Each type of fermented food has specific and unique requirements and is produced using specific methods for that unique type.
Use only one
type of fermented food at a time and see how you feel in the next couple of hours that morning.
Yogurt gets much of the glory when it comes to probiotics, and it certainly deserves a mention, but many
types of fermented foods can provide us with these «good bacteria.»
Vitamin K2 is generally only found in grass - fed animal products such as butter, cream, full fat cheeses, and organ meats, so it's hard to obtain from plant sources except for certain
types of fermented foods.
Plus, it tends to tolerate mild heat a little better than other
types of fermented foods, so the beneficial cultures in miso won't die off in cooked foods like other fermented foods may.
Not exact matches
Just as we should eat a rainbow
of fruits and vegetables as they all contain different vitamins and minerals, we should also be eating a wide variety
of fermented foods since they all contain different
types / strains
of bacteria.
Miso is a
fermented food made from soybeans and some
type of grain (usually rice or barley) that's incredibly beneficial for gut health.
Not only do they have tons
of different
types of kombucha, water kefir and kvass, they also have load
of fermented foods you can take home, including vegan kimchi (super hard to find in Berlin).
Due to my history with candida and yeast overgrowth in the body, I don't tolerate any
type of yeast - based probiotic that is made from wild -
fermented yeast
foods, like kombucha or yeasts in bread, etc..
Fermented foods contain a
type of bacteria known as bacteroidetes which produce a product called butyrate necessary for health.
For gut health, I keep some
type of fermented plant - based
food — sometimes kimchi, but currently sauerkraut (available at health
food stores)-- in my fridge.
The byproducts
of fermentation (and thus the benefits) vary depending on the
type of food that is being
fermented — whether it's cabbage or cheese.
Second, add «fermentable fibers» to your diet, which are also called prebiotics (sweet potato, yam, yucca, etc.) and eat a lot
of fermented foods like kefir, sauerkraut, and certain
types of yogurt (but most yogurts found in your grocery store are simply milk with sugar and are NOT healthy) You can also supplement with probiotics, but make sure to start slow and build up.
I am not a one size fits all
type of thinker in terms
of nutrition, as I myself battled the idea
of «it's natural then it must be good for me» thinking when it came to RAW
foods and
Fermented foods or Kombucha.
To cover your bases with each
of these
types, I suggest rotating through different probiotics at least every 3 to 6 months, in addition to eating a variety
of fermented foods.
This
type of research tells us that eating
fermented foods keeps our bodies and our immune systems fine tuned and healthy.
These
foods are rich in «prebiotic» fiber, or dietary fiber that escapes digestion in the small intestine but is
fermented by the
types of bacteria you want to have hanging around in your colon.
I've been incorporating
fermented foods (homemade sauerkraut, pantry staples, kombucha, kefir, etc) but am sure I suffer from LGS based on my history (
Type 1 diabetic since age 6, Chronic Lyme at one point treated with over a year
of various IV antibiotics... among many other indications and symptoms).
Can't wait to use these
type of jars so I can try
fermented foods.
The Europeans also still enjoy many
types of foods that contain probiotics including milk products as well as vegetable
ferments.
If you've been on antibiotics (ever), learning to make and eat
fermented foods, several different
types, is one
of the most important things you can do to rehabilitate a damaged microbiome.
We offer starters specific to the
type of foods you want to culture or
ferment.
Animal
foods really aren't a very good source
of K2, except for hard cheeses that have been
fermented by bacteria, especially Swiss -
type cheeses that have been
fermented with by a specific
type of bacteria called propionobacteria).
Another potential reason is SIBO, small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, because SIBO sometimes involves an overgrowth
of certain
types of bacteria that produce lactic acid, and Lactobacillus acidophilus is one
of those kinds
of bacteria, and that's frequently included in probiotics, and it's also in
fermented foods.
Due to my history with candida and yeast overgrowth in the body, I don't tolerate any
type of yeast - based probiotic that is made from wild -
fermented yeast
foods, like kombucha or yeasts in bread, etc..
Avoiding certain
foods that feed specific
types of bacteria and building up good bacteria with lacto -
fermented foods and probiotics can all be helpful.
The same thing goes for discriminating between
types of grains, and ignoring the benefits
of sprouting, raw, cultured, or
fermented foods.
food that is not adequately absorbed in the small intestine travels to the large intestine and is then
fermented by bacteria — different bacteria produce different
types of gas when they
ferment food.
I rotate a different
type of fermented veggies each week and have found some really tasty varieties at Whole Foods or at a local health
food store... my favorites that I rotate are kimchi (Korean style),
fermented carrots (carrot kraut),
fermented beets (beet kraut), and one that I found called Jungle kraut, which seems to be purple cabbage, carrots, etc..
Probiotic Select ™ contains eight different Lactobacilli, a beneficial
type of probiotic organism commonly found in
fermented and cultured
foods.
It is often used to
ferment and preserve many
types of food such as dairy, vegetable products, cereal, and meat.
Fermented foods contain the
type of probiotics that naturally thrive in a healthy human gut.