Is there
any kind of fermented food that's bad for the heart that you know about other than beer?
All of the healthiest, most long lived cultures have always had
some kind of fermented food as a staple of their diet.
What
kind of fermented foods do you advise?
There are many
kinds of fermented foods.
Beer might not be the healthiest thing to drink, but San Diego scientists suspect various
kinds of fermented foods and drinks could have beneficial effects on the microbes in our guts.
Not exact matches
I'm
kind of scared when working with mold and
fermenting food, but this recipe looks very easy and clear to follow.
But I'm
kind of a newbie to
fermented food — for how long does a jar last after you open it up?
Other high - quality
foods that have been shown to support mental health include
fermented foods (kimchi, kefir, sauerkraut, and pickles), avocados, green tea, a variety
of other fruits, and most any
kind of vegetable you can think
of.
For example, generally I have in my diet daily:
fermented cod liver oil with butter oil (a blend), raw whole
food vitamin B complex, raw whole
food vitamin C, True Calm (GABA amino acid blend), local and pastured eggs, raw and whole milk yogurt, grass - fed butter, fresh produce, lacto -
fermented veggies (pickles, carrots, sauerkraut), raw cheese, water kefir, beet kvass, elderberry syrup, and some
kind of pastured or grass - fed meat.
I
kind of love this trend, not just because kimchi doesn't require a special trip to an Asian market, but because
fermented food has some amazing health benefits that more people are getting to experience.
«The
fermented -
foods fad will go, but Britt's as a level
of artistry that we think will transcend any
kind of trend.»
If you eat one meal with
fermented foods every day, your gut will be dominated by beneficial probiotic species
of microbes, and they will start to build and make all
kinds of essential nutrients like B12, vitamin B6, vitamin K2, and biotin.
Foods like kraut, kimchi (a special
kind of pickled cabbage that's a staple in Korean cuisine, pictured above), kombucha, kefir, miso, and pickled vegetables are all examples
of fermented foods.
My understanding is that one needs to have a lot
of healthy complex carbohydrates (all
kinds of vegetables) along with some
fermented foods like sauerkraut, kimchi, etc..
Other high - quality
foods that have been shown to support mental health include
fermented foods (kimchi, kefir, sauerkraut, and pickles), avocados, green tea, a variety
of other fruits, and most any
kind of vegetable you can think
of.
Fermented foods — if the right
kind of bacteria are used — also contain Vitamin K2 in the form
of (mostly) MK - 7.
You could add
fermented turmeric to any
kind of food you'd like.
So if you have SIBO, you have an overgrowth
of this
kind of bacteria, and then you take probiotics or
fermented foods, you could actually end up making yourself worse.
Another potential reason is SIBO, small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, because SIBO sometimes involves an overgrowth
of certain types
of bacteria that produce lactic acid, and Lactobacillus acidophilus is one
of those
kinds of bacteria, and that's frequently included in probiotics, and it's also in
fermented foods.
If you've tried other
kinds of probiotics and
fermented foods and you don't react well to those, you could start with Prescript - Assist, but instead
of taking two capsules a day, which they recommend on the bottle to start with, you would take maybe a third
of a capsule.
Other people have disruptions in the gut flora, which makes them less able to tolerate histamine, and so when they eat
fermented foods like cheese or yogurt or sauerkraut or wine or vinegar, they experience all
kinds of different symptoms ranging from headaches to hives, skin issues, fatigue, bloodshot eyes, nausea, all
of which are mediated by histamine, which is what is involved in the
kind of allergic response, like if you get stung by a bee.
Miso paste is
fermented soy and is an ingredient in something
kind of yummy that is sold at the local health
food store that is OK re fodmaps on all other counts.
And I think, you know, some couple sources
of fermented foods that you want to throw in a weekly, whether it's a lower sugar Kombucha,
fermented pickles, sauerkrauts, uhm — those are all good standard options that you can
kind of add in.
The
kinds that pack a probiotic punch, like all good - quality
fermented foods, can be found in the refrigerated section
of the supermarket, usually in the same neighborhood as tofu and kimchi.
So what
kind of foods have a tendency to
ferment more or
ferment faster than others?
You can buy cabbage at most health
food stores (be sure to get the
kind that's kept in the fridge as the beneficial bacteria die - off within two weeks
of being at room temperature), and you can also make your
fermented foods.
Fermented food provides the best
kind of bacteria you can get for your gut!
Fermented foods develop a good
kind of bacteria through the process
of fermentation.