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How fermented foods trigger weight loss in your body?

Posted on: 15/Jun/2018 1:15:24 PM
The only formula for effective weight loss is choosing the right diet pattern that suits your current lifestyle supporting the burning of fat with constant progression. To think about setting a diet plan is easy but the actual experimentation and execution is the ultimate challenge when it comes to dedication and unwavering commitment to the cause of weight loss. The successful weight loss will always tail from the result of persistence and disciplined approach in eating right food.

Many researches and analysis conducted all around the world suggest the possibility of reducing excess weight with only exercise and gym is very low without proper food source modification. Including easily digestible foods is the most common approach handled by people all over the world for the weight loss purposes. But the main criteria for easy digestion is having a proper healthy gut. So it comes around a simple strategy of consuming gut friendly food to encourage more weight loss in your daily life.

How to get a healthy gut?

One of the primary ways to get a healthy gut is to eat more fermented foods. Fermented foods will stimulate good bacterial growth in your stomach leading to better digestion. Better digestion means better accumulation of nutritional qualities from the food you consume. So bacterial growth plays a major role in determining the overall health of a person and also supporting the whole process of shedding away the excess weight from your body.

Fermentation is a process of breaking a substance into more simple particles by the yeast and bacteria acting upon it. The process is scientifically referred as zymology and so the food formed as a result of fermentation process improves digestion and also boosts the overall immune system of the human body. 

From the Indian scenario, vegetables are fermented to from pickles which is an effective probiotic intake. Also curd is formed as a result of fermentation process breaking down milk done by the yeast and bacterial formation. Yoghurt, Curd, Dhosa and Idi (Formed by the fermentation of the flour) are some of the major fermented foods found in India that can benefit you in many ways in terms of effective digestion and dietary intake during the weight loss process.

Fermented foods and weight loss

The bacterial growth in the fermented foods will react in a same way when it is re-digested inside the stomach. The micro Organisms inside the gut will ensure better digestion and breaking down of heavy foods. In this way the body tends to react in a way not to store excess fat and use the stored fat for energy with minimal body activity. Also fermented foods plays a major role in reducing overall inflammation of the body. Inflammation signals the body to go in the fat storage mode to store for the repairing process. Once the fermented foods reduce the need for the body to store excess fat the process of losing weight easily occurs in terms of metabolism and effective digestion through good bacterial formation in the gut.

Nutritional value of fermented foods

Fermented foods consists of many vitamins and minerals needed for the healthy functioning of the body. Vitamin B12 and Omega fatty acids acts an effective anti-aging property improving the overall imimmune system and resetting our metabolism rate leading to weight reduction. 

Fermented foods can fight against damaged cells in your body resulting in cancer prevention and other inflammatory diseases. Some of the lifestyle diseases like Diabetes, Irritable bowel syndrome, Hormonal imbalances and Obesity can be prevented by consuming regular intake of fermented foods