Fermented foods&probiotics – What’s the difference? with Bob Hutkins, PhD and Mary Ellen Sanders PhD - a podcast by Andrea Hardy

Are all fermented foods probiotics? Learn the important difference, and how to include them in your diet!

In this episode of Let's Gut Real, I interview Bob Hutkins, PhD and Mary Ellen Sanders, PhD on the important difference between fermented foods and probiotics.

We also talk about:

• What are fermented foods?
• What are probiotics?
• How fermented foods and probiotics differ and why it’s important to define a difference?
• Why do we need to be precise with conversations on probiotics?
• Discuss the new AGA's Clinical Practice Guidelines for Probiotics
• Where evidence exists to support the use of probiotics
• Bacterial persistence – if they don’t join our microbes why do they benefit us?
• How one would use fermented foods versus probiotics
• A bit about the history of fermented foods & our health
• Why including fermented foods in our diet is a good idea
• Is the research strong enough to recommend fermented foods in the diet? What evidence exists?

You can find up to date information on ISAPP by visiting https://isappscience.org or, if you listen to this before July 1st, you can sign up to their upcoming webinar ‘Fermented Food – Separating Hype from Facts.’ At 1pm BST (6 am MST).

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