Gut Reaction: Probiotics for Digestive and Overall Health
Organic yogurt is abundant with probiotics.
Given the origins of their name (Pro-Latin for “in favor of”-and biotic-Greek for “pertaining to life”) we can deduce that these organisms are advocates of vitality. Indeed, probiotics are our body’s tiny yet tremendously powerful balance boosters. For centuries probiotics were simply consumed by way of cultured foods. The book Nourishing Traditions provides a thorough account of how foods such as yogurt, kefir, tempeh, kimchi and sauerkraut were eaten regularly in their respective regions and thus supplied highly helpful bacteria to their consumers.
