EcoBloom: Prebiotic To Feed Probiotics
Tara Carpenter, NC.
Nutrition Consultant specialized in supporting people of all ages with therapeutic nutrition to heal digestive related health issues.
Originally published on November 1, 2014.
I discovered EcoBloom in 2011 while healing with Body Ecology Diet (B.E.D.) to heal myself of systemic yeast overgrowth. After reading Donna Gates’ book I realized this prebiotic fiber was ideal to help me re-establish good gut flora, a.k.a. probiotics in my digestive system, a.k.a. “the gut” or better known as the tube that travels from the mouth to anus.
Good gut flora use EcoBloom as a primary source of food. This is a good thing, because the better fed your gut flora is, the better health we have.
When a person is low in the good gut flora department, they are typically at higher risk to develop an overgrowth in the bad flora department such as developing GBS+ or Candidiasis.
EcoBloom is a powder made of 100% chicory extract and medium/long chain FOS (fructooligosaccharides). It does not feed bad flora (i.e. yeast, bacteria, viruses) that live in the gut, but does feed the good flora.
If you have a health issue going on where the bad flora are acting up and causing health problems then you are in a perfect position to bring in a concentrated food source that is perfect for the good flora. They will eat this food and grow bigger in #’s so they can return to their police role and keep bad flora in check and lesser numbers than they themselves. This is why feeding the ‘good’ more than the ‘bad’ is great 🙂
Ingredients: 100% chicory extract powder (called Frutafit Inulin or FOS)
Benefits
- Feeds good flora living inside gut.
- Suppresses pathogenic growth (i.e. Candida, group B strep).
- Reduces toxins in liver and colon.
- Helps heal leaky gut.
- Stimulates immune system.
- Reduces colon pH.
- Enhances absorption of minerals, esp. calcium.
- Perfect for anyone healing with B.E.D. or GAPS.
Here is online quiz you can take to see if you have yeast overgrowth.
EcoBloom can be added to baked goods, salad dressing, Ujido Matcha, or green smoothies or into unsalted probiotic food (i.e. cultured veggies, yck) to help these already powerful foods become more potent.
Purchase EcoBloom HERE
Reference
Body Ecology (2016) EcoBloom. Retrieved at https://bodyecology.com/constipation-lose-belly-fat-probiotic-supplement-ecobloom.html
Photo Credit: https://bodyecology.com/
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