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One of the most nutritious, yet basic fermented foods is sauerkraut.This sauerkraut with Daikon and garlic is quite tasty!
When fermented, the lowly cabbage is packed with nutrients. Add Daikon and garlic and you have a tasty treat!
I’m really in love with Daikon radish as it adds a bit of spice to any dish, yet is not too spicy. It also adds a lot of nutrition. Daikon is part of the brassica group of vegetables that are known to have many nutrients and benefits such as, anti-oxidants, electrolytes, minerals, vitamins and dietary fiber.
Daikon (and the other brassicas) contains the isothiocyanate anti-oxidant compound called sulforaphane. Research indicates that sulforaphane protects against prostate, breast, colon and ovarian cancers.
Daikon contains phytochemicals like indoles which are detoxifying agents and zea-xanthin, lutein and beta carotene, which are flavonoid antioxidants. The total antioxidant strength, or ORAC vlaue (oxygen radical absorbance capacity) is 1736 µmol TE/100 g. (source)
Combined with cabbage and garlic you have a powerful source of vitamin C, B vitamins, minerals and antioxidants.
A little goes a long way. Start with just a teaspoon with each meal as it provides enzymes that help to digest food as well as probiotics.
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Adding various fermented foods to your diet can greatly improve digestion and health!
Of critical importance is the addition of fermented foods and beverages that add strains of bacteria and yeasts.
Start to introduce homemade yogurt, coconut milk yogurt, kefir, kombucha, beet kvass, sauerkraut, and pickles just to name a few. Incorporate these fermented foods into your diet in small portions at first as they pack a powerful amount of bacteria that can set off a Herxheimer reaction, or die-off, if introduced too quickly.
Those folks with a damaged microbiome may need more targeted treatments that restore the microbiome, such as Helminthic Therapy and Fecal Microbial Transplantation.
While it can take a little time to get used to eating and drinking all the different cultures, it is a good course of action to introduce new cultured products as you move along on your health journey.
When you change your microbiome, you can change your health.
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