Kraut Loves You

It’s true. Long known and regarded by traditional cultures as a “Super Food” modern science is finally proving our ancestors right. Include fermented foods on a regular basis in your diet and you’ll soon notice a jump in your step, a glean in your eye and maybe even look like the guy on the left. You’ll find extensive information on this topic with a quick google search but in the meantime, here’s a primer:

Typical Austrian boy who ate his kraut

Digestive

Eating sauerkraut is a great way to protect the balance of bacteria in your gastrointestinal tract. Sauerkraut is one of the few foods that contain the bacterium Lactobacilli plantarum, a very dominant strain of healthful bacteria which helps to inhibit pathogenic organisms including E.coli, salmonella and unhealthy overgrowth of candida. With ph levels that hover around 3.6-3.7, sauerkraut is also super alkalinizing.

Immune

One of the not so secret benefits of sauerkraut is the boost it gives to immune systems. Packed with vitamins and minerals, sauerkraut has been used as a lay immune booster for centuries.

Weight

In her book, Fast Track Detox Diet, Anne Louise Gittlemen recommends a little sauerkraut every morning to stimulate digestion. Nutritionists now know that an important key to weight loss is a healthy digestive track and a happy liver. German women have known for years that sauerkraut is a super diet food.

Heart

Sauerkraut contains flavonoids, a phytochemical that the American Heart Association’s Nutrition Committee reports can help lower cholesterol and reduce the risk of heart disease.

Cancer

A study published in the Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry found that the process of fermenting cabbage produces isothiocyanates, which have been shown to prevent cancer growth–especially in the breast, colon, lung, and liver.

Dr. Oz recommended!