Broth

Cold, little light and therefore zero energy? This is an autumn classic for most of us. The only thing that solves it properly is an escape to warmer climes or a strong immunity.

Almost everything can be said to help with immunity. Herbs, mushrooms, hardening off, staying outdoors, and lots of other formerly common habits. This lifestyle, close to nature, is pretty hard to live in overheated offices, with poor quality sleep and high levels of urban stress. So we have to go against that a little bit.

Strong broth

If there's one clear food drink that boosts immunity, it's broth. It's a superfood that gets a lot of highly digestible amino acids into us. These are the small molecules that make up protein. In addition, there are plenty of vitamins (like the now much needed vitamin D)), collagen and minerals.

Broth lubricates the intestine

Or to put it a little more professionally - it fundamentally helps to increase the permeability of the intestines. The intestine doesn't just act as a tube, but more like a sieve. Through it, nutrients, minerals and water enter the body. But if the holes in this human sieve are too big, various pathogens, badly digested pieces of food and other toxic things can get into our blood through it. The body then responds with chronic inflammation, allergies, but also psychological problems and fatigue.

Drinking broth on a regular basis reduces the permeability of our intestines, lubricates the tube and thus fundamentally helps immunity and perhaps even detoxifies the liver.

Include him

Drink warm, not boiling. We keep it at a nice 80°C at Goodlook in Jungmaňák. It's based on quality beef, but we're happy to add our cabbage juice or a spoonful of miso. This is fermented for a few months, originally a Japanese seasoning. You'll hear more about that, maybe next time.

Intestinal addendum

A healthy gut is crucial for humans and it is such a central theme for us. That's why we're tackling fresh vegetables, inventing new fermented drinks, exploring the microbiome and other gut influences. And we also have the Holy Gut shining in the middle of the business, right above the fridge with all that. A chandelier by Lukáš Novák that keeps reminding us why we do it all.