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Here’s a secret: the same probiotics that restore your inner ecosystem also make it easier for your body to absorb nutrients and build muscle! |
Restoring balance in your gut with probiotics boosts immunity and digestion, but did you know these healthy microflora also aid in muscle growth and weight loss?
If you’re trying to increase lean body mass, adding fermented foods and drinks to your diet will ensure more efficient digestion. And that leads to increased energy, better workouts, and easier muscle growth and repair.
The Link Between Probiotics and Muscle Growth
Kenneth Bock, M.D., the author of The Road to Immunity, says that gaining lean muscle mass is more work with an unhealthy gastrointestinal tract:
"Your colon, stomach and small intestine digest food and absorb nutrients. If either of these processes is hindered, it can result in a loss of nutrients, which your body borrows from skeletal muscle."1
Muscle-building expert and registered dietitian, James Collier, agrees that a good supply of healthy bacteria makes protein more readily available to your muscles, and burns fat more easily.
Probiotics also help prevent intestinal infection, so your body is more likely to absorb more and better nutrients.[ii] <#_edn2>
Now that you know how probiotics build stronger muscles, learn the most effective way to get these friendly bacteria thriving in your gut.
Will Probiotic Supplements and Mass-Market Products Do the Trick?
With the recent buzz about probiotics, it’s no wonder there are a lot of products at your local health food store designed to boost healthy microflora.
But how effective are they really?
How can you be sure that these probiotic supplements contain all the friendly microflora necessary to populate your gut, build your immunity, help you digest, and assist in lean muscle growth?
Unfortunately, the truth is that too many probiotic supplements vary widely in quality and potency.
One university study recently tested a wide variety of probiotic supplements and found that in four out of twenty products, no sign of living friendly bacteria was present.3
But What About Yogurt, You Say?
It’s true: many mass-produced food products such as Dannon Activa™ claim to decrease intestinal transit time.
While many yogurts do contain live active cultures, there are some problems:
In general, we at Body Ecology are not fans of yogurt, and instead, we recommend young coconut kefir to first help your body build up the dairy-loving bacteria that most people today are missing...and then milk kefir when your inner ecosystem is balanced.
If your body can digest dairy without symptoms, milk kefir is the better alternative to mass-produced or even home-made yogurt. Milk kefir is a cultured, enzyme-rich food that supplies complete protein, essential minerals, and valuable B vitamins. It is more alive than yogurt and it can also be made using raw milk from cows, goats or sheep. When you do not heat the protein in milk it is much easier to digest.
Young coconut kefir and Milk kefir are easy to make at home with Body Ecology’s Kefir Starter.
Unlike commercial yogurts which contain probiotics that do NOT colonize your colon, the bacteria and beneficial yeast in kefir can actually colonize the intestinal tract, which is they key reason you are eating these foods in the first place.
Milk kefir is also great food for anyone wanting to gain more weight via increasing muscle mass not fat. But, alas, not everyone can drink milk products today and are casein intolerant. Again, often drinking the young coconut kefir for a month or so and then slowly introducing dairy kefir may allow you to drink it safely. The young coconut kefir introduces the dairy-loving bacteria to your gut so that when you slowly introduce the casein-rich milk kefir, these bacteria (who were originally grown on milk) and can “learn” how to digest the new food. Just give them time to become skilled at breaking it down effectively by going slowly...about 1/4th cup per day for a week to ten days and then increasing in small increments.
Want to Accelerate Your Gut Recovery, Loose Weight, and Gain Lean Muscle Faster?
If you want to lose weight and gain muscle faster, then forget health food store probiotic supplements and revitalize your gut with potent, real fermented foods and drinks.
Probiotic-rich fermented foods and drinks multiply the nutrition in your food hundreds of times, nourishing you more with less food. On top of that, they help build healthy bacteria that keep you naturally slim. Research shows that people of normal weight have different bacteria in their guts than obese people.4
With a healthy inner ecosystem, you’ll feel satiated sooner.
Plus, microflora reduce cravings for processed sugars and alcohol – two big roadblocks to weight loss and a leaner body.
Here are some tips for easily incorporating probiotics into your diet the most effective way:
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However you choose to get in the best shape of your life, remember that lean muscle mass is key to a healthy body. Scientists agree that building muscle helps burn fat.
If you’ve been struggling with weight loss or your muscle growth is stalling, probiotics are the little-known tool for increased health and energy. With probiotics as part of your plan, you’ll have extra help that goes a long way.
Sources:
[i] Retain your gains: probiotics – think friendly bacteria – protect your muscle, heal your gut and boost your energy:
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1608/is_10_17/ai_80309843/
[ii] Ibid
[iii] Condor, Bob, "Living Well: 'Friendly' probiotics have some cons, too," Seattle P-I, 18 Dec, 2006. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/health/296142_condor18.html.
[iv] Prebiotic fibres may boost weight loss: http://www.nutraingredients.com/Research/Prebiotic-fibres-may-boost-weight-loss-Study