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is consuming yogurt the best way to get

your probiotics

well the answer is

no it’s not unfortunately the bacteria

and yogurt gets killed at the stomach

level not to mention there’s limited

strains of microbes in yogurt i mean

sometimes there’s two sometimes there’s

three

if you’re lucky you might have five or

six and the way that they

rate these microbes

is by a unit called c f

u and that stands for colony forming

units so yogurt usually has about i

don’t know 3.6

cfus but here’s the problem most yogurt

out there is pasteurized and these

microbes do not survive

heat so basically you’re consuming dead

bacteria not to mention the extra

lactose which

so many people have lactose intolerance

so they have digestive issues from that

not to mention casein allergies it’s the

protein in milk many people are

sensitive to that as well and we won’t

even talk about the added amount of

sugar that they put in yogurt now i am

speaking generally there are certain

yogurts out there that are way better

than others

like the bulgarian yogurt right that’s

an awesome product but the conventional

yogurts are not going to give you the

probiotics that you really

need

now what about kefir okay well kefir is

very different than yogurt the way they

make kefir is with a kefir grain which

are different strains of microorganisms

which includes friendly yeast but the

word kefir is a turkish word that means

feel good after a meal and this is

probably why people like consuming

probiotics because it just makes their

stomach feel better and what goes on

with your digestive system has a huge

influence on what’s going on up here

you’re going to feel better in your head

if things are better in your stomach now

kefir compared to yogurt has like nine

times the cfus it has like 27 billion

cfus as compared to like 3.6 billion for

yogurt and the lactose the milk sugar is

almost non-existent because

the lactic acid bacteria eat up

this lactose milk sugar and so if you

are lactose intolerant you’ll have much

less of a problem and so you have more

friendly bacteria and you have a lot of

different diversity you have many

different types of strains that are very

beneficial to your gut so kefir is a

much better option but obviously make

sure you just get the plain one not the

one with added sugar and i would make

sure that it’s organic and from cows

that are grass-fed or even

sheep or goats that are grass-fed but

kefir is a really good one to get your

probiotics

now what about sauerkraut well

sauerkraut is not a fermented

dairy product you’re fermenting

cabbage and even though per serving size

sauerkraut only has like three

billion cfus the juice from the

sauerkraut

per tablespoon has like 10 billion cfus

and if you’re gonna consume sauerkraut

you usually have more than one

tablespoon and so you can have a lot

more friendly bacteria when you have

sauerkraut

make sure when you get sauerkraut that

it’s not pasteurized okay because the

heat kills the microbes but sauerkraut

also has the probiotic it has the fiber

that feeds your microbes that help with

other ways like blood sugars it’s loaded

with vitamin k1 vitamin k2 which is very

unique because vitamin k2 helps

transport calcium

out of the wrong places in your body so

it gets it out of the soft tissue and it

puts it back in the bone it also has a

lot of potassium and even some really

cool phytonutrients like lutein

and zeaxanthin

which are really good for your eyes and

another unique thing about sauerkraut is

the vitamin u okay now you might say

well i’ve never heard vitamin u well

vitamin u is good for everything

digestion

all sorts of digestive problems from

diverticulitis to irritable bowel

syndrome to bloating to ulcers

anything inflammation in your gut

vitamin u can help and that leads me to

the next cabbage fermentation product

kimchi now kimchi is a powerhouse when

you’re talking about superfoods

it’s fermented cabbage with red chili

sometimes they put radish in there which

is a superfood radishes are fascinating

because they

have a very potent anti-cancer effects

they’re really good for extracting deep

mucus inside your body

fantastic for the liver and they are a

cruciferous now kimchi also has garlic

which is by itself one of the

best things for viral infections and and

so many other health benefits then you

have ginger okay which is another

superfood good for your digestion

and sea salt now there’s many other

things i’ll put in kimchi but

it’s a superfood

it’s also really good for

sinus infections i’ve done a video on

that i will put that link down below

one serving size like one cup will give

you about five

billion cfus but the juice from kimchi

probably is equivalent if not more

to the sauerkraut juice now kimchi has

some very unique microorganisms that are

different from other fermented products

especially in the area of lactic acid

bacteria and so they can create

different effects kimchi is super high

in vitamin c just like sauerkraut super

high in k1 vitamin k2 as well as

potassium and b vitamins now relating to

pickles okay i want to just mention

something about pickles there’s two

different ways they make pickles one is

through vinegar which actually is is

pretty good but the lacto-fermented

pickles are much better because they’re

going to give you the probiotics that

are going to help you just make sure

they’re unpasteurized they’re not

cooked and you have to keep them in the

refrigerator or root cellar to preserve

them now if you haven’t seen my video on

kimchi

i think you should watch it it’s pretty

interesting check it out i put it right

here

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