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Health
How to help maintain your immune
system with fermentation
No matter what season or time of
year, we all know the importance
of a healthy immune system and
the central role it plays in overall wellbeing.
While sleep, healthy eating and a
balanced lifestyle are all essential for a
healthy immune system, clinical studies
show fermented supplements are an
effective approach to supporting good
gut and immune health.
What is fermentation?
Fermented foods support gut health,
an important part of the immune system.
Fermentation happens when organic
material (usually from plants) is
broken down by microorganisms like
yeast and bacteria. Many of those microorganisms
are part of the microbiome in
the gut.
One fermented food is sauerkraut,
a well-recognized food that has been
around for centuries. Sauerkraut is cabbage
that has been fermented with probiotic
bacteria such as lactobacillus.
Probiotic vs. postbiotic
Postbiotics are non-living metabolites
and compounds produced by microorganisms
like yeast or bacteria during
a fermentation process. Instead of
adding live bacteria to your gut, you are
adding their metabolites. Postbiotics in
turn support the good bacteria already
in your gut.
How do you get the postbiotics
in fermentation?
Incorporate fermented foods into your
diet like kombucha, kefi r, sauerkraut,
miso and sourdough bread. If you don’t
like the taste of fermented foods, don’t
have regular access to them, and perhaps
don’t want to eat a lot of them, fermented
supplements are an easy option to get the
benefi ts of postbiotics to support your gut
health and immune system. Postbiotics
don’t have bacteria that need to be kept
alive, so they don’t need refrigeration,
which means you can take it “on the go.”
When researching fermented supplements,
look for EpiCor, a fi rst-of-its-kind
fermentate ingredient that taps the natural
power of fermentation to deliver
immune and gut health benefi ts..
Why eat fermented foods and
supplements?
You should support your immune
system every day. Fermented foods and
supplements support immune health
and gut health. These foods and supplements
support the gut microbiome, the
complex system of microorganisms that
make up a healthy environment in your
digestive tract. — BPT
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