Lactic Acid Bacteria and Fermented Foods: Benefits – Dr.Berg

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hey guys Dr Berg here in this video we’re going to talk about something very very cool it’s called lactic acid I don’t know if you ever heard of that before but lactic acid bacteria is probably one of your most friendly bacteria that you have in your gut and this is what it looks like right here this is lactic acid this is called Kombucha tea and it’s looks disgusting it has like a fungus in there they’re little tiny friendly microbes so these little friendly guys will create a really powerful uh beneficial acid that goes in your gut first of all they help neutralize the toxic bacteria so they’re actually good to support your immune system they deodorize bad smells so they actually get rid of rotten smells that are in your colon so when you go to the bathroom if you have a bad smell you need to consume some lactic acid from something like Kombucha tea and they also uh enhance the nutritional benefit of your Foods because it’s an acid it allows you to absorb more proteins amino acid uh like also uh minerals trace minerals calcium zinc so this enhances the nutritional value of the food that you already eat if your colon is not acid enough you’re not going to be able to break down food so this ensures that the pH is correct in the large and small intestine so it also helps your skin it’s a blood cleanser it’s a colon cleanser like I said it loves muc mucus membranes so in your colon you have these layers of mucus membranes and also in your mouth and the different parts of your body and your sinuses this is wonderful to support the mucous membrane so it’s an overall great thing for your immune system now what’s interesting is this stuff is made from white sugar and black tea so you take and I’ll actually put the recipe Below in the link but you basically take sugar and you dissolve it in water and you put black tea in it with caffeine and then you let it cool down and you put these little this little fungus in here looks discussing and then the fungus starts eating up the caffeine and the tea and the sugar and converts it into lactic acid pretty wild so we’re basically consuming kind of the waste product from these microbes with a lot of good benefits so you can also get this from consuming pickles right you can also get it from uh kefir which is a type of sour yogurt you can get it from yogurt you can get it from pickled vegetables and my favorite which is sauerkraut so start consuming these fermented foods and enhance the benefit from your food thanks for watching