According to one study, the flu shot was between 5-33% effective in 2017 (depends on the strain received). Instead of boosting your immunity, research shows flu vaccines can actually loweryour immune function, and their side effects can be significant. Since we know 70-80% of immunity is in the gut, that might be a more logical and effective place to start.

Have you thought about a herbal tonic that also contains probiotics to help boost your immunity, naturally? Probiotic Foods now have three Probiotic Liquids, all fermented to create a nutrient-rich bioactive concentrate to assist with immunity, digestion and inflammation. The flu shot as nature intended.

Fermented Olive Leaf Extract
Olive leaf is well known for it’s antiviral, antibacterial effects, as a powerful immune booster and flu fighter.

Bio-Fermented Turmeric with Ginger + Black Pepper
These herbs are known for their anti-inflammatory, pain relieving properties for achey joints gut, and skin issues.

Fermented Papaya Concentrate
Papaya fruit and leaf extract support digestion. Rich in enzymes that assist in the breakdown of fats, carbohydrates and protein.

(All of Probiotic Liquids have associated strains of Lactobacillus acidophilus, L. casei , L. plantarum, Bifidobacterium, L. Bulgaricus, L. lactis, L. fermenti, S.boulardii and S. cerevisiae present in the mother culture.)

“The slightest tickle in the throat has me reaching for Probiotic Foods’ Fermented Olive Leaf Extract and I find that is all I need. I have not had a full blown cold since I started using this product. It works and it tastes a whole lot better than most. Amazing!”

Bronette Minelli, Townsville

For the ultimate natural flu shot, combine the benefits of Probiotic Liquids with these other healthy habits.

• A diet that feeds good bacteria that is high in antioxidants. Brightly coloured fruits and vegetables, resistant starch (e.g. sweet potato) and other nuts, seeds and wholefoods, preferable organic grown in nutrient and microbe rich soils
• Healthy fats. Boost immunity with omega 3, 6 and 9 fats from a variety of sources—grass fed animal products, wild caught fish, avocado, coconut, olive oil, flaxseed, chia and hemp oil. Use the bones to create bone broth. It contains collagen, gelatin and important amino acids to strengthen the gut barrier and it’s also great for hair, skin, nails and joints.
• Probiotics and fermented foods. Get your good bacteria from a natural, certified organic food source and feed them and you with nourishing prebiotics. Probiotic Foods’ mother culture is supercharged with multiple bacterial strains, prebiotic rich and nutrient dense, covering all bases.
• Vitamin D. Boost your levels with regular sunshine exposure and a supplement is one of the simplest and most efficient ways to improve your immunity and prevent acute infections like the flu. Have your Vitamin D levels tested so you know if you are low you can supplement.
• Zinc, iron and colloidal silver. Minerals are foundational for supporting the immune system. Research shows zinc can cut down the time you have a cold by about 24 hour if taken within one day of the first symptoms.
• Boost vitamin C and antioxidants. From local fruits and veg in season and other natural forms like camu camu—an Amazonian rainforest fruit—and acerola cherry. These are rich sources of antioxidants and can help boost the immune system.
• Add herbs and essential oils to your diet. Oregano, thyme, garlic, ginger, clove, cinnamon and echinacea have powerful antimicrobial effects. Inhale tea tree oil, eucalyptus and peppermint oil and drink hot ginger with raw honey. Raw honey contains probiotics that boost immunity. The gut of bees contains a beneficial bacteria called Lactobacillus kunkeei and is transferred to humans via raw honey.

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• Resistant to enzymes and stomach acid so they pass through the body undigested creating bloating, diarrhea, pain and cramps.
• The body produces antibodies to lectins triggering the immune system and the possibility of skin rashes, joint pain, and general inflammation.
• Damage the lining of the gut leading to leaky gut making it an ineffective barrier to other foods, bacteria and viruses.
• Chronic gut disorders like IBS and inflammatory bowel disease.
• Reduces absorption of vitamins and minerals.
• Different lectins target different organs and body systems making it hard to work out the cause of the problem.

