmful pathogens in foods at risk. Unfortunately, while this looked like a great finding a few decades ago, newer findings suggest that consuming unpasteurized foods and drinks might be healthier on the long term. In fact, the discoverers of the … Read more

Culturelle vs Florastor vs Align vs Fivelac – What Is The Best Probiotic Supplement

Culturelle Probiotic Supplement

When we compare probiotic supplements we need to define our comparison for a specific targeted condition, otherwise the comparison is useless. Moreover, taking the wrong probiotic can be in rare cases harmful. No reason to be scared though, the problems will disappear once the wrong probiotic is stopped, but who wants a few days of … Read more

How to Treat Candida at Home – Best Probiotic for Candida

Candida Albicans Culture

Candida overgrowth can be cured with probiotics at home. Probiotics can be bought over the counter, but you need to know certain things before you start on a probiotic treatment. For some severe cases additional measures have to be taken to kill the excess of yeast, but in most cases a temporary increase in the … Read more

What are Fermented Foods and The Role of Probiotics

Sauerkraut

Fermented foods are foods that are transformed through controlled fermentation, by microorganisms. Food fermentation has various objectives such preservation, taste and aroma enhancements, or even obtaining absolutely new foods, or drinks, without any resemblance of the original ingredients. What is Food Fermentation? Fermentation is basically a process in which an organism converts a carbohydrate such … Read more

Prebiotic and Probiotic Coffee

Prebiotic Coffee

Probiotic and prebiotic coffee are among the latest addition to an ever growing market. There are a few good products on the market, but you can also make your own.  You probably can’t make a probiotic coffee, it would be too complicated, but you can always take probiotic supplements, or eat probiotic fermented foods. But … Read more

What Is Yogurt

Yogurt (by www.flickr.com/photos/easteighth)

Yogurt is a fermented milk product, made by controlled fermentation with special cultures. The cultures contain selected bacteria, that produce lactic acid giving the milk the sour taste. The bacteria also modify the milk’s texture, giving it the specific thickness that is very prized. Although there is an increased interest in vegan yogurt, we are … Read more

Synbiotics – The Art of Combining Prebiotics and Probiotics

Yogurt and Honey

Synbiotics are the best way to ensure a maximum benefit from the ingested probiotics. The term refers to the synergy created by getting both probiotics, and prebiotics to feed the human microbiome. Although the term was coined for the probiotic supplements, the art of eating fermented foods and soluble fiber is not new. The fermented … Read more

Probiotic and Prebiotic Shake Recipe

Probiotic and Prebiotic Shake

The best way to prepare a shake for a healthy gut is to combine both probiotics and prebiotics in the shake. The best probiotic food for preparing a shake are yogurt, or kefir. Why are they the best? The most important reason yogurt and kefir are great is that they pack a lot of probiotics. … Read more

Prebiotic Foods List – Prebiotic Fiber Foods

Apple Cider Vinegar

The list of foods containing prebiotics is quite large, and there are a lot of delicious foods with a high content of prebiotic fibers, and if you plan properly your daily diet, you shouldn’t need supplements. However, prebiotics need to be carefully balanced with probiotics, otherwise they can cause a lot of discomfort, especially in … Read more

Sour Pickles Recipe – Probiotic Recipes

Sour Pickles in Mason Jar

How To Make Sauerkraut, Probiotic Pickled Cucumbers, and Pickled Vegetables Sour pickles are obtained by fermenting various vegetables in a brine. The process is also known as lactofermentation, because of the lactic acid bacteria, which are responsible for the fermentation process. Sour pickles are a great probiotic fermented food, very nutritious, and healthy. The fermentation … Read more

How to Make Boza Drink

Vefa Boza Turkish Boza

Probiotic Drink Boza Recipe Although the original recipe is done with millet, boza can be made from other cereals as well, and it is equally tasty and healthy. Most often it is made from bulgur, which is more accessible, and easier to process. In most of the Eastern European countries, the drink it is called … Read more

Fermented Foods List, Probiotic Foods

Canning Cucumbers

Why Do We Need Fermented Foods? Probiotics are not a new medical discovery, humanity has been eating fermented foods, the best source of probiotics, since the beginning of history. The modern era has rediscovered the probiotics, hence the extra attention given by the medical world, the health industry, and the media. Probiotics are tiny life … Read more