-: Researchers are now documenting the many health
benefits of the microorganisms in yogurt.
The bacteria are able to reach our
gastrointestinal tract and produce end products
that are healthy for our gut health.
And sauerkraut is simply fermented cabbage
and when sauerkraut is fermented
those bacteria grow as long as the sauerkraut's not
heat treated like a lot of cans or jars,
you get the live bacteria.
Miso is basically a soybean paste,
loaded with lactic acid bacteria that again
if you eat it, they reach the gastrointestinal tract
much the same as the sauerkraut and the yogurt.
Lot's of interest in miso and other asian fermented foods,
kimchi is another one,
this is a European style salami that has not been cooked.
So there will be live bacteria
in this dry fermented sausage.
There's a cup of coffee here.
One of my favorite fermented foods.
There will be no live organisms in the roasted coffee.
That's not to say that the microorganisms haven't made
that product healthier by virtue of their fermentation.
So they help extract,
and another good example of this is wine,
which also has no live microorganisms,
but the fermentation enhances the extraction
of phytochemicals and polyphenolics
that have anticancer, good for heart,
they extract those from the raw materials,
and they end up in the food.
It's not always so easy to find
which foods, you have to read the label,
yogurt's a go-to,
because yogurt will always have live organisms.