1. GMO foods. Scientists artificially splice lectins into foods to promote certain traits like pest or fungal resistance. As labelling laws are poor around GMO ingredients in processed foods in Australia, stay away from any corn, soy, canola, cottonseed oil and choose more GMO free and organic foods.
2. Fruits and vegetables that are out of season and unripe have a much higher lectin content. Aim to try and eat only produce that is grown locally, sustainably and in season preferably at your local farmers market.
3. Legumes and pulses—adzuki, borlotti, chickpeas, fava, kidney beans, soybeans, lentils and peanuts.
4. Grains—wheat, rye, oat and rice especially GMO versions of these.
5. Nightshade plant family—potatoes, tomatoes, eggplant and capsiscum.
6. Cucurbit family—cucumbers and melons.

1. Fermenting. The fermentation process like the one used to create Fermented Hemp+ and the range of Probiotic Foods, uses beneficial bacteria to break down foods that might be difficult to digest. Fermented Hemp+ and Gluten and Fructose Intolerant Probiotic Foods blend contain certified organic and non GMO ingredients that are naturally low in lectins. The healthiest cultures in the world eat fermented soy products like miso, tempeh, tamari and natto, sauerkraut and kimchi. Cultures with a history of eating grains traditionally used some form of fermentation. That’s why sourdough bread and sprouted Essene breads are some of the healthiest ways to eat grains for those who are able to tolerate wheat, spelt or rye.
2. Cooking and soaking. Even wonder why people bothered with the long soak, rinse and boil session when preparing beans and grains? Lectin reduction. This is probably the most classic method of preparing beans and grains. Adding sodium bicarbonate (a.k.a. baking soda) to the soaking water may help neutralise the lectins further.
3. Sprouting. Sprouting seeds, grains or beans decreases the lectin content. Generally, the longer the duration of sprouting, the more lectins are deactivated. In some cases the lectin activity is enhanced by sprouting (like alfalfa sprouts). The lectins in some grains and beans are in the seed coat. As it germinates, the coat is metabolized, eliminating lectins.

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KEMPSEY

Wednesday 28th February, 6.15–8PM
Kempsey Macleay RSL Club
1 York Lane, Kempsey, Function Room 1 + 2
$37*p/person or $50*p/couple or family
Includes a copy of Don’s best-selling book
Bookings essential. Tickets at KEMPSEY BULK HEALTH FOODS (02) 6563 1367 pop in store at 30 Smith St, Kempsey NSW 2440.

“We were lucky enough to host Don Chisholm talking about gut health, probiotics and healing last night. It was a great night—not just for beginners—but for long term health buffs alike.” Organic Feast, NSW

For the latest event details, updates and helpful information follow Don on Facebook.

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Topics include diet and lifestyle, disease, water, environmental factors, parasites and the what it takes to be really healthy. Kick-start your journey to wellness with Don’s presentation, Have You Got the Guts to Be Really Healthy? You might have heard that the gut and it’s trillions of bacteria is our most powerful organ, impacting on everything from our weight, digestion, moods and likelihood of diseases like diabetes, cancer and Alzheimer’s.

COFFS HARBOUR

Tuesday 27th February, 6.15–8PM
The Happy Frog
16 Park Avenue
$37*p/person or $50*p/couple or family
Includes a copy of Don’s best-selling book
Bookings essential. Tickets at THE HAPPY FROG COFFS HARBOUR (02) 6651 6518 or online from Eventbrite at bit.ly/GUTMANCOFFS
(*Eventbrite tickets incur small booking fee.)

“We were lucky enough to host Don Chisholm talking about gut health, probiotics and healing last night. It was a great night—not just for beginners—but for long term health buffs alike.” Organic Feast, NSW

For the latest event details, updates and helpful information follow Don on Facebook.

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Resistant starch is a type of carbohydrate found in many grains like pasta and rice, vegetables like potatoes, lentils, beans, unripe bananas, papaya and mangoes. When pasta is cooked and cooled the starch molecules are rearranged, changing the chemical structure. You can’t digest it but your hungry bacteria can!

Gut bacteria ferment resistant starch, and turn it into a fat called butyrate. This is actually great news even though it doesn’t sound it. Starch turning to fat in your gut? Yes! But it’s the hungry bacteria that feast on buyrate not your fat cells. Research shows it can do many more things as well: stimulate blood flow to the colon, help absorb minerals and inhibit the growth of bad bacteria. Resistant starch can also prevent absorption of toxic/carcinogenic compounds, which can protect against bowel cancer.

