BOOST Your Health With These Probiotic Foods.
BOOST Your Health With These Probiotic Foods.
One of the most astonishing recent health discoveries is how much our gut microbiome impacts our health.
You may know that “good” bacteria called probiotics may help soothe digestive ills, but these good bugs could improve almost every aspect of your health.
But when it comes to growing good gut bacteria you have plenty of delicious probiotic foods to choose from.
We shape our microbiome makeup through our everyday diet. Many of the foods listed below are high in nutrients like fiber, which feeds healthy gut microbes. Those microbes produce short-chain fatty acids that get absorbed into the bloodstream and reduce inflammation while strengthening the immune system. These gut-friendly foods also contain pro- or prebiotics, which help gut-bacteria diversity. Probiotics are bacteria that are very similar to or the same as good-bacteria colonies already in our gut. They’re in many foods on this list, including yogurt, kimchi, kombucha, kefir, pickles, and sauerkraut. Prebiotics, on the other hand, are a type of plant fiber often found in vegetables that nourishes good bacteria. (Good sources of prebiotics include chickpeas, bananas and artichokes.)