Standing at my kitchen counter, I can hear the effervescent popping and pinging of air bubbles in my water kefir. Often dubbed the body’s “second brain”, bad gut health has also been linked to depression and low mood. “Making a sauerkraut doesn’t take much longer than making a salad with salad dressing,” says Asa Linea Simonsson, a registered nurse and …
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 …
