Love Your Gut with Faecalibacterium
Faecalibacterium is an intestinal flora and an anti-inflammatory bacteria. You want this bacteria! If you are lucky, or you are eating well, it lives in your intestines.
You might be thinking, ewww gross. But, really, what you should be thinking is “Oh! That is awesome!“
This is because Faecalibacterium is usually found in healthy people’s guts. And, in fact, monitoring its presence, or lack thereof, could be a way to early identify various intestinal disorders (Siles et al., 2017; Wright et al., 2015).
This post is all about the health benefits of faecalibacterium!
Faecalibacterium is usually found in healthy people’s guts. And, in fact, monitoring its presence, or lack thereof, could be a way to early identify various intestinal disorders
How to Incorporate Faecalibacterium Prausnitzii into Your Health Routine
Faecalibacterium prausnitzii or F. prausnitzii, is a super important micro superstar that resides in our guts. In fact, it accounts for between 5-15% of our gut micro bacteria (Heinken et al., 2014)! So, how do you get this Faecal-something into your intestine? Well, one way is to add ginger to your diet (Wang et al., 2021).
Faecalibacterium prausnitzii is a super important micro superstar that resides in our guts and accounts for between 5-15% of our gut micro bacteria!
Dr. Kait, for more details read Heinken et al, 2014
Faecalibacterium Can Be Found in Ginger Root
Add ginger to your diet to get an extra boost of Faecalibacterium! You can use ginger powder, or minced ginger that comes in a little pod in the produce section. I’ve done both, but if you want to get the micro super star Faecalibacterium, fresh is the way to go.
I have a special love for ginger root after nicknaming my daughter Ginger (her given name is Virginia). When Virginia became Ginger, we did all things Ginger, from gingerbread houses at Christmas to adding ginger into recipes.
Fresh Ginger Has Plenty of Faecalibacterium Benefits
Fresh ginger is really good! In a recent study on the benefits of ginger, scientists used a randomized controlled trial, which is the gold standard for medicine, and followed 123 healthy adults who agreed to drink ginger juice every day and a control group of similarly matched people (using a lot of fancy stastistical techniques to do so) who were not drinking ginger juice.
They measured their microbiota gut health Pre, During and Post intervention and found:
And guess what? Other studies found similar results (Mozaffari-Khosravi et al., 2016; Jiang et al., 2013).
Recipes with Fresh Ginger On Kait’s Cupboard
You can incorporate faecalibacterium into your diet through gut healthy meals! Find recipes using fresh ginger on my blog by searching ginger, or check out some of the highlighted recipes below!
The Anatomy of an Asian Chicken Noodle Recipe to Love
There is something so comforting about walking into a house filled with the smell of homemade soup. The kids love chicken noodle soup, but I like to change it up every so often to keep things interesting! If you love chicken noodle soup, peanuts, and want to sneak in some green to your diet try this asian chicken noodle recipe tonight! Click here for my Asian Chicken Noodle Recipe.
1 Amazing Ginger Chicken Stir Fry to Try Right Now
If you had only one chance in life to cook a Chinese inspired dish, ginger chicken stir fry is the ONE RECIPE you have to make.
Ginger chicken stir fry combines ginger chicken, asian vegetables, bok choy leafy greens, and peanuts set on top of thick Udon noodles. If you love a quick weeknight meal, this one fits the bill. Using frozen Asian vegetables instead of assembling them all myself, makes this super easy to throw together even on Wok Wednesday! Honestly, this recipe is so good you might even think twice before ordering out again! Check out my Ginger Chicken Stir Fry here!
Love Your Gut and Add Faecalibacterium to Your Diet Today!
The benefits of faecalibacterium are just beginning to come to the fore. We already know faecalibacterium prausnitzii supercharges your immune system, fights off leaky gut, and some chronic disease.
Next time you’re thinking about adding fresh ginger to a recipe, go for it! You’ll get a ton of extra flavor and all the added health benefits of faecalibacterium!
