The holiday season is typically a time for indulgence, filled with rich, sugary, and high-fat foods that may be delicious but over time aren’t exactly friendly to our gut microbes. Changes in eating habits can throw your gut microbiota off balance, potentially weakening your immune system—just when you need it most during flu season. However, […]
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Beat the Heat with Healthy Homemade Treats: Yogurt, Kefir, and Kombucha Popsicles
Summer is already heating up with record temperatures blanketing some parts of the planet. Cool off with these icy popsicles that are made with a nutritious twist. Fermented kombucha, kefir and yogurt can boost the probiotic potential in your diet while providing a break from the sweltering temperatures. Besides, homemade popsicles are incredibly easy and fun […]
Yogurt and Gut Barrier: A New Link?
Yogurt, a fermented dairy product, supplies ample protein, calcium, vitamins and live microbes. A recent IPA blog described yogurt as a nutritional powerhouse with an extra benefit for those with lactose intolerance since yogurt bacteria can increase lactase breakdown of the milk sugar in the intestine and help reduce symptoms from lactose maldigestion. Such a […]
Chill Out with Popsicles
Summertime and the living should be easy. But with pools, camps and playgrounds mostly closed due to COVID-19, kids are restless. While this year is tough on all of us, small surprises like icy popsicles may ease the heat and stress. Also, popsicles made with kombucha, kefir and yogurt may boost the probiotic content in […]
Yogurt: Beyond Breakfast
Yogurt holds a special place at the breakfast table and even finds its way into the lunch box. By dinnertime, this fast and easy staple is usually consigned to the refrigerator. Time to change it up. Quick review Yogurt is produced by fermentation of milk (mostly cow’s milk but also from goat, ewe, camel and […]
Yogurt Streamlines Holiday Sweets
Yogurt is tangy, creamy and delicious. Why then do we think of it for breakfast and maybe a quick snack but rarely for dessert? It’s time to change that narrow read and serve up some healthy probiotic sweets. Yogurt is produced using a culture of Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermophilus bacteria. Probiotics will […]