The immune system and intestinal bacteria

About 75% of our immune system is inside our intestines. It is extensively regulated by our intestinal microbiome, or the billions of bacteria, viruses and fungi that live in our digestive tract. Your diet is the determining factor that ensures the optimal composition and function of your intestinal microbiome.

Eat more greens

Professor Oluf Borbye Pedersen leads an international team of scientists at the Novo Nordisk Foundation’s Center for Basic Metabolic Research at the University of Copenhagen, analysing “beneficial bacteria” (or probiotics) in the intestine. In his book “Magtfulde mikrober: A study on good bacteria” (for Danish readers only), he has the following recommendations: “Eat a high-fibre diet with lots of vegetables, especially the coarser varieties. Increase your intake of fish and poultry. Minimise your consumption of fatty meats from four-legged animals and high-fat dairy products. Increase the amount of vegetable and fish oils. Keep your consumption of sugary products, low-fibre bread and alcohol to a minimum. You should also avoid industrially-processed foods.”

The favourite diet of a bacterium

He also points out that “Probiotics” preferred diet is leaf and root vegetables; eaten raw, fermented or boiled. He stresses that intestinal probiotics are able to extract a number of micro-nutrients in plant-based foods, including flavonoids and polyphenols. Flavonoids and polyphenols have both been linked to the prevention of serious illnesses.”

You are what you eat

The food that we consume is not just nourishment. It is also crucial to the composition of the bacteria that is found in our intestines. Probiotics like lactic acid bacteria strains contain enzymes that allow us to access a number of plant agents that are beneficial to our health. Our own intestinal enzymes are unable to perform this process.

FERMENTED DANDELION

AND LACTIC ACID BACTERIA

In addition to the active agents found in dandelion, Herrens Mark Fermented Dandelion Extract also contains a broad range of lactic acid bacteria which occur naturally on and in organic herbs. Herrens Mark does not select individual bacteria strains but takes advantage of the diversity of bacterial strains that occur naturally on herbs and vegetables that are cultivated in healthy organic soil. Humans have been consuming these bacteria for thousands of years and they are part of our development as a species.