Pickles, Probiotics, and Why Rotten Food Is Good For You
Probiotics eat our food for us and help us digest. Gross? Or amazing?? Hank explains why we need bacteria and how cool it is. Like SciShow? Want to get cool ...
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So, fermented foods have been around for pretty much forever, but they seem to be even more in fashion now. The rainbow colored selection of kombucha tea, the 'fridges full of miso, and kefir, and tempeh, and sauerkraut. You can't toss a gluten-free cookie without hitting a "live and active cultures" label. Those live and active cultures are actually a thriving community of probiotic bacteria living in the container. Probiotic bacteria literally just means "good germs." By definition, microorganisms that instead of giving you strep throat or gonorrhea or something worse are beneficial and maybe even make your life possible. These bacteria help balance out the micro-flora foam party going on in your intestines and keep pH levels in check. They block bad bacteria fr...
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So, fermented foods have been around for pretty much forever, but they seem to be even more in fashion now. The rainbow colored selection of kombucha tea, the 'fridges full of miso, and kefir, and tempeh, and sauerkraut. You can't toss a gluten-free cookie without hitting a "live and active cultures" label. Those live and active cultures are actually a thriving community of probiotic bacteria living in the container. Probiotic bacteria literally just means "good germs." By definition, microorganisms that instead of giving you strep throat or gonorrhea or something worse are beneficial and maybe even make your life possible. These bacteria help balance out the micro-flora foam party going on in your intestines and keep pH levels in check. They block bad bacteria fr...
