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5 Ways To Get Cultured |
One must read labels to find out which foods contain live bacteria, not products in which all the bacteria has been nuked through pasteurization. For the foods that contain live bacteria and for the healthiest meals try the following five suggestions.
1. Make sure your live products are refrigerated.
Whether it's sauerkraut, pickles, miso or yogurt, if it's not refrigerated it doesn't contain live bacteria. If it is pasteurized, processed, or cooked all the bacteria are dead.
1. 2. Choose the darkest miso.
The Japanese have discovered the health benefits of miso long before we 'processed-food-eating Americans' have. Miso is really a soy sauce paste, a delicious substitute for salt or base for broth. The longer miso ferments, the darker it becomes. And the longer it ferments the more cancer-preventing isoflavones it produces.For a healthy, delicious soup go to the health food store and purchase some miso to flavor your broth, then mix in some dried seaweeds and cubes of tofu.
3. Pick out the right pickles.
You want to choose the vinegar-free pickles, like dill, because they're made with bacteria. Pick a peck of pickles made in brine - they contain bacteria. Read the label, if it says: fresh-pack, this means they are made with vinegar. Examples of pickles made with vinegar are: bread and butter or any sweet pickles, vinegar will be listed as an ingredient.
4. Learn to love kefir and tempeh.
Kefir is a cultured milk product, it is a drinkable yogurt but it is made with a different strain of bacteria and yeast than yogurt. If a recipe calls for buttermilk - try kefir. Tempeh is a fermented soybean product. You can slice this product and brown it in a little olive oil. After cooking, treat it like mushrooms and add to soups, salads and sandwiches.
5. Take supplements that contain acidophilus and bifidus.
Benefits of supplementing with Acidophilus and Bifidus
•Acidifies the colon to inhibit the growth of harmful bacteria.•Normalizes bowel movements, which helps decrease the time it takes for end products of metabolism to move through the digestive system.•Stops diarrhea and constipation.•Eliminates gas and bloating in the intestines.•Reduces bad breath caused by an unclean bowel.•Restores the production of Vitamin K and B Vitamins, especially Vitamin B12, in the intestines.•Releases natural antibiotics which combat the unfriendly intestinal bacteria and Candida.
Supplements of the Month
Vitamin C with Bioflavonoids
'Take Your Vitamins' brand of Vitamin C will help keep your body in the best of shape. The numbers of people that have vitamin deficiency are great and the benefits of Vitamin C are numerous.People with stressful or demanding lifestyles and smokers can make use of the benefits of Vitamin C supplements ability to help restore cells damaged from the smoking habit.
Benefits of Vitamin C Supplements
•Immune system improvement.•May increase the production of collagen in the body.•Helps regulate stress and depression.
Coral Calcium with Magnesium & Vitamin D
Health Benefits from Coral Calcium
'Take Your Vitamins' brand of Coral Calcium is not harvested from living coral reefs or even from the ocean environment but from above-ground sources in Okinawa in an ecologically friendly manner. In this Coral Calcium Plus formula, Magnesium and Vitamin D have been added because of their essential role in bone metabolism.
Health Benefits from Coral Calcium
•Increases muscle and joint mobility.•Maintains healthy bones and teeth.•Reverses the aging process.•Regulates blood sugar levels and blood pressure.•Helps reduce chronic pain.•Promotes healthy heart function.•Fights arthritic conditions and heart disease.
As with any vitamin or supplement, please consult your doctor before taking. Author Beverly Terhune speaks from 35 years of living with Rheumatoid Arthritis and shares her experience, strength & hope on how to lead a healthy, substance-free life.
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