TYH: Fermented Foods
Merry Christmas Eve! We are talking fermented foods today. It’s pretty safe to say that the majority of us have heard of Kombucha, touted a ‘health drink,’ but why? I chatted with Sherry Ogasawara, a Population Health Dietitian with Northern Health on the benefits of things such as Kombucha, which have undergone a process of fermentation.
So what exactly is ‘food fermentation’? The process is something that has been done “for thousands of years,” said Ogasawara, originally meant to preserve foods. The process includes the breakdown of carbs by bacteria and yeast, which leaves you with fermented foods such as Kimchi, Kombucha, Kefir, and Saur Kraut.
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