healthy eating for healthy aging
posts that reference gut microbes, probiotic foods and research on the impact of gut microbes on health
In the 1960s, Dannon was the only the yogurt brand available at my local grocery store. The flavors were: vanilla, lemon, coffee. Yes, coffee flavored yogurt. My mom ate yogurt; I wouldn’t touch it. Now I have some almost every day, for the protein, calcium, …
What better antidote to the end-of-year holiday food excess than a simple cup of broth on a cold afternoon. There are plenty of options: bouillon cubes, powders, pastes, canned, shelf-stable boxes. If you’d rather treat yourself to something more natural, give miso a try. It …
The first thing you need to know about kefir is that it is not just liquid yogurt. Yogurt is fermented by bacteria, typically from the Lactobacillus species. Kefir is fermented with both bacteria and yeast, which results in a fizzy beverage with a tangy flavor. …
What do you associate with the term “fermented food”? How about “probiotic food”? What food do you think of? If you picked “yogurt” for any of your answers, you wouldn’t be wrong. We’re so focused on yogurt we forget about other fermented/probiotic foods that can …