At Probiotic Foods, we talk a lot about the benefits of dietary fibre for a healthy gut. Probiotic Foods are rich in fermented food fibres that feed your good gut bugs. Just imagine if you also actively change your diet to include more of these resistant starches, what results you might get.

Benefits of eating resistant starch

• Improved feeling of satisfaction and fullness, eat less at meal times
• Better blood sugar control, less insulin required—great for diabetics
• Balanced energy levels
• Better digestion—RS bulks and softens stool, helps regularity
• Can help reduce fat stores as RS feeds bacteria not fat cells

Foods with resistant starch

Probiotic Foods contain fermented fibre from rice, lentils, sweet potato, and seeds rich in RS. RS is high in cooked and cooled potatoes/sweet potatoes, rice, pasta, lentils and beans that have been cooked and cooled including canned beans. Plantains (the less sweet, more starchy sister of the banana) and unripe bananas and other grains like oats and barley are also good sources.To get the most from RS, choose whole, unprocessed sources of carbohydrate such as whole grains, fruits, vegetables, and beans/legumes. RS is best consumed when part of a meal as in cooled and if desired, gently warmed potato, rice or pasta added to a salad. Start to gradually increase the amount you consume and avoid any of the chemically modified, synthetic and commercialized RS products, such as ‘Hi-Maize Resistant Starch’.

Word of warning

If you have an overgrowth of bacteria in your small intestine, like in the case of SIBO (Small Intestinal Bowel Overgrowth), you may be intolerant to starch. Address your gut imbalance with a SIBO diet before adding any extra starch. Also choose your grains carefully according to your intolerances, blood type and natural preference. Check in with your body using our 30 Day Self-Check Questionnaire.

Try this recipe for green papaya/mango wild rice salad and add a sprinkle of Probiotic Foods for a complete gut-loving meal for you and your family.

DISCLAIMER: Medical disclaimer: This blog pro­vides gen­eral infor­ma­tion and dis­cus­sion about gut health and related sub­jects. Whilst every effort is made to present up to date information, the area of gut health and the microbiome are changing constantly. We welcome any comments or suggestions. By reading this blog, you agree not to use this blog as a substitute for medical advice to treat any medical condition in either yourself or others. The author encourages you to consult a health professional before making any health changes, especially any changes related to a specific diagnosis or condition. No information contained in these pages should be relied upon to determine diet, make a medical diagnosis, or determine treatment for a medical condition. The information is not intended to replace a one-on-one relationship with a qualified healthcare professional and is not intended as medical advice. Links to other (‘third party’) web sites are pro­vided to you to expand understanding of the subject and are not an endorsement or rec­om­men­da­tion by the author for the ser­vices, infor­ma­tion, opin­ion or any other con­tent on the site or as an indi­ca­tion of any affil­i­a­tion, spon­sor­ship or endorse­ment of such third party web sites. Your use of other web­sites is sub­ject to the terms of use for such sites. By reading this blog, you agree that you are responsible for your own health decisions. NO information contained in this blog should be used to diagnose, treat, prevent or cure any disease or condition.The contents of these blogs are copyright and available to wholesale partners for free. We encourage you to share with your team and customers on the basis that ‘Probiotic Foods Wholesale Pty Ltd’ is the acknowledged author within the actual media that the blog is reproduced.

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“The gut is the brain. When you look after your gut you feel sharper, more focused and less fuzzy. We explain the gut brain connection to our customers and they get it.”
—
Kahn, Mass Nutrition, Mackay

“We get obsessed about probiotics and forget that prebiotics are equally, if not more, important. Knowing that both are present in Probiotic Foods switched me onto the product.”
—
Sara, Naturopath specialising in Gut Health, Newcastle

“It’s on the counter and once we talk about allergies, immune system and probiotics, customers make the link with the gut and are ready to buy.”
—
Lorenzzo, Nature’s Health Traralgon

“Customers get the natural bacteria from fermented food which is so much better than synthetic strains.”
—
Emmeline, Health and Harmony Wholefoods, Rockhampton

“Fixing your gut bacteria can fix sugar cravings, no more chocolate binges.”
—
Sharon, Ormeau

THE CHEAT SHEET

We gathered all these tips and created a cheat sheet to make it easier to talk about Probiotic Foods. Naturally, when you have experienced the benefits first hand, or have heard Don Chisholm, a.k.a. The Gut Man, speak, it’s easy to talk about it! But if you are new to the range, here are top tips on moving Probiotic Foods off the shelf. Download the cheat sheet here, print and keep at the counter.

