Fermented Foods and Probiotics
Probiotics, cultured foods, and prebiotics
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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
Make your own kefir. By fermenting the milk, you obtain a delicious drink, very nutritious, and easy to digest. In the process, even commercial milk will get back some of the lost enzymes through pasteurization. You will get two tablespoons of fresh kefir grains, so you can start making kefir, and growing your own mushroom. … Read more
Illness, Health and the Politics of A1 and A2 Milk “The Devil in the Milk” talks about the milk produced by many cows in the US and Europe. This milk is generically called A1 milk, and it is linked to a range of serious medical problems including diabetes, autism, and heart disease. Milk that contains … Read more
Is It Safe to Drink Raw Milk? Raw milk is getting a lot of public attention lately, because commercially available milk is linked to health problems. Is it safe to drink raw milk though? Why is raw milk better than pasteurized? What is the difference between raw and pasteurized milk, and what is UHT milk? … Read more
Behind America’s Emerging Battle over Food Rights This book is an insight on the US federal campaign against the illegal sell of raw food, and the tactics used to discredit the raw milk movement, and instil fear in people. This is a great read, and if you are interested in the subject, you won’t be … Read more
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
Natrol BioBeads are a probiotic supplement made in Japan, and imported by Natrol, a Californian company. The Japanese have been studying and researching the effects of probiotics long before North America, as a result their products are very advanced, probably the most advanced in the market. The beads are a combination of Bifidobacterium longum, Lactobacillus … Read more
Gum Arabic is probably one of the most underestimated foods. Maybe because we use it mostly as a stabilizer in the food industry, and we think that, as most of the stabilizer, it’s there only to enhance the final product, and it is not an essential food. This is so far from truth. Gum Arabic, or Acacia gum, as it is also known, or E414, as it appears on many product labels, is a great food, that can improve everyone’s life. It is one of the foods with the greatest content of soluble fiber, and is used by an increasing number of people to treat, IBS, diarrhea, constipation, reduce cholesterol, and even help with weight loss.
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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
“Live”, unpasteurized apple cider vinegar is one of those simple folk medicines that cures many health problems, but is never credited properly. Whether you take it with water, or in salads, or just dab it on your skin, it just works. Bragg ACV is organic raw apple cider vinegar, it is unfiltered, unheated and unpasteurized. … Read more
Enzymatic Therapy Acidophilus Pearls Acidophilus Pearls is one of the best rated probiotics on Amazon. Because one of the major concerns with probiotic supplements is to deliver them intact in the guts, where they are needed. Pearls has a unique coating to protect the bacteria inside when passing through the stomach, in an acid environment. … Read more
Align is probably one of the best probiotic supplements. The unique patented, strain Bifidobacterium infantis 35624 in Align is not found in any other products. The most notable effect of Align is on Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Many people report miracles after starting on Align. The only concern with Align are the additives, that for some … Read more
Prebiotin is an original formula, containing both fructooligosaccharide, and inulin. By combining FOS and inulin we target feeding various bacteria in the gut. Prebiotin is an oligofructose enriched inulin. Inulins are known to improve cholesterol and triglycerides, and to stimulate the growth of Lactobacilli and Bifidobacteria cultures. Oligofructose selectively stimulate the butyrate producing bacteria. Butyrate … Read more
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
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
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