🌿 Fermented Foods
Definition: Foods made through natural microbial processes, where bacteria or yeast break down sugars/starches.
✅ Some fermented foods contain live, beneficial bacteria.✅ They...
1. Plain Greek Yogurt (with live cultures)
Packed with probiotics like Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium
Helps balance gut bacteria and improve digestion🛍 Look for: "Live & active...
What is the Gut–Brain Axis?
Your gut houses the enteric nervous system (ENS)—often called a “second brain”—with over 100 million nerve cells lining the digestive tract...
🧠 Your Gut and Brain Are Deeply Connected
They communicate constantly via the gut-brain axis—a two-way system involving:
The vagus nerve (like a telephone line)
Hormones (like...