Fermented foods of all sorts can be very help to enhance someone’s health. The good bacteria in our digestive tracts help direct immunity, make seratonin (that helps us sleep), and helps us to absorb our food vitamins. This video lists many sources of live culture or fermented foods that may benefit your health. It also talks about how antibiotics can negatively impact our long term health through allowing three things to overgrow in a person’s digestive tract. And lastly, you’ll find out the tools for how to rebuild your microbiome so that your long term health picture may have a happier, brighter future.
It is best to start with a small amount of fermented foods and work up slowly. The author of Wild Fermentation, Sandor Katz, recommends eating them frequently and daily, possibly with every meal. (You can see my video interview with Sandor Katz here on YouTube, or also on iTunes and Google podcasts, Vimeo, Libsyn.com, SoundCloud and Stitcher).
After you’ve done this for a while, you can think about taking a probiotic supplement that is low in number and strains, and then working up. Again, you don’t want to flood your body with toxins right away.
Caution: If you are already in a poor state of health, please check with your doctor before starting fermented foods. This is because as we add good bacteria, any so-called bad bacteria can die off. This causes the release of toxins. This state could further impair the health of someone who is already struggling with their health.
Caution: Also, people who experience bloating may have Small Intestine Bowel Overgrowth (or SIBO for short). If someone has bloating after eating fermented foods, it is also contraindicated to eat more fermented foods. Go see a doctor.