Fermented Foods For The Flat Belly

WHAT ARE FERMENTED FOODS?

• Fermented foods are foods that have been through a process of fermentation in which natural bacteria feed on the sugar and starch in the food. This process has been used for centuries to preserve food, and we now know that it also creates beneficial enzymes and various strains of probiotics.(Lactobacilli)

                 

Specific Fermented foods are nutritious.not all.BEWARE.CHOOSE WISELY.

•  When most people think of fermented foods, things like pickles, marinated peppers, mushrooms, cucumbers, artichokes, and even cheese might come to mind. While these foods were traditionally fermented and incur some form of fermentation, they are not the type of beneficial fermented foods that assist in digestive health and weight loss.

no more bulging belly with probiotics-HOW?

1. Aid digestion
2. Support immune function
3. Increase B vitamins (even Vitamin B12)
4. Facilitate omega-3 fatty acids,
5. Produce digestive enzymes, lactase and lactic acid
6. Fight off harmful bacteria and even cancer cells
7. Expel toxins and heavy metals from cell tissue.

How Do The Probiotics Act? 

1. rebalancing the gut ecology reducing the inflammation and decreasing excess fat accumulation increasing satiety and prevents over eating and  steer the metabolism positively.
2. cut down FBS (Fasting blood sugar)  by decreasing glucose absorption
3. decreases cortisol (stress hormone which aids fat deposition)level in the blood.
4. Bind to blood cholestrol and prevent blood vessel damage and clogging.
5. Prevent‘leptin resistance’ and ‘insulin resistance’ which are caused by inflammation. Inflammation, more specifically ‘proinflammatory cytokines’ which are the hormones that cause inflammation, activate your body’s Fat triggers. These inflammatory hormones cause the cells of your body to become resistant to ‘leptin’ and ‘insulin’, the two most important fat regulating hormones. Anything that can reduce chronic inflammation helps address one of main causes of obesity.

KEFIR:

• fermented milk(goat,sheep,cow's milk) product similar to yoghurt but the probiotics stay for longer period colonising the intestinal tract.

COMPOSITION:

• Vit B12 and Vit K2
• calcium,phosphorous and magnesium
• biotin
• folate  

USES:

• boost immunity
• inflammatory bowel disease-due to the strains of bifidobacterium and lactobacillus 
• fight allergies-anti inflammatory properties by suppressing inflammatory markers IL-4,TH cells and IgE 
• build bone density-besides ca and mg they improve the absorption of ca and phosphorous
• improve lactose digestion-journal of american dietic association
• kills candida(FUNGUS)
• support detoxification-eg.aflatoxin in peanuts are counteracted
• Flat belly

KOMBUCHA Tea:

• fermented effervescent sugar tea solution made with SCOBY.

COMPOSITION:

• glucosamines
• DSL and Vit C
• acetic acid and polyphenols

USES:

• An antioxidant-stomach cancer prevention,stomach ulcers
• prevents joint damage
• weight loss.

(Precaution:

• people taking steroids long term or organ transplanted patients or patiends who are HIV positive-compromised immunity are not advised to take this particular tea)

SAUERKRAUT(sour cabbage): 

• I'll call this as "German Green tea" due to its immense antioxidants like lutein and zeaxanthin 
• Fermented cabbage leaves which is more nutritious than cabbage leaves.

COMPOSITION:

• good source of probiotics
• Vit B C K
• calcium manganese iron
• dietary fibre and folate

USES:

• detoxification-aids good metabolism
• treatment for canker sores and stomach ulcers
• prevents scurvy

KIMCHI-Korean's secret for a firm flat belly

 A 2011 study published in the journal Nutrition Research found that fermented kimchee had a significant impact on the weight and body fat of the overweight and obese patients who were being studied. Not only did the patients shed both weight and fat, they also showed improvements in blood sugar, blood pressure, and the waist-hip ratio — an important biomarker of metabolic health.

USES:

1. lower cholesterol,
2.  prevent constipation,  
3. combat colon cancer,
4.  help to reduce stress,
5.  relieve depression,
6.  combat osteoarthritis,
7.  reduce atherosclerosis and 
8. fighting liver disease.

FERMENTED SOY:

• sprouted chickpeas

YOGHURT:

• sugarless nonflavored yoghur;Fermented Milk.

MISO SOUP:

• Japanese soup having dried kelps,sardines,shipjack tuna,mushroom

TEMPEH:

• cake containing the fermented soy products

FISH SAUCE: