Healthy Mama Magazine Issue 2 - August 2014

feature LIFESTYLE What’s all the fuss about fermenting? We run our bodies a little bit like we run our cars. But instead of gasoline our fuel is food. Fermentation provides a rich source of probiotics that helps keep our engines running cleanly, but they need to work in conjunction with quality food to really keep that motor humming. The food is the fuel and the probiotic is the engine oil. And as usual it’s all about quality, not quantity. Humans have been eating fermented foods pretty much since the dawn of time. It’s an ancient practice that exists in almost all cultures. Our ancestors didn’t know anything about biology, they just knew what made them feel good and what provided them with the energy to get on with survival. In short, they knew about quality. Fermented food is pre-digested. Before you get your gross face on, listen to this. We use around 10% of our daily energy digesting food which gives us 100% of the energy we need to live. It’s probably one of the most important tasks we are doing daily and we don’t even realize it. Our guts are processing, breaking down and a '6

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