Bittersweet Truth

​​How bitter foods support health and digestion

Bitter? No, thank you! Unfortunately, this is often the first reaction to the rather unpopular taste. Bitter foods are a blessing for our digestion, but unfortunately, we ban them from our diet. Today I will show you why we should enjoy them much more often and in which foods they are found.

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What are bitter foods?

Bitters (bitter substances) summarize all bitter-tasting ingredients in plants. In nature, bitter substances mostly occur in the form of secondary plant substances and have the task of protecting the plants from predators, for example. We, humans, find the bitter taste rather unpleasant because it was once considered a warning sign of poisonous plants. Incidentally, this warning system is even more sensitive in children, since their detoxification system is not yet as well developed as that of...Read More
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