The Health Benefits of Fermented Food

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Fermented foods are rich in healthy bacteria that improve overall gut health, but a healthy stomach is just the start. Here's the long-short of why fermented foods, specifically lacto-fermented vegetables, are good for you:

• Improved stomach health
• Strengthened immune system
• Keeps you regular
• Assists with weight loss
• Lowers cholesterol 
• Increases nutrient absorption
• Attributed to cancer prevention
• Helps alleviate stomach-related diseases, including irritable bowel syndrome and Crohn's disease
• Prevents allergic disease development in children 
• Relieves depression (research in progress on the relationship between the stomach and mental health) 

Learn more on how and why lacto-fermented foods are good for you from fermentation expert and author, Sandor Katz, in the video below.

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