What are fermented products and what are they useful for?
There is an opinion that fermented food is a panacea for all diseases. Let us know whether this is really so and how it differs from probiotic products.
* What are fermented products?
Roughly speaking, these are fermented products. They are prepared under the influence of enzymes, which accelerate chemical processes and change the composition of the product.
* Which foods are fermented?
Each culture has its own fermented products, and you can list them endlessly. Many of them you know exactly and ate: kefir, yoghurt, ayran, cheese, sauerkraut, pickles, kvass, tea mushroom, soy sauce, puer tea, ivan tea, wine, beer, mead, vinegar.
* Who invented ferment products?
People were forced to ferment products to keep them longer: the acidic environment in them prevents the proliferation of harmful bacteria. Archaeological finds are confirmed by Fermented beverages of pre- and proto-historic China, that already in the Neolithic Age people made a drink from fermented rice, honey and fruits.
* Fermented food is more useful than frozen foods?
Yes. At fermentation in food all food and flavoring qualities are saved. Frozen foods also contain vitamins, but only before heat treatment.
* How does the process of fermentation?
Products roam under the influence of various microorganisms and decay products. Among them: yeast (with the formation of alcohol and carbon dioxide), acetic acid (acetobacteria), lactic acid (acid milk acids, such as leukonotes, lactobacilli and streptococci), propionic acid, ammonia and fatty acids (bacilli, mold).
* What is special about fermented products?
Fermentation is called "artificial digestion," because during the fermentation process, products partially break up and change nutritional value. Such food is easier to digest. In some cases, it is enriched with vitamins and minerals. Probiotic products are particularly useful.
* What are probiotic products?
These are those that contain probiotics - microorganisms and substances of microbial and other origin, which improve the body. Probiotics can be found in our intestines and in lactic fermentation products. For example, in living sour-milk products - kefir, yoghurt, acidophiline, koumiss, soft cheese, sauerkraut, bread kvass, miso, kombucha. They are also produced in capsules and tablets.
Thanks to advertising, you know many of them: lactobacillus (Lactobacillus), bifidobacterium (Bifidobacterium), propionic acid bacteria (Propionibacterium), Streptococcus thermophilus streptococci, bacteria of the genus Lactococcus.
* And what are prebiotics?
Prebiotics are food components that help probiotics grow inside the body. They are not digested in the upper sections of the gastrointestinal tract, but reach the large intestine, where they are eaten by beneficial bacteria. Thanks to this, the intestinal microflora is restored and normalized.
Prebiotics are found in dairy products, corn flakes, cereals, bread, onion, chicory field, garlic, beans, peas, artichoke, asparagus, bananas.
Their main task is to normalize the work of the intestines and increase immunity.
Research on Fermented Foods show that probiotics inhibit the activity of Helicobacter pylori - a bacterium, presumably causing peptic ulcer of the stomach and duodenum. They also improve Intestinal microbiota, probiotics and mental health: from Metchnikoff to modern advances: part III - convergence towards clinical trials, mental state, enhancement of foods, neuroticism, and social anxiety.
* Are all probiotic products the same?
No. Scientifically proven probiotic properties are products with the following bacteria: Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Bifidobacterium bifidum 12, Bifidobacterium longum, Enterococcus SF68 and L3, Saccharomyces boulardii.
* Does not gastric juice destroy all useful bacteria?
Studies of fat, activity, and impact of ingested bacteria within the human gut microbiota show that bacteria survive in the gastrointestinal tract and exit with feces. The survival rate of bifido- and lactobacilli varies from 20 to 40% for various species.
* Is it worth buying advertised yogurt with lacto- and bifidobacteria?
Useful bacteria do not live long, and yoghurts, thanks to preservatives and heat treatment, can stand in the refrigerator for months. Probiotics are not there. In addition, for the therapeutic effect you need to consume sour-milk products without additives.
* And other products from the store contain probiotics?
It is unlikely. Most of the initially probiotic products are pasteurized, re-salted, poured with vinegar or preservatives.
* Probiotics in capsules from the pharmacy improve digestion?
Yes, but they are more effectively absorbed from products. And if you eat one fast food, from the indigestion of the stomach will not even save the capsules.
* Fermented food, not containing probiotics, is useful?
Most of the fermented foods contain vitamins and minerals. Even if they are no longer there or have never been probiotics, they can be eaten.
However, get involved in salty fermented products is not worth it. Researches Researches have found that excessive consumption of salty foods disrupts the intestinal microflora, reduces immunity and increases blood pressure.
* Fermented products are indicated for diseases of the gastrointestinal tract?
Any fermented food is acidic, such products stimulate the production of gastric juice. They will be useful to people with low stomach acidity. Those who suffer from increased acidity or peptic ulcer of the stomach and duodenum, will have to abstain. At least for the time of exacerbation.
Fermented food should be included in the diet for indigestion, severity. It is useful to have a snack with yogurt, yogurt, ryazhenka with a short shelf life.
* Who is contraindicated in fermented food?
Like any other, fermented food is contraindicated in the presence of an allergic reaction. During periods of exacerbation of gastrointestinal diseases, follow the sensations.
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