5 Foods To Repopulate The Intestinal Flora

Generally we do not give much importance to the intestine and, however, an intestinal flora that does not function in a balanced way is a source of toxins.

In addition, it prevents us from correctly assimilating the nutrients from the food we eat.

In this article we explain how you can regulate intestinal function and repopulate its flora naturally thanks to some essential probiotic foods in your diet.

Recommendations to repopulate the intestinal flora

Probiotics

Probiotics are live bacteria found in foods  that have undergone a natural fermentation process.

These microorganisms help to strengthen our immune system and restore the intestinal flora.

Its daily consumption will help us to notably improve some health problems:

• Constipation
• Gas and flatulence
• Swollen belly after eating
• Crohn’s disease
• Irritable bowel syndrome

Yoghurt

Yogurt is a food that can be very healthy if we are not lactose intolerant. Although there are also lactose-free.

Likewise, it is a very natural food if we make it ourselves at home, thus avoiding the colorings, aromas and sugars that are added to commercial flavored yogurts.

Making it at home will allow us to benefit from all its properties, choose a quality milk and save money. In addition, its flavor is delicious and it is good for repopulating the intestinal flora.

Kefir

Kefir is even healthier and more digestive than yogurt, as it is rich in live ferments and contains less lactose.

Its flavor is a bit acidic, but we can soften it with a little honey or agave syrup.

Kefir is a live mushroom that we should put in a pot with milk (cow, goat, sheep, etc.).

After 24 or 48 hours we will strain it, consume the drink or reserve it in the fridge and put the mushroom with milk again to ferment.

It is important to note that there are people who do not tolerate lactose well and, however, do digest fermented dairy products well.

Sauerkraut or sauerkraut

Sauerkraut is a typical food of some European countries such as Germany or Poland, where it is served as an accompaniment to meat and fish to facilitate its digestion.

It is made by fermenting cabbage leaves with water and salt.

The sauerkraut that truly improves our intestinal bacterial flora is the one that is fermented with salt.

For this, we recommend that you do it yourself. You can even try different types of cabbage and other vegetables.

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Fermented pineapple

It is not very complicated to prepare, in addition, we can take it every day on an empty stomach.

It is a fermented drink based on pineapple skin, so it is also a very inexpensive and easy recipe to make.

It is also recommended for your intestinal flora.

We will prepare it as follows:

• We will need a large pineapple (or two medium ones), well ripe and with a skin that looks healthy.
• We will wash and peel it.
• We will cut the skin into smaller pieces, which we will put in a glass or ceramic container that we can close hermetically.

• In this container we will also put two liters of water and 500 g of brown sugar, panela or cane honey.
• We will close it well and let it rest in a warm place for 48 hours.
• After two days, we will strain it so that there are no deposits, we will add another liter of water and we will let it rest again for 12 hours.
• After this time, we will add 750 ml of water and the drink will be ready.
• Before serving, we recommend chilling it in the fridge.
• Keep cold.