I wish I had just saved the post from my last website… I honestly only can write a good post when the “inspiration” hits.
Then I am scrambling to keep up with my own thoughts. They race each other. It’s not always fun.
If you know me at all you know that I am a FIRM believer in the probiotic/prebiotic culture (pun intended). And I truly believe that we are killing our little friends and destroying their cities in our colons… and in turn we are wreaking havoc on our bodies and immune systems. Besides the fact that we over sanitize the crap out of everything and don’t feed our kids dirt, we are creating a super evil villain of bacteria that will wipe us out if we don’t kill each other first.
So, I bet you’re wondering what the heck I’m trying to say.
I’m trying to say is that you need to eat and supplement your body with GOOD bacteria. Get some little Batman and Robins down in there! Superman! Wonder Woman! Eat them! Probiotics make up the front line of defense for our immune system… And that comes out to be about 70% of the immunity we have. Every time you eat something tainted – it’s these little guys who fight it.
Probiotics literally means “for life”. They fight for YOUR life because you are housing them. K?
So start colonizing the little fellas… and after you starting colonizing you will have to start feeding them too…
I know that sounds like a lot of work… and it might scare you if your known for killing houseplants and goldfish.
No worries! To feed them you just have to eat healthy too 🙂 Easy peasy lemon squeezy!
So let’s start with how to find and recruit your little friends…
Start eating and drinking things such as:
- KOMBUCHA
- Kefir
- Greek yogurt – better than regular because it’s greek 😉
- Kimchi
- Sauerkraut
- Tempeh
- Miso
- Pickles!!! (ketchup/mustard all over my body)
- Sourdough bread
- Peas
- Soy milk
- Dark chocolate 🙂
- Miso
- Supplements (please make sure they aren’t expired)
Now, the idea is to get as many and as much of the different strains of good bacteria as possible. And it’s cool because we aren’t really sure what they all do… but we keep linking different ones to different abilities.
- Such as weight loss.
- Such as helping with lactose intolerance.
- Such as producing vitamins and helping carry nutrients around.
- Such as helping with vaginal infections.
- Such as helping with depression and anxiety.
- Such as aiding in reversing constipation and diarrhea.
- Such as helping with Autism and Parkinson’s disease.
- Such as helping blood glucose levels in people with diabetes
I’m using “such as” in such a way that helps you understand that we are still connecting the dots on which bacteria does what.
Here is a chart on a few of the different strains and what we know they do so far:
If you can’t read that – call me and I will read it to you.
The list is endless though. And it will forever go on as scientists continue to study the little super (good) bacterias.
Now to the prebiotics (probiotic foods)
Here is a list of some things to include daily to help keep the bacteria alive:
- Onions!
- Asparagus – fun to say out loud
- leeks
- garlic
- B – A – N – A – N – A – YAS
- Art – Y – Chokes, but the ones from Jerusalem
- Chicory root
- Dandelion greens
- Barley
- Oats
- Apples
- Flaxseeds
- Wheat bran (BRAN BUDS MY FRIENDS)
- Seaweed
This list is quite vast. As should your diet and probiotic intake be. Go one and eat your fiber and drink your probiotic drinks and BE HEALTHY.
JUST BE HEALTHY
Nomad Nutrition 