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Can you get enough probiotics from food sources?

Maybe. This is something I recently have changed my mind on,

and what I'd like to do is outline how much probiotics

can get from the top food sources. We'll put this in a direct side-by-side comparison table

looking at probiotic supplements and then tie in recent research that has updated what the optimal

dose per day of probiotics is. And this then answers

the question, can you obtain sufficient probiotic from food? And I'll give you a simple protocol

for both using food, but if you're someone who might not well tolerate some high probiotic foods, I'll give you

alternate protocols for using supplements.

And okay, let's jump in.

Firstly, common fermented foods that you may have heard of, sourcrow, a fermented cabbage,

high in vitamin C, K1, and B6.

Also there's kefir, this is a fermented milk.

The nice thing about kefir in particular is it's very low in lactose.

So if you are lactose intolerant, then this may be a very tolerable food source of probiotics for you.

kombucha, a fermented tea, and perhaps the most interesting,

kimchi, maybe not as popular of the fermented food,

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