Interesting Look at Intestinal Flora and the Effects on Our Health

[MylesBAstor]

http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_article/most_recent/the_scary_truth_about_probiotics

 

[Steve Williams]

kind of puts everything in perspective. Interesting read

 

[MylesBAstor]

kind of puts everything in perspective. Interesting read

As my friend said: it's their world and we live in it!

 

[mep]

So what are the best brands to buy?

 

[MylesBAstor]

So what are the best brands to buy?

I think the best suggestion is to include fermented foods in your diet.

 

[Steve Williams]

I agree. Certainly the easiest and often the best tasting as compared to oral tabs

 

[mep]

I think the best suggestion is to include fermented foods in your diet.

Such as...

 

[MylesBAstor]

Some are listed in the article.

 

[Steve Williams]

Kimchi
Kombucha (a culture of bacteria and yeasts brewed into a tea)
Miso
SauerkrautUmeboshi (fermented, pickled plums from Japan)
Tempeh (fermented soybeans)
Pickles (only those marked "fermented")
Yogurt*
Kefir

I like kefir. Comes in flavors and is very healthy

 

[mep]

•Kimchi
•Kombucha (a culture of bacteria and yeasts brewed into a tea)
•Miso
•SauerkrautUmeboshi (fermented, pickled plums from Japan)
•Tempeh (fermented soybeans)
•Pickles (only those marked "fermented")
•Yogurt*
•Kefir

 

[MylesBAstor]

•Kimchi
•Kombucha (a culture of bacteria and yeasts brewed into a tea)
•Miso
•SauerkrautUmeboshi (fermented, pickled plums from Japan)
•Tempeh (fermented soybeans)
•Pickles (only those marked "fermented")
•Yogurt*
•Kefir

Yes, personally love Kimchi but not everyone does. I get it at the farmers market every week! Some of the other stuff may be available at a health food store or nowadays online.

 

[Steve Williams]

you can buy kefir at Costco

 

[cjfrbw]

The "New Yorker" magazine had an interesting article on the "new appraisals" of the medical profession of intricate bacterial and viral ecologies and balanced health.

They cited a case of a man with a stubborn ear infection who doctors treated with antibiotics and lavages, to no effect. The patient eventually cured himself by taking wax from his unaffected ear and putting it in his "infected" ear, and the problem cleared up by itself.

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/10/22/121022fa_fact_specter

 

[Andre Marc]

kind of puts everything in perspective. Interesting read

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/19/m...e-up-your-microbiome.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0