Fermented foods & probiotics – What's the difference? with Bob Hutkins, PhD and Mary Ellen Sanders PhD
Let's Gut Real - Easy to Digest Nutrition Science · Andrea Hardy, RD
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Show Notes
Are all fermented foods probiotics? Learn the important difference, and how to include them in your diet!
In this episode of Let's Gut Real, I interview Bob Hutkins, PhD and Mary Ellen Sanders, PhD on the important difference between fermented foods and probiotics.
We also talk about:
- What are fermented foods?
- What are probiotics?
- How fermented foods and probiotics differ and why it's important to define a difference?
- Why do we need to be precise with conversations on probiotics?
- Discuss the new AGA's Clinical Practice Guidelines for Probiotics
- Where evidence exists to support the use of probiotics
- Bacterial persistence – if they don't join our microbes why do they benefit us?
- How one would use fermented foods versus probiotics
- A bit about the history of fermented foods & our health
- Why including fermented foods in our diet is a good idea
- Is the research strong enough to recommend fermented foods in the diet? What evidence exists?
You can find up to date information on ISAPP by visiting https://isappscience.org or, if you listen to this before July 1st, you can sign up to their upcoming webinar 'Fermented Food – Separating Hype from Facts.' At 1pm BST (6 am MST).