List of Probiotic and Prebiotic foods | Arthritis Information

 

Here is a list of probiotic foods that those interested in increasing their probiotic intake may find useful:

•Plain yogurt, preferably the kind that the ingredients are just milk and bacterial culture
•Kefir, home made or store bought
•Cream cheese (label must say "Active Bacterial Culture---Liberty makes a yummy one"
•Raw milk cheese
•Unpasteurized sauerkraut (must be unpasteurised)
•Unpasteurized miso ((must be unpasteurised))
•Assorted Vegetables pickled in salt brine (no vinegar), which usually have to be made at home but are served in some middle eastern restaurants
•Kombucha (must be unpasteurised. Kombucha is now sold commercially but so far it's all pasteurised, rendering it completely unbeneficial)
•Kimchi


A list of Prebiotic foods:
Berries
Whole grains, especially oatmeal
Most vegetables
Jeruselum Artichokes (sunchokes)
Beans




edited to expand list

Gimpy-a-gogo2008-09-16 09:36:55The Probiotic Princess has returned!

There's no really good scientific proof, but I think probiotic foods have a lot more probiotic action than probiotic supplements. I really notice if I just try to get by on the supplements---it's not as good. That said, I usually take probiotic supplements WITH a probiotic food.

We don't really know the mechanism by which probiotics work. Some are even spore form which kind of "shut down" when under attack by antibiotics or when not getting enough food, and then "reactivate" when conditions are right. So we don't know if there's anything else in the foods the probiotic bacterial cultures need to live, or just boost their efficiency.

Prebiotics are foods the probiotics eat, so by eating prebiotics with or before your probiotics, they can live and multiply more easily in your gut.

At first the list is "how can I eat this weird fermented stuff" but it turns out a lot of it is delicious and you learn ways to incorporate it into your diet and it's yummy.
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