There Is No Substitute For Real Food
For brain health, consuming naturally fermented foods is 1 of the best ways to optimize your microbiome, which in turn may optimize the health of your brain.
Fermented foods are also a Key component of the GAPS protocol, a diet designed to heal and seal your gut. Scientific studies have revealed a positive-feedback loop between the foods you crave and the composition of your microbiome, which depends on those nutrients for survival.
So, if you are craving sugar and refined carbohydrates, you may actually be feeding a hungry army of Candida.
Once you have begun eliminating foods that damage your beneficial flora, start incorporating fermented foods such as sauerkraut, naturally fermented pickles, miso, tempeh, and fermented dairy made from raw, unpasteurized grass-fed milk, yogurt, and kefir. I eat sauerkraut daily.
Probiotic food helps heal, repopulate, and “re-educate” your gut.
An article in the Journal of Physiological Anthropology makes the case that properly controlled fermentation amplifies the specific nutrient and phytochemical content of real food, thereby improving brain health, both physical and mental.
The authors wrote: “The consumption of fermented foods may be particularly relevant to the emerging research linking traditional dietary practices and positive mental health. The extent to which traditional dietary items may mitigate inflammation and oxidative stress may be controlled, at least to some degree, by microbiota.”
They go on to say that the microbes associated with fermented foods. for example, Lactobacillus and Bifidobacteria species may also influence your brain health via direct and indirect pathways, which paves the way for new scientific investigations in the area of “nutritional psychiatry.”
Developing a healthy gut flora begins at birth.
Childbirth and breastfeeding set the stage for what organisms are going to inhabit your baby’s body. Therefore, if you are a mother-to-be, it’s important that you optimize your own microflora, as you will be passing it along to your child.
The good news is, fermented vegetables are easy to make in your kitchen. They are also the most cost-effective way to get high-quality probiotics in your diet. Your goal should be to consume one-quarter to one-half cup of fermented vegetables with each meal, but you may need to work up to this amount. Consider starting with just a teaspoon or 2 a few times a day, and increase as tolerated.
If that is too much, you can even begin by drinking a teaspoon of the brine from the fermented veggies, which is rich in the same beneficial microbes. You may also want to consider a high-potency probiotic supplement, but realize that there is no substitute for real food.
Eat healthy, Be healthy.
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Paul Ebeling
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