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Monday, September 22, 2014

Fermented foods

Have you seen in your grocery store shopping foods like Miso,Kimchi,Sauerkraut,yogurt,kombucha,kefir.
These contain good bacteria called probiotics.
Eating these foods increase diversity of gut microbes which is health promoting.
Gut bacteria produce hundreds of different neurotransmitters and may be a big source of serotonin.
Our gut is the second Brain as the great Vagus nerve is the major communication highway that stretches from brain to various points along intestinal lining.
 Have you heard of bacteria called Prevotella Copri?there may be association of this bacteria in the gut and Rheumatoid arthritis.Dr.Dan Littman M.D of NYU did some special studies to come to this conclusion.

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