Category Archives for Fermented Foods
Probiotics – A Solution for Bloating, Gas, IBS, Skin Infections, Tooth Decay, Diarrhea and More
If you experience bloating, gas, irritable bowl syndrome, skin infections, vaginal infections or diarrhea, you will want to read more about probiotics and the benefits of taking a probiotic supplement every day. Probiotics are live microorganisms – bacteria in most cases – that are similar to beneficial microorganisms in your stomach. They are also referred […]
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Health Benefits of Fermentation
Fermentation is a chemical change brought about by yeast, bacteria or mold. This process has been used for centuries by people in order to make and preserve certain types of food. Wine, cheese, beer, yogurt, sauerkraut, pickles and ketchup are all examples of food that are made through the process of fermentation. Health benefits of […]
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Health Benefits of Eating Raw and Fermented Foods
Quick! Name a fermented food. What did you pick? Sourkraut? Kimchi? Chutney? Did you even think of cheese, sour cream, yogurt, sourdough bread or buttermilk pancakes? Now, try your hand at naming a popular raw meat. Don’t get all squeamish on me. Think. How about pastrami? Corned beef? Ceviche? Sushi? Every culture has a long […]
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Kimchi – The Perfect Health Food
Kimchi has been the keystone food ofthe Korean diet for thousands of years. Although there are many varieties of kimchi it consists mainly of fermented vegetables in brine with spicy seasonings. The most common seasonings include, garlic, scallions and chili pepper. Depending on the type of kimchi being made, other seasonings include ginger, onions, salted […]
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The Medicinal Uses of Raw Apple Cider Vinegar
Honestly, natural apple cider vinegar is one of nature’s own, true miracle health elixirs. The long history of its use demonstrates, rather clearly, that using vinegar was once highly revered as a practical medical application long before Johnny Appleseed graced North America by planting apple trees. The healing powers of vinegar has been traced back […]
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Apple Cider Vinegar Uses For Cleaning, Health, Flavor and a Number of Other Things
You have probably heard about all the possible things you can get done with vinegar. You can use it to pickle your foods, or you could use it to kill weeds. It can clean out your coffee stains from your coffee pot, or polish your silver! You can even use vinegar to add some zest […]
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Kefir Health Benefits – The Complete Body Booster
The miraculous health grain known as kombucha, tibicos, and kifir in different parts of the world is slowly being rediscovered. Kefir-as most people know the white, grainy matrix of lipids, yeast, and bacteria- is the secret key to good health. The kefir health benefits include not only taking care of your insides but also your […]
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Kefir Grains – Helping With Digestive Diseases
Probiotics such as water kefir are very beneficial in balancing your digestive system and have a few different ways of doing this. There are a variety of bacteria and microorganism in the digestive tract, and 400 species of intestinal flora, 30 or 40 of which are 99% of the bacteria found in humans. There are […]
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Kefir Health Benefits – A Person’s Super Grain
For centuries now, people from the Caucasus region hold the secret to good health-Kefir. This fermented milk drink is a proven source of probiotics, which was proven to be beneficial for digestion and metabolism. This kefir health benefit is probably the only one we know but there’s still more for us to find out. The […]
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Kefir – Age Old Secret Rediscovered!
The miracle grain originating from the Caucasus region was said to have been given by Mohammed to his people as a gift. Kefir, as it was called, was also believed to be a sign of wealth. People guarded their incredible grains with their lives because it was rumored that if these miraculous grains were given […]
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