PART 1 Trendy-or reality...the importance of healthy (natural) human bacteria-living life in GI tracts or on the biggest organ-the skin- has people re-thinking what they eat or slather on. In turn - hundreds ( thousands ) of products/supplements aiming to ameliorate microbiota deficiencies-have flooded the consumer market. One solution-duh-so easy and natural-embrace the different ethnic cuisines that already serve up foods loaded with a variety of LIVE probiotics-meaning fermented foods with live organisms (seriously there loads of ideas-a Google search yielded 400,000 results in.03 seconds). Yogurts-kefir, cheeses, non-heated sauerkraut, miso, kimchi, tempeh, kombucha, natto...are some probiotics loaded home runs- granted -maybe are spicy or tangy acquired tastes. via GIPHY Another healthy eating trend -for proper gut functions-is to 'feed' the aforementioned acquired probiotic bacteria...with prebiotics-which is just getting a lot of attention-as aut...