These things can harm your gut flora:
👉🏻 Antibiotics
👉🏻 Anti-bacterial products (soaps, gels, etc.)
👉🏻 Birth control pills
👉🏻 Other prescription drugs
👉🏻 Pesticides on food
👉🏻 Fluoridated water
👉🏻 Over-consumption of sugar
👉🏻 Over-consumption of processed food/food additives
👉🏻 Pro-inflammatory vegetable oils
👉🏻 Synthetic vitamins (fortified foods)
👉🏻 Environmental mold exposure
Specific signs that your gut is messed up:
👉🏻 Eczema
👉🏻 Food allergies/sensitivities
👉🏻 Constipation (frequent)
👉🏻 Diarrhea (frequent)
👉🏻 Cradle cap/dermatitis
👉🏻 Fatigue (frequent)
👉🏻 Anxiety
👉🏻 Depression
👉🏻 Other hormonal imbalances
👉🏻 Frequent illnesses
👉🏻 Long/more severe illnesses (takes forever to ‘get over’ things)
👉🏻 Frequent sugar cravings
👉🏻 Sore joints/muscles
👉🏻 Frequent headaches
👉🏻 Autoimmune disease
👉🏻 Weight gain/inability to lose weight
👉🏻 Acne/skin breakouts
Fermented foods are the way that people have historically gotten their probiotics. And, these foods contain far more than just probiotics…they are a combination of different strains of bacteria, yeasts, and most likely other “things” we don’t even know about yet. They produce beneficial acids and bioavailable vitamins and minerals, too.
Fermented foods include:
🌱 Milk kefir
🌱 Water kefir
🌱 Yogurt
🌱 Kombucha
🌱 Sauerkraut
🌱 Kimchi
🌱 Fermented pickles
Brewing/fermenting foods or drinks at home is not hard, it just takes a little bit of time. It’s also much cheaper, and you can include flavors you really love! Many ferment salsa, fruits, spicy cabbage, and lots more.
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