What’s So Great About Fermented Foods?

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'Taking Your Health to the Next Level

Probiotics are super popular these days, which may have you thinking, Is this just another diet fad?

The truth is that cultures around the world have consumed probiotics naturally in fermented foods for their potential health benefits for centuries. In addition to buying the many probiotic products on the market today, you can easily make your own tasty and nutritious probiotic foods to your family’s diet with surprisingly little effort or expense.'

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The Amazing Health Benefits of Fermented & Cultured Beverages & Foods

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'In modern society, one of the things we don’t do much of is eat real cultured and fermented foods. These foods have been staples of the human diet all over the world for thousands of years. Since the Industrial Revolution, the advent of packaging, processing, and convenience foods have seen the disappearance of these highly beneficial, nutrient-dense foods.

Throughout time, cultures all over the world have created cultured foods and beverages out of necessity. When a dairy cow produced a surplus of milk and all of it could not be consumed at once before spoilage, fermentation was born. Fermentation allowed the food to be preserved so it could be consumed later, and it was done simply by using the naturally-occurring healthy bacteria in the food.'


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How to Make Sauerkraut (My Simple No-Fail Method!)

'How to Make Homemade Fermented Sauerkraut (Pink Ginger Sauerkraut)

1 Head Green Cabbage

1 Head Purple Cabbage

2-3 tbsp Sea Salt

2-4 tbsp Fresh Ginger

1 Lemon Squeezed

1-2 cups Water

1) Gather the ingredients needed for the sauerkraut recipe you are planning make…

2)  Chop off the base of the cabbage and put aside for later…

3) Shred the heads of cabbage (using a hand-shredder or food processor)…

4) Combine shredded cabbage and all other ingredients in a large bowl…'

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Fermenting Vegetables with Sandor Katz

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