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In an Instagram post, British epidemiologist Tim Spector recommends adding four fermented foods to your plate to take care of our microbiota.
In recent years, fermented foods have become the #1 tip for improving digestion and reducing intestinal discomfort. But which should we choose to optimize the health of our microbiota? This is the question that Tim Spector, a British professor of genetic epidemiology and the author of books on nutrition, wanted to answer. In a video published on February 19 on his Instagram and on the English ZOE user account, a specialist in the field of nutrition, the specialist presents the four most useful fermented foods for our intestines.
Kombucha juice, kimchi, kefir…
“Eating small servings of fermented foods daily can help increase the diversity of your gut microbiome, which is associated with improved health,” Tim Spector writes in the title of his post. Fermentation, with its “probiotic” effect, has many virtues. In a previous article, Gabriel Perlemuter, Head of the Department of Hepatology-Gastroenterology and Nutrition at the Antoine-Béclair Hospital in Clamart, informed us that the “good bacteria” found in fermented foods “have many anti-inflammatory effects; digestion, leaky gut, diabetes, excess cholesterol and even joint pain.
But which product to choose? It doesn’t matter if it’s kefir (a fermented whey drink), sauerkraut, kimchi (fermented peppers and vegetables), or kombucha juice (a sweet tea drink). According to Tim Spector, these four foods have similar benefits for the microbiota and contain equivalent bacteria; “They are 10 times more nutritious than yogurt or a piece of cheese,” he emphasizes.
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In practice, we choose the fermented products that we like the most and add them to our plate as often as possible. “If you find kimchi too spicy, try making it yourself with less chili flakes or sauerkraut instead,” advises Tim Spector. For those concerned about the salt content of sauerkraut, opt for kefir, and if you don’t like dairy, try water kefir (or fruit kefir) or kombucha juice. It is best to change our consumption of fermented foods. Because the more we consume, the more we improve the health of ourselves and our microbiota, he finally promises.
Source: Le Figaro
