Probiotics Are A Girl’s Best Friend: How Eating Fermented Foods Can Improve Your Health
Kefir, sauerkraut, and sourdough bread probably aren’t among the first things that pop into your mind when you think health food, but growing research shows that they might be just what your body needs in order to function on all cylinders. That’s because they’re loaded with probiotics – good bacteria that are essential to the health of your gut, and therefore, your overall health.
While we may be only recently understanding their benefits, the tradition of eating fermented foods dates back thousands of years. Fermenting was originally used as a way to preserve food that would otherwise go bad. Since the advent of the refrigerator, we now eat fermented foods because they provide our bodies with a healthy dose of probiotics – live microbes that are naturally created during the fermentation process.