PROBIOTIC- PREBIOTIC
As everyone knows, probiotics are trillions of creatures that live in our intestines and are a part of us. In fact, a large part of our stool in terms of volume is these bacteria. The beneficial ones of these bacteria even clean the harmful foods we eat. It is these bacteria that actually regulate our blood sugar, cholesterol, weight and immune system. So how do we provide probiotics? Foods such as homemade yogurt, kefir, boza, tarhana, turnip, pickles made with apple cider vinegar and cheese are rich sources of probiotics. When we ask people who live long, we have heard that they eat a lot of yogurt.
Prebiotics, on the other hand, are foods that these bacteria love and allow them to reproduce. The more prebiotics we feed, the healthier our probiotics will be. So what are these prebiotics?
Vegetables: Onions, garlic, yams, artichokes, celery, okra, leeks
Legumes: beans, chickpeas, lentils
Grains: Whole wheat, buckwheat, barley (gluten is not harmful for those without celiac disease).
Cookies: Nuts, almonds, walnuts
Fruits: Olives first, red fruits, apples, grapes of course
We should not forget that whatever we eat, the bacteria in our intestines also eat it. We are what our gut bacteria are. What we say, change your bacteria, change your life.
