Mountain food as a natural probiotic: Evidence from Central and Eastern European nutrition and behaviour

Abstract

The present work discussed the importance of mountain foods/products and services in the context of healthier nutrition and behaviour with the application to agribusiness. It highlighted the necessity of human behaviour in consuming mountain products as natural probiotics. It analysed mountain food and the associated entrepreneurship for Austria and other Central and Eastern European countries (foods/products and services), especially from the mountain area. The Eurostat database used experimental and clinical research regarding representative mountain food from Central and Eastern European areas. Data from Eurostat are processed in Excel and SPSS, using similar models of analysis from published papers. Experimental analysis was obtained and collected from different recognised sources. The clinical study is family-based background. Results presented mountain products with natural probiotic effects, and pointed out the importance of useful Central and Eastern European natural probiotics, namely yogurt, Allium sativum (garlic), natural honey, and the Austrian entrepreneurship of mountain products model followed by the Central and Eastern European countries. Central and Eastern European countries present important mountain products such as natural probiotics, useful for healthier nutrition and behaviour. Mountain entrepreneurship has developed significantly in the last decade; people from these areas recognise the importance of mountain products in developing healthier nutrition and behaviour.