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... Eric Bakker of The Naturopath, thanks for coming back. Let's talk about different foods that really help to promote the gut health. The question is, what are the best probiotic foods? I've made this little video, I'm calling it Eight Probiotic Foods That Help Boost Digestion and Keep The Gut Healthy For Weight Maintenance.
Let's go over the list here. If you've got my book, Candida Crusher, you can read a lot more about fermented and cultured foods in that book. There's many, many different pages there you can read on kimchi, and tempeh, and sauerkraut, and things like that. I go into much more detail in the book. Yeastinfection.org should have similar articles on it as well regarding this topic.
Let's just start with miso. Miso's one of my favorites. It's a fermented soybean paste from Japan. Korea, Japan, many Asian countries have their own miso. You can get different types of miso, ranging from young up to very old or aged miso. You dissolve this in hot water. This is quite a good, rich lactic acid containing food. Now, many people again, freak out with soy. They say, "No, we can't have soy products. You'll go weird.
You'll grow breasts if you're a male. You'll turn into a retarded ape if you eat that stuff." I've heard all of this stupid nonsense. Up to you. I don't find a problem at all with non-genetically modified soy products. I think it's a fantastic food, and I think miso is a really nice thing to have, particularly in wintertime, but you can drink it any year round. It's a very satisfying drink. It's particularly good, I find, with people with irritable bowel syndrome. If you've got IBS, you try little bits of miso here or there, and you'll find it quite a wonderful addition to your diet.
Cheeses. Let me tick that one off. We've talked about the cheeses before. Some of the best cheeses, really, are some of the aged cheeses. Cheddar, but Parmesan is a very good one, too. A small amount of Parmesan grated a little bit here and there on a salad is a very nice addition.
Again, there are various species of lactobacillus that are quite predominant in an aged cheese like Parmesan. Lactobacillus is a very important bacteria to have for the small intestine in particular to keep that membrane very good and to prevent leaky gut. Be careful with cheese.
Small amounts in your diet, not lots. I like Parmesan, but a tiny bit grated, I find it very tasty addition to different dishes. Another good cheese you could have would be goats feta I find very satisfactory also when it comes to the lactic acid bacteria.
Kefir, number three. Kefir's particularly strong. You need to be careful with kefir. If you've got IBS, or irritable bowel syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease, if you've got a big problem with your gut, I would not recommend kefir until the gut has come into it's own and is in a bit better shape. You'll find yogurt generally, or miso, to be more acceptable before kefir.
Kefir can also really stimulate candida quite bad in some people. You can also get candida from kefir, would you believe it? There are different yeasts that grow in it. I've actually seen candida kefir as a species pop up in people who've had far too much kefir in their diet. So just be careful. Kefir's also associated, in my opinion, with headaches and nausea, and a lot of bloating and gas if it's taken in too large amount, or too prematurely. You might be better off waiting a little bit with kefir. It's a great food, but the timing's got to be right.
Buttermilk. Buttermilk is quite a sour kind of milk, like quark is another name for buttermilk. In Holland we call it karnemelk. It's quite a sour, bitter sort of milk. Again, a nice lactic ability there. Small amounts of buttermilk, very good for children, but also older people, to build up. I believe you get good levels of bifidobacteria in the karnemelk. I find it particularly good for people with bowel problems. If you've got constipation, for example, buttermilk might be a really good addition to have to your diet.
Fifth one, naturally pickled pickles, or pickled... I was going to say pickled peppers, because that's a bit of a tongue twister, isn't it? Naturally pickled gherkins. Those little gherkins, those kind of little things. When they're pickled really in salt and water, naturally pickled, you're going to get a good bacterial content growing in there, as opposed to vinegar or lye.
That's my take on some of the best foods, really, for repopulating the gut and getting it into good shape. Just to repeat again, kefir, be careful with kefir. Okay? Thanks for tuning in.