1. The power of Probiotic Foods is in the foods.
2. Good bacteria need food (prebiotics) to stay alive and thrive in the gut. Probiotic Foods contain certified organic wholefoods to feed good bacteria.
3. More good bacteria and fibre with each spoonful.
4. Naturally fermented with easy to absorb nutrition from wholefoods—vitamins minerals, and amino acids.
5. Shelf stable. Leave on the bench—so it’s easy to see and remember to take.
6. Made with a tough organic mother culture that contains 12+ strains of beneficial bacteria (view bacteria strains).
7. Start slowly! This is a powerful functional food for you and your gut. First time users start with ⅛ tsp (½ a capsule) and gradually build up to ½ tsp (2 capsules) morning and night. One container will last you more than a month!

Bacteria are our life force. Nothing can survive without essential bacteria (probiotics) and nothing can survive without nutrition getting to cells. Many health shops ask their customers to share some of their symptoms to help them decide whether they could benefit from Probiotic Foods. Here are some quick prompters:

• How do you digest? Do you feel heavy, bloated, with irregular bowels or heartburn?
• What is your energy like? Feeling tired, sluggish, craving sugar?
• Do you often feel moody, irritable, fuzzy in the head?

Offering the Day 1 / Day 30 Self-Check Questionnaire to your customers helps them their health progress, gives great feedback and supports repeat sales (download here.) Don’t forget you can always call the Gut Help Hotline Mon-Fri 9-5pm (07) 5549 3340.

Please share your tops tips and experiences with us. We love your passion for Probiotic Foods!

Medical disclaimer: This blog pro­vides gen­eral infor­ma­tion and dis­cus­sion about gut health and related sub­jects. Whilst every effort is made to present up to date information, the area of gut health and the microbiome are changing constantly. We welcome any comments or suggestions. By reading this blog, you agree not to use this blog as a substitute for medical advice to treat any medical condition in either yourself or others. The author encourages you to consult a health professional before making any health changes, especially any changes related to a specific diagnosis or condition. No information contained in these pages should be relied upon to determine diet, make a medical diagnosis, or determine treatment for a medical condition. The information is not intended to replace a one-on-one relationship with a qualified healthcare professional and is not intended as medical advice. Links to other (“third party”) web sites are pro­vided to you to expand understanding of the subject and are not an endorsement or rec­om­men­da­tion by the author for the ser­vices, infor­ma­tion, opin­ion or any other con­tent on the site or as an indi­ca­tion of any affil­i­a­tion, spon­sor­ship or endorse­ment of such third party web sites. Your use of other web­sites is sub­ject to the terms of use for such sites. By reading this blog, you agree that you are responsible for your own health decisions. NO information contained in this blog should be used to diagnose, treat, prevent or cure any disease or condition.The contents of these blogs are copyright and available to wholesale partners for free. We encourage you to share with your team and customers on the basis that “Probiotic Foods Australia” is the acknowledged author within the actual media that the blog is reproduced.

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There is no room on the label to show that all the Certified Organic foods have been fermented for more than three weeks by a super-culture of probiotics.

There is no room to show how by going through this fermentation process, all the foods on the label are now more easily absorbed. Which in turn means the released vitamins, amino acids and minerals have a greater chance to get to the cells where they are needed.

There is no room to say that over 20 years of research has created the best nutritionally released product in the world. With a continually expanding range of blends and capsules to suit the entire family.

With this in mind, please advise your customers to only use as little as 1/8th of a teaspoon when first taking these powerful, functional foods. Many people may not have experienced nutrition at this level. The aim is to slowly educate the body to receive quality nutrition.

What is also not apparent from our label is that the mother culture contains over 12 strains of beneficial bacteria, and has been cultured for more than 30 years. Our probiotics were originally cultured from food, not dairy, or faecal matter, nor made in a laboratory. They are uniquely resilient to heat (55ºC) and cold (0º) compared to commercially bred laboratory-raised bacteria.

Probiotic Foods blends and capsules do not need to be refrigerated and will survive in a cool dark place as the probiotics are alive in their own prebiotic food supply.

You can stock Probiotic Foods with the confidence that they do not contain additives or anything artificial—they are simply a source of wholefood energy.

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