Tag: Probiotics
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How Your Gut Microbes Affect Your Mental Well-Being
This is Longevity Partner Content. When your gut is healthy, the rest of you also tends to be healthy – by now we accept that as fact. We also know that there are approximately one hundred trillion microbes in your digestive system – both good and bad ones. And just like your fingerprints, your system…
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Rejuvenate Gut Bacteria For The Summer With These Tips
Rejuvenate gut bacteria during the summer, so that when it starts getting cold again your body is stronger than before. Health experts keep on talking about the importance of gut health for a reason. When your gut bacteria has gone out of whack, it can have a harmful impact on your entire body. If you…
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9 Natural Ways To Beat Seasonal Allergies
Natural ways to approach discomfort are important at this time of year when seasonal allergies are on the rise. Before you reach for over-the-counter medicine, try these safe and effective natural remedies to give you relief. Effective natural remedies for seasonal allergies 1. Acupuncture Acupuncture treats a wide variety of health issues, including depression, digestive…
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Postbiotics: The Future of Gut Health?
It would be difficult to ignore the growing amount of evidence highlighting the importance of gut health. For those keeping up with all things gut health, the importance of both probiotics and prebiotics is regularly emphasized. However, it seems that the future of all things gut health may not only lay in probiotics and probiotics…
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Healthy Habits to Adopt: Here’s To A Better You in 2019
The start of the year comes with new energy and refreshed plans on living better and being healthy. Unfortunately, the new year, new me high tends to quickly fizz outcome February and you’re left feeling disappointed and demotivated. Thankfully, there are resolutions that aren’t daunting but effective in helping you maintain your health throughout the…
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Perfecting Your Protein Powder: About Enzymes and Probiotics
With so many whey and other protein powders competing for the same target market, perfecting your protein powder formula is crucial. Staying a cut above the competition means having a unique edge, which is why knowing how enzymes and probiotics enhance your formulation gives you a clear advantage. What Is Enzyme and Probiotic Supplementation? Enzymes…
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Kefir: The Fermented Dairy Wonderproduct
If you were looking for a dairy-based fermented product to rival the probiotics found in yogurt, we may have just found it. Made from a combination of cultures of yeast and lactic acid bacteria (grains), kefir (the name originally derived from the Turkish word keyif – which translates to feeling good after a meal) is…
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Sauerkraut: A Great Probiotic Superfood
Sauerkraut – which translates to ‘sour cabbage’ in German – can be defined as fermented cabbage mixed with different herbs and spices that are common as a side dish or as a condiment. Fermentation is an age-old form of preserving food. Fermentation was an extremely viable option before the time of refrigeration as it not…
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Why Eating Meat Injected With Antibiotics Is A Growing Health Risk
Antibiotics that are designed for human use have been used in farming over the years to help animal lots grow faster and larger thereby increasing the yield for farmers. This boosts farm to plate efficiency and profitability. It has been estimated that animals who are injected with or fed antibiotics grow about twice as fast…
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Fermented Foods: This Is Why You Need Them
Fermentation is an age-old process used to preserve foods and keep them edible for longer, which was mostly used before the presence of electricity and canned foods. Recently, though, fermented foods have also displayed properties that are hugely beneficial for your gut health. During fermentation, the sugars and starches in the food are broken down…