Quest for better gut health sparks rise in DIY fermenters, who preserve everything from garlic and cabbage to strawberries - and hail digestion, skin and energy benefits

Fermented foods are firmly in fashion, with demand for kimchi, kefir and sauerkraut soaring in recent years, as evidence grows about their health benefits. Social media creators give followers advice on how to ferment fresh ingredients to create good bacteria that's helpful for our microbiome One creator, who goes by the user name @lisa.beautify, exclaimed in a video where she makes kimchi, a traditional Korean dish made with salted and fermented vegetables: 'If you aren't eating your skincare, what are you doing?' Meanwhile, other creators offer recipes that claim to benefit other parts of health - including a recipe for honey fermented garlic, described as a 'super immune booster that fights cold and flu' Pickling mania has seen numerous bold claims made about miraculous medical benefits of fermented foods. A gut expert told FEMAIL: 'Fermented foods are rich in probiotics which are beneficial bacteria that help feed the gut microbiome' The popular TikToker, cripanddip, pictured with a jar of curry flavoured fermented cucumbers A TikToker revealing her fermented strawberries. Gut health expert Emily Leeming suggested that a healthy gut microbiome - cultivated by eating healthy foods with good bacteria like fermented foods - can make us more sociable and lead to a reduction in anxiety A Tiktoker shows off an experimental pickled crisp recipe.