Influenza kills as many as half a million people each year. It’s a serious illness, especially for those younger than age 2 and over age 65. Your best defense is the influenza vaccine. The response to the flu vaccine varies from year to year and even between individuals. Can what you eat impact your response to the flu vaccine?
One of the more popular supplements that people take is probiotics. These gut-friendly bacteria play a role in gut and immune health based on preliminary research. Yet recent data suggest that probiotics may not be a good choice for everyone. In fact, prebiotics from dietary sources is a better alternative. Here’s why.
Fermented vegetables – most of us don’t eat enough of them if we eat any at all. However, there are some compelling reasons to add more fermented veggies to your diet. Here are four.
Probiotic supplements – you hear a lot about them. No doubt your gut bacteria play a pivotal role in health – but are probiotic supplements all they’re hyped up to be?
Having a slow metabolism makes it hard to lose weight or even maintain your weight. The last thing we want to do is adopt habits that greatly slow our resting metabolic rate. A study even shows that the bacteria that reside in your gut may impact your resting metabolism and make it harder to lose weight. Find out more.
You hear a lot about healthygut bacteria these days and how eating more probiotic-rich foods helps keep your digestive tract healthy. Yet probiotic bacteria do more than keep your intestinal tract healthy. Here are four reasons why you need more gut-friendly probiotic foods in your diet.
It’s no secret that fast food isn’t good for you and you’ll enjoy better health if you eat mostly a whole food diet. Another surprising way fast food harms your health is by its effect on the gut bacteria that help keep your intestinal tract healthy. Find out more.
Probiotics are gut-friendly bacteria that offer health benefits. Good sources are yogurt with live cultures and other fermented foods like miso, tempeh and sauerkraut. What you may be less familiar with are prebiotics, the “food” probiotic need to survive. Find out more about the benefits of adding prebiotics to your diet and what the best sources are.
We’ve all heard of probiotics – the beneficial bacteria that reside in our intestines and on our skin. But have you ever wondered what they eat? Probiotics protect us in many ways, but to have healthy populations, you need to feed them. This article explains what prebiotics are and where to get them.
