Probiotics

How Eating Probiotic-Rich Can Protect You From Heart Disease

Donna Gates | Posted 05.24.2012

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While gut health and heart disease may seem unrelated at first glance, it turns out that the friendly bacteria living in our intestines may offer more benefits to our health than we ever imagined.

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Got Probiotics? 6 Ways Live Active Bacteria Boost Your Health

The Huffington Post | Meredith Melnick | Posted 05.15.2012

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For most people, the mention of probiotics conjures up images of yogurt. But don’t dismiss the microbes as a marketing gimmick or food fad. The late...

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Farm To Fork Across America. Mad Chef Jimmy Schmidt

Julie Brothers | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Chefs Collaborative, Chef Jimmy Schmidt, Jimmy Juice, Prebiotics, Protein Enhanced Foods, Probiotics, Plant Based Proteins, Food News

Emulsions? Infused oils? Salt blends? A lesson using these ingredients was recently given to me in the form of a private, culinary, tete-a-tete at the hands of Master Chef Jimmy Schmidt.

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Yogurt Diet Tied To Testicle Size In Strange Mouse Study

| Elie Dolgin | Posted 05.07.2012

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Last summer a team of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology set out to better understand the effects of yogurt on obesity. T...

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Is Your Yogurt the Best It Can Be?

Linda Larrowe Bergersen | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Amino Acids, Probiotics, Yogurt, Greek Yogurt, Raw Milk, Goat Milk, Diet and Nutrition, Healthy Living News

When you think about it, true yogurt is just milk and bugs. And, really, that's all it should be... the proliferation of probiotic strains of bacteria that grew in a warm bath of milk. But today yogurt has turned into more of a dessert than the health food it was designed to be.

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Watch: Cultured Pickles and the Coca-Cola of Fermented Foods

Kirsten Dirksen | Posted 01.30.2012

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For Alex Hozven, food is either living or dead. At her Cultured Pickle Shop in Berkeley, California, she tends 20,000 pounds of vegetables that "breathe" carbon dioxide. She's simply pickling vegetables, but to most of us used to "dead food," it's a foreign concept.

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The Alchemy & Magic of Cultured Foods: Why Fermentation Is Vital to Our Health

Organic Authority.com | Posted 11.20.2011

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Culturing our foods is not just a preservation method, it's also integral to our health -- something frozen or canned foods can never offer.

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What Are So-Called ‘Functional Foods’?

Deepak Chopra | Posted 10.01.2011

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You may have heard about "functional foods." Nutritionists and marketers use this term to describe foods that go beyond the basics of supplying nutrients to the body and appear to help ward off and combat certain chronic illnesses.

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New Probiotics Fight Bad Breath, Ear Infections and Cavities

Dr. Harold Katz | Posted 08.30.2011

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New oral care probiotics that contain S. salivarius K12 and M18 can actually help fight common oral care problems that many of us deal with every day.

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Dietary Supplements For Summertime Efficiency

Posted 07.27.2011

Read More: Fish Oil, Dietary Supplement Benefits, Probiotics, Dietary Supplements, Vitamin C, Healthy Living Body, Dietary Supplements for Efficiency, Omega-3-Fatty-Acids, Video, Healthy Living News

Memorial Day weekend means that summer weather is upon us. Unlike the winter months where our bodies seem to crave hibernation, the summertime is all ...

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Probiotics May Have Some Benefits For Kids

AP | CARLA K. JOHNSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — A leading medical group says there's some evidence that probiotics, or "good" bacteria, may have limited benefits for certain illnesse...

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Is Your Food Pro-Life?

The Sweet Beet | Posted 05.25.2011

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We are being marketed probiotics aggressively and though they are naturally created in some foods, they are "enriching" many foods such as chocolate and juice. Here's what you need to know.

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The Link Between Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Bacteria

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

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Though Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is among the most common medical problems in the country, it's not a disease you're likely to find celebrities speaking out for.

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Beneficial Bacteria?

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

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Even in cases where probiotics have been shown to be effective, it is only using specific strains of bacteria in specific amounts. Not just any probiotic will do.

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Got (Safe) Milk?

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Calcium, Probiotics, Salmonilla, Pasteurized, Health, Safety, Milk, Dairy Farms, Cows, Local Food, Pasteurized Milk, Raw Milk, Los Angeles News

There is no scientific evidence that raw milk is superior to pasteurized milk in any way. If you were to compare nutrition labels, the two are nearly identical.

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Practical Tips To Help Keep Your Pre-Schooler Healthy

Yolanda Reid Chassiakos | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Infectious Diseases, Preschool, Antibacterial, Anti-Bacterial, Probiotics, Bacteria, Pre-School, Health, Healthy Living News

What's your child going to bring home from pre-school this year? Unfortunately, our children are likely to carry back unwelcome viruses and bacteria as they share toys, spit and sneezes with their classmates.

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Reduce Childhood Obesity With Probiotics

Leslie Goldman | Posted 11.17.2011

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First Lady Michelle Obama is on a mission to help reduce the growing number of overweight and obese children in the United States. Among the "shocking...

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What Is Stopping You From Getting A Good Night's Sleep?

Anne Dunev | Posted 11.17.2011

Consider insomnia as a symptom of a deeper problem. The answer is not sleep medication, or psychotropic medication, as the medications themselves are toxic to the organs, have side-effects, are often addictive.

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Are Your Food Allergies Making You Fat?

Mark Hyman, MD | Posted 11.17.2011

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Today, I'm going to explain the bugs in your digestive tract, why they upset your gut's immune system and how they just might be behind those extra pounds.

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Is Your Digestive System Making You Sick?

Mark Hyman, MD | Posted 11.17.2011

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There might be something wrong with your inner tube, and it could be making you sick and fat.

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Probiotics â€“ Looking Underneath The Yogurt Label

nytimes.com | TARA PARKER | Posted 11.17.2011

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When the label tells you the food you are buying "contains probiotics," are you getting health benefits or just marketing hype? Perhaps a bit of both....

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Kefir Madness

Anthony Anderson | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Yogurt, Probiotics, Biodynamic, Kefir, Organic, Healthy Living News

I bought some kefir grains at the co-op in Minneapolis. A grass-fed, goat kefir from Northern California. It was cold and I took some sips. Wow

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9 Changes to Boost Energy and Jumpstart Weight Loss

Anne Dunev | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Fish Oil, Energy, Probiotics, Weight Loss Tips, Cancer Prevention, Health, Lower Cholesterol, Healthy Living, Diet Tips, Omega-3, Healthy Diet, Weight Loss, Healthy Living News

Eat small, frequent protein meals. If you eat the same amount of calories, but in small, frequent portions rather than 2-3 larger portions, you will boost your metabolism and lose weight.

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God's Hybrid

Dr. Jeffrey McCombs | Posted 11.17.2011

Somewhere along the primordial way, a bunch of micro-organisms became enclosed by, fewer in number, but larger "tissue" cells and the evolutionary rac...

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