Sentences with phrase «bacteria breaking down food»

You would not survive if your intestines were not filled with microbes and bacteria breaking down food for you.

These bacteria break down foods and produce nutrients.

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The anaerobic wastewater biogas technologies — which extract methane to generate green electricity or to fuel boilers and other factory equipment — are particularly applicable to food, beverage and agribusiness companies, or any industry that has a biological waste stream or wastewater with high organic carbon or COD (chemical oxygen demand) of natural origin that can be broken down into biogas by anaerobic bacteria.

Remember, resistant starch isn't broken down by the small intestine, therefore when it passes to the large intestine it serves as food for all of our good gut bacteria.

The good bacteria help break down foods so you get more nutrition.

It feeds probiotic bacteria (soluble fiber is sometimes called prebiotic fiber) that help break down plant foods

In almost all instances, the bacteria that breaks down food does not cause illness.

The reason why it's green is that when food passes the intestines too fast for the bacteria to catch up or for the bile to be broken down, it has no time for them to change or come in contact with the food.

Gut bacteria that break down food naturally create gas, no matter your age.

Most gas is caused by bacteria in the large intestine working to break down food that was not digested thoroughly by enzymes in the stomach.

«At the time, I was fascinated with reports about efforts to create new bacteria that could break down compounds or genetic engineering studies to make plants that provide all of the essential nutrients in food and solve malnutrition,» he says.

By using isotopic tracers called stable isotopes, researchers showed that seabirds feeding in areas rich in sulfate (a chemical that is an important food for sulfate - reducing bacteria that help break down organic matter) had high levels of mercury.

They employed psychrophilic bacteria — which thrive in relatively low temperatures — to break down food waste in a specially designed bioreactor.

For example, our intestines are lined with bacteria that break down foods that we can't digest.

Butyric acid is a by - product that is produced when the good bacteria break down the prebiotic fiber - rich foods.

The rest is a combination of dead and living bacteria (which help to break down food in the gut), protein, waste material from food, cellular linings, fats, salts, substances released from the intestines and the liver, and perhaps some insoluble - fiber - rich foods that the body couldn't digest (read: that ear of corn from yesterday's cook - out).

The enzymes not only help break down the food, they also attack bacteria.

Good gut bacteria enable the digestive system to break down food to absorb its nutrients.

These beneficial bacteria — called probiotics — not only break down food into smaller components that your body can absorb, but they produce enzymes that promote digestion and absorption.

When our digestive systems are sick or damaged, the host of cells, bacteria, and enzymes that break down food and absorb nutrients, are unable to perform their important functions.

Bacteria break down undigested proteins in our food, excreting toxic ammonia as a by - product, which gets absorbed by our bloodstream.

In the case of fermented soy foods like tofu,, two key storage proteins — glycinin and conglycinin — are broken down by molds, yeasts, and bacteria into peptide fragments that have antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and blood pressure - lowering properties.

Each region of the world has its own unique fermented cuisine that is a staple in that particular culture, for example, in Asia, foods such as miso, tempeh, kim chi, tamari, and fermented fish sauce are in common use; Europe has sourdough, yogurt, sauerkraut, and American traditions include pickles and relishes, to name just a few.During the fermentation process, an agent (usually bacteria and yeast) reacts with an organic substance to break it down into simpler substances.

Not only do the bacteria contribute to our health but they break down components in the food that our bodies can't and give us additional vitamins, omega - 3 fatty acids, and enzymes.

They believe though... This is kind of cool... That it's because the bacteria is breaking down flavonoids, which are the naturally occurring compounds in foods like black tea, red wine, blueberries or, dare I say, coffee.

These bacteria help you break down foods.

Lack of these enzymes leaves the food in the guts unabsorbed which is then broken down by the bacteria living in the large intestine.

Your gut is designed to break food down so you have to make sure are taking a hefty dose of bacteria, measured in Colony - forming Units (CFU).

Beneficial bacteria such as lactobacillus and bifidobacteria rely on properly broken down starches in particular for their food supply, and when your stomach or pancreas does not function optimally, then poor digestion will often be the result.

The stomach is highly acidic by design so that it can quickly break down foods and kill bacteria, fungi, and other pathogens.

Our gut bacteria are responsible for this process, because they «eat» or digest the food first, breaking it down into more smaller particles.

If we break this down, by definition, probiotics are good bacteria that provide health benefits to us (that rules out flax and chia which are seeds); prebiotics are non-digestible carbohydrates that act as «food» for probiotics.

If you don't have enough good bacteria, your stomach may have trouble breaking down food, allowing it to ferment and release gas.

The environment of the stomach is highly acidic so that it can quickly break down meats and other foods, protect you from poisoning and infection from bacteria, fungi, and other toxins, and help you better absorb minerals.

Only about 10 % of the ingested isomalt is digested to glucose, sorbitol and mannitol in the small intestine, the rest passes to the large intestine where it is broken down (fermented) by the beneficial bacteria into gases and short chain fatty acids (SCFAs), which are partly absorbed in the colon and partly used as a food for the bacteria [1,2 - p. 184].

When food does not break down in the small intestine, it goes into the large intestine where natural bacteria feasts on it.

Remember, resistant starch isn't broken down by the small intestine, therefore when it passes to the large intestine it serves as food for all of our good gut bacteria.

In the case of fermented soy foods, two key storage proteins — glycinin and conglycinin — are broken down by molds, yeasts, and bacteria into peptide fragments that have antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and blood pressure - lowering properties.

They work to break down food during digestion and have a positive impact on the immune system, fighting off the bad bacteria that can make you sick.

Fermentation is what happens as yeast, bacteria, and other little critters break down food compounds into smaller components, sometimes producing alcohols along the way.

The bacteria is essential for helping break down food with minimal waste products (i.e. gas).

It also appears the gut bacteria in obese people are more efficient at breaking down and absorbing food, particularly fat, so that obese people obtain more calories from their food and put on fat more easily.

It helps by managing how the bacteria in your digestive system can break down all sorts of foods and nutrients.

When you consistently eat foods that are inflammatory (junk foods, sugars, foods to which you are sensitive), are exposed to infectious yeast and bacteria, live with constant stress, take certain medications, or drink too much alcohol, the integrity of the gut and the immune system breaks down.

This process of breaking down food and absorbing nutrients is aided by friendly bacteria commonly known as probiotics, which also help to protect the lining of your gastrointestinal (GI) tract.

This acid plays an essential role in helping us to break down food so that nutrients can be absorbed, and also kills a variety of bacteria, parasites, and other pathogens on contact.

The bacteria in the digestive system helps break down food to extract nutrients to be used in the gut, throughout the body, or to be eliminated [2].

Some of these bacteria form histamine when they break down protein in foods, even vegetables, whether the food is in your gut or fermenting in your kitchen.

When the bacteria needed to help break down foods are not present, undigested food can create or worsen gas, bloating, and diarrhea.

- A couple of cautions about a whole foods diet is that if you like to eat dried fruit such as raisins, you are still at risk of decay because these chewy sticky foods are very good at sticking in the grooves of teeth as well as between them and if you don't get it cleaned out, bacteria will break it down into simple sugars and cause cavities.