I love Traditional Organic Sauerkraut because it’s made with just good old salt and time! It’s amazing how salt and time can begin this amazing culture of Lactobacilli bacteria. Fermented foods contain many of the most important gut bacteria’s for superior gut health and in turn your fertility. The gut digests our hormones, therefore, without a fully functioning gut and balanced bacteria hormone disruption will often times result in infertility. In addition, research shows how a healthy fertile women, for example, will have a specific set of bacteria in her gut. Resulting in easier conception, a healthy pregnancy, and in turn a healthy baby. We have trillions of bacteria in our body and they also play a key role in our fertility. Fermented foods help you maintain healthy bacteria that promote fertility.
DISCLAIMER: Fermented foods aren’t for everyone. If you notice that you have obvious gut symptoms like gas or even histamine issues, you may want to steer away from fermented foods and see a functional practitioner like myself and be checked out for pathogenic infections or SIBO (Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth).
This traditional way (aka wild fermentation) of making sauerkraut is to simply sprinkle the cabbage with salt and then squeeze the cabbage with your hands to release the juices, which then becomes the brine. This process will render one major gut bacteria, lactobacilli, and of course possibly some other wild bacterias present in your home.
Another way to make sauerkraut which is more “new school” is to use a starter culture that contains full spectrum beneficial bacteria. Essentially eating a full spectrum probiotic, rather than just one single strand. I found this to be rather amazing!
Our ancestors understood that fermented foods were a health tonic and probiotic that could be stored for long periods and eaten especially during the cold months. So when you make a batch, try to make a big batch. That is what I am suggesting in this Traditional Organic Sauerkraut recipe today so that you will render about four 1 quart jars.
Enjoy and eat those fermented foods!!!
*If you would like to try other fermented vegetable recipes check out this Organic Pink Sauerkraut Using Bubbies Brine & my Organic Cauliflower Carrot Ferment.
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