WHAT ARE GOOD BACTERIA?
QI’ve heard a lot about good and bad bacteria. What are good bacteria and how can bacteria be healthy for us?
AOur stomach lining, or gut, has a mix of good and bad bacteria. Collectively this is called the gut micro-biome.
Our gut health is based on the population of each of these bacteria. Our gut or stomach is quite like our second brain. It is responsible for the production of nearly 80 per cent of the happy hormone called serotonin. Our gut health also takes care of our hormone production, sleep cycle, cravings and our behaviour in general. Keeping your gut healthy by increasing the amount of good bacteria Is one of the most effective things we can do. Eating good fats first thing in the morning in the form of coconut oil, ghee or butter; or avocados, nuts or coconut meat is an excellent habit you should cultivate.
Every day, aim to eat one portion of fermented vegetables such as sauerkraut or pickled cucumbers or carrots. Have 5 grams of L-glutamine with lunch daily to improve the population of good bacteria in your gut, and remove refined sugar. Switch to getting your sugar from dates and figs because refined sugar is food for bad bacteria; they thrive on it.
If your consumption of sugar is high from refined foods, refined carbs or even from too many fruit in the day, the bad bacteria multiply and populate your gut.