Shopping Guide: all about Yogurt
White, sparkling, creamy, fresh and with that pleasant dash of acidity: talk about yogurt! Yogurt is a nutritious and valuable food in our diet, it belongs to that category of products that are recommended to be consumed every day and is obtained by fermenting milk with specific microorganisms that are allied to our health. There […]
Fermentations in the kitchen
Yogurt, Japanese miso, pickles, Korean kimchi, sauerkraut, chocolate, kefir, vinegar, tempeh, cider, beer, soy sauce, kombucha. But also bread, wine and cheese, the undisputed protagonists of our culinary tradition. What do foods so different in taste, smell, and origin have in common? Only one thing: fermentation. It means that during their preparation, certain microorganisms intervene […]
Microbes in the mouth and respiratory diseases: prevention is better than cure.
In the first part of the article, we saw how the oral microbiota, that is, the set of all microorganisms living in our mouths, can play a crucial role in keeping not only the mouth itself, but also our entire body, healthy. Indeed, there is a correlation between alterations in the oral microecosystem and certain […]
Fall feeding: how to take care of our immune system
With the end of summer and the arrival ofautumn, you may experience a sense of fatigue and lack of energy typical of the change of seasons. In addition, a rapid drop in temperatures can cause flu symptoms such as sore throats and colds and intestinal disorders. Nutrition plays a crucial role in feeling better and […]
The gut microbiota
What it is, what functions it performs, and how we can take care of this important ally of our health. From here and there on the Web and in magazines we have probably come across this somewhat edgy term. Gut microbiota. I can imagine eyebrows furrowing in puzzlement, eyes scrolling through the first line of […]