by Karina | Jun 12, 2020 | Recipes
If you are new to fermentation and looking for an easy and quick recipe of fermented cabbage then this is the one. This cabbage is unbelievably yummy and offers extra benefits due to the beets and a beet kvass as a bonus which cannot be wasted. I have shared before my...
by Karina | Apr 15, 2021 | Blog, Health
April is Autism awareness month so I had to write about what science has to show in the field of microbiota related to this disorder. Everything is relative in this world. Until recent advances in the field of human microbiome we thought that we are just humans. It...
by Karina | Jan 31, 2019 | Blog, Health, Probiotics
One of the most well researched probiotics known under name VSL#3 is not being produced in the USA anymore. According to the inventor of this formulation, Professor Claudio de Simone, exactly the same formulation as the former and original VSL#3 now is being sold...
by Karina | Jan 23, 2019 | Recipes
If you are looking for a simple and straight forward sauerkraut recipe then look no further! This is a very simple old fashioned way fermented sauerkraut, which will provide you with more types of fiber, more polyphenols, live bacteria and more of all kinds of good...
by Karina | Dec 17, 2018 | Recipes
These crepes (or “bliny” how I grew up calling them) are the best I have ever tried. I found the original recipe on a blog Prepare & Nourish and modified it a little bit to my needs. The great thing about this recipe is that if you are sensitive to...
by Karina | Jul 18, 2018 | Blog, Health
What is Helicobacter pylori? Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a gram-negative bacterium with spiral shape. It has the unique ability to colonize the human mucosa in the stomach. Due to it’s particular properties it is capable of infecting more than half of the...
by Karina | Jul 11, 2018 | Recipes
What are prebiotics and why should we consume them? Prebiotic is a food ingredient that enhances the growth of beneficial bacteria and contributes to our health. Historically different types of oligosaccharides were considered to be prebiotics. Mother nature designed...
by Karina | Dec 25, 2017 | Recipes
Kimchi is one of the oldest fermented foods and it is the major fermented food in Korea. Kimchi is mentioned in ancient Korean book “Samkuksaki,” published in 1145 A.D. It is made from a chines cabbage (latin name is Brassica rapa L. spp. pekinensis) and radish as...
by Karina | Sep 13, 2017 | Blog, Health
Probiotics and Oral Health There are trillions of bacteria living in and on us. There are more bacterial cells than human cell in our body. And although the majority of them reside in our guts some microbes also live on our skin, nose, ears and mouth. It’s equally...
by Karina | Jul 18, 2017 | Recipes
So what in the world is beet kvass? The word kvass – originates from a Russian word “квасить [kvasit’]”, which means “to ferment”. So it is literally a fermented drink filled with loads of good bacteria called probiotics, numerous...
