Japanese superfood prevents flu infection

[DeSwiss]

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Scientists have discovered that bacteria found in a traditional Japanese pickle can prevent flu. Could this be the next superfood?

The research, which assesses the immune-boosting powers of Lactobacillus brevis from Suguki – a pickled turnip, popular in Japan – in mice that have been exposed to a flu virus, is published today (06 November) in the SfAM journal, Letters in Applied Microbiology.

Lead researcher, Ms Naoko Waki of KAGOME CO., LTD. in Japan said: "Our results show that when a particular strain of Lactobacillus brevis is eaten by mice, it has protective effects against influenza virus infection."

Suguki enthusiasts have often cited its protective powers but it is not known yet whether the same effects will be seen in humans. Human clinical trials using a probiotic drink containing Lactobacillus brevis KB290 bacteria are underway and scientists are hopeful that, given a suitable quantity of bacteria, foods containing them may turn out to be the next superfood.

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[darkangel218]

1. Thats awesome news!.

Hopefully it works, fingers crossed.

[intaglio]

2. Kagome

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kagome_(company) a vegetable marketing company which has recently purchased a lactobacillus "health food" subsidiary and is partnered with Heinz.

I think they might have an interest in marketing this stuff

[RobertEarl]

3. German's have sauerkraut

It works for me!!

Pickled cabbage. Gee, both are pickled foods?? Is vinegar all that good?

[mahina]

7. I make kimchi and it works for us!

Ono too...

[DeSwiss]

19. Love krauhhttttttt....

[davidpdx]

4. I remain skeptical

Koreans think kimchi can cure anything.

[azurnoir]

5. open a jar and take wiff

I believe them or I'm scared of what could live in that stuff

[davidpdx]

6. I live with a Korean

Every time I open the refrigerator I smell kimchi.

[azurnoir]

9. and yet you doubt

the sheer power of kimchi

[Kablooie]

8. They serve the same pickled turnips at Zankou Chicken here in LA.

Zankou Chicken is an Amenian fast food chain with the most amazing chicken you'll ever have. They have a unique secret garlic spread that is heavenly.
And now we know it Prevents flu as well!

[DeSwiss]

18. Thanks for the recipe! ;-) n/t

[snagglepuss]

29. Honestly I should alert on you for torturing me. That looks too too delectable.

Do you think that middle eastern pickled turnips have the same health properties as the Japanese pickled turnip?

[Kablooie]

33. I just found out that the pink pickled turnips are different from suguki that the article is about.

Japanese eat many different kinds of pickled turnips and other vegetables daily, the middle eastern pickled turnips taste exactly like the Japanese ones, but suguki is not one of the common styles.
My wife, who is Japanese, couldn't even remember what suguki is.

[NBachers]

10. When I read the headline, I thought this was going to be about Natto!

[DeSwiss]

17. Thanks!

- Yum?

[loli phabay]

20. looks like colon cleanse advert results.

[DeSwiss]

27. !!!

[Bonobo]

11. They must be talking about takuan

[Kablooie]

12. We always just refer to that as daikon at my home.

Even though daikon is just the raw vegetable.
I don't know why we never use 'takuan' but my wife never does.

[Bonobo]

13. Is your wife from Japan?

There are other pickles (tsukemono) that could also be made from daikon such as yuzu daikon or asari zuke, etc.

Why don't you start calling it takuan? If she is Japanese, it might make her feel more home-y.

[Kablooie]

15. from Kyoto, Kyo'onna, but we met while she was working in Tokyo.

She makes some of the tsukemono at home.
Others come from the Japanese grocery stores in LA's Little Tokyo.

[Bonobo]

16. Wonderful.

I love kansai women, especially Kyoto.

[Bonobo]

14. Oh they are not talking about takuan

It is suguki I now see. My wife says it is made from leaves rather than the daikon itself.

[ryan_cats]

21. But, does it help with radiation exposure?

But, does it help with radiation exposure? Seeing how Fukishima is still spewing out a lot of radiation.

[DeSwiss]

24. Here ya go.....

Zeolite

DMSO

RADEX RD1503+ - Radiation Detector

[Silent3]

22. Even if this turns out to work, the term "superfood" sets my bullshit detector on high alert. n/t

[DeSwiss]

25. Same thing they used to say......

...when some guys started claiming that little microscopic animals lived in pond water.

[Silent3]

30. Huh?

I don't recall the discovery of microscopic life or the development of the germ theory of disease being linked with any then-contemporary equivalent of marketing or tabloid lingo.

Are you trying to say that it's not enough to take individual foods on a case-by-case basis and look for their possible benefits, but that science is desperately lacking a "superfoods theory", perhaps that we'll later regret the lost opportunity to have started calling lots of foods superfoods sooner?

[DeSwiss]

31. Nope. n/t

[madokie]

23. I guess I can learn to eat pickled turnips

not sure about that though. I think theres a pretty good chance I can 'cause I like most anything pickled. Hell I worked at pickling my brain for years all the booze I used to drink so I ought to be able too

Thx for the post and link

[DeSwiss]

26. De nada.

Natto Veggie Caps

Natto for the Adventurous

[ZombieHorde]

28. Or I can just get a flu shot. nt

[DeSwiss]

32. Sure, go ahead.......

...and take a shot at it.

- Good luck.