Blue Cheese Health Benefits
Blue cheeses contain significant amounts of Penicillium bacteria. Like other fermented foods (yogurt, kefir, and tempeh), aged blue cheeses including roquefort and gorgonzola contain health-promoting live and active cultures (AKA “bacteria”) commonly known as probiotics.
This rather smelly but tasty cheese has Testosterone-boosting benefits. The microbes that create the distinctive blue cheese flavor can help enhance the body’s own gut microflora.
Blue cheese microbes include lactic acid bacteria and Bifidobacteria. There are also live enzymes and other helpful compounds that all support healthy T levels.
The probiotics (microbes) in blue cheese help protect cells from the damaging effects of certain toxic compounds such as organophosphorus pesticides, bisphenol A, heavy metals and perchlorate, that all have T-lowering effects. Some act as estrogenic agents that can lead to higher estrogen levels and consequent lower testosterone levels.
