Foods made with probiotics that will surprise you and that favor the immune system

We have talked about the importance of vitamin D in defenses, the need not to introduce toxins such as tobacco and alcohol into the body, how healthy it is for our immune system having good sleep hygiene and being constant in the practice of physical exercise, and now it is the turn of probiotics: the foods that put the icing on the cake to improve your defenses.

Probiotics are a series of living microorganisms (most of them from the family of bacteria and yeasts) that if ingested in the right amounts reach the intestine and improve the balance of our intestinal microbiota. Consume certain probiotics has shown in various clinical studies that it can improve the body's immune response, in addition to promote the balance of the intestinal microflora and digestive processes.

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The most traditional way to consume probiotics is to include very common foods such as yogurt, or others much more exotic such as sauerkraut or kimchi. What unites both types of food is that they are fermented by bacteria: in the case of fermented dairy products such as yogurt or kefir, for example, they contain Lactobacillus and bifidobacteria.

A new way to consume probiotics

But this is not the only way that currently exists to get probiotics in your diet. Thanks to Functional Foods the range of products that include probiotics has been increasing on the supermarket shelves. The idea of ​​including them in foods as appetizing as salami, chorizo ​​or salami is striking.

Fermented meat products have a very rich nutritional profile, making their moderate consumption very interesting within a varied and balanced diet: they are a source of protein and essential amino acids, nucleotides, selenium, zinc, iron and vitamins B12 and B6. The novelty is found in ranges such as the one identified with the Nobleza seal developed by El Pozo, which have wanted to go one step further.

A probiotic ferment has been used in the curing process of the sausages in this range (which includes five products, salami and turkey chorizo, as well as salami, chorizo ​​and pork salami). Lactobacillus Rhamnosus which, together with its content of iron and B vitamins, involved in the proper functioning of the immune system, and the contribution of proteins and amino acids of high biological value, gives it a unique dietary profile.

In addition, studies carried out together with research group in Nutrition and Bromatology of the University of Granada concluded that “the intake of a new sausage with probiotic and its fermentation by the intestinal microbiota of the colon, produces a significant improvement in different markers of health status, related to the oxidative and inflammatory state, gastrointestinal health and the immune system ”.