Kombucha is a probiotic-rich, fermented beverage made by adding specific strains of bacteria, yeast, and sugar to black or green tea and then allowing it to ferment for a week or more. The fermentation process introduces B vitamins, antioxidants, and acetic acid,...
Are you familiar with cultured foods? These include items like Asian miso, sauerkraut, kimchee, yogurt, kefir, kombucha, and more. Cultured or fermented foods use beneficial microbes―“good” bacteria/yeast―which work naturally over time to break down sugars, forming...
As you learned in Can Certain Foods Reduce Belly Fat, no single food “burns” belly fat alone. However, there is strong evidence that a daily menu featuring plant-based foods, particularly those rich in protein, helps to minimize the chronic inflammation that promotes...
Losing weight can be hard to achieve and even harder to maintain, as body weight is regulated through complex hormonal, neural, and metabolic mechanisms that are under the influence of many environmental factors and internal responses. Adding to this complexity, the...
Dysbiosis is an imbalance in your body’s microbial communities, or gut microbiota, in which harmful microbes outnumber beneficial ones. If not addressed, this condition can lead to reduced microbial diversity and impaired function, which in turn promotes...
If you want a better understanding of probiotics, they are essentially live microorganisms in the form of beneficial bacteria that support the health of your intestinal system or “gut” by balancing the body’s natural microbial community, also referred to as your...
