202: What you don't know about ferments

Wise Traditions

Weston A. Price Foundation

Wellness, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health, Nutrition, Diet, Health

4.7 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2019

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Fermented foods are SO popular right now: from kimchi to kombucha to kraut to kefir. But do they live up to the hype? Why are they thought to be so good for us? Can you ever eat too much of them? What does die-off look like? Which are the best ones to incorporate into our diet?

In front of a LIVE audience in Southern California, fermentation experts Monica Ford and Elaina Luther answer a wide variety of questions related to ferments. Monica is an ancestral cuisine chef, who launched Real Food Devotee, the first ancestral cuisine delivery service in the country. Elaina Luther is the founder of Culture Club 101, a "beyond organic" nourishing café, specialized grocery store, and community learning center.

Together, with fun and flair, they explore the myths & little-known truths about ferments. How do they boost our health exactly? Which help to fight eczema? Which fight fungal infections? Is it true that eating ferments counterbalances the carcinogenic effects of grilled meats? And what’s the deal with kombucha? Is there too much sugar in it for it to do us much good?

Just when you thought you knew all there was to know about the subject, Monica and Elaina bring up some surprising revelations about these ancient, nearly magical foods.

For more from Monica, visit her website: realfooddevotte.com.

For more from Elaina, visit cultureclub101.com

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0:00.0	So a lot of my clients will come to me at first and say, oh, I don't like Sour Crow, do I have to eat it?
0:06.0	And after they began having some other fermented foods, like fermented sodas and kind of these gateway fermented foods.
0:14.0	Nerd alert.
0:16.0	Once they begin doing that at the beginning, then they come back to
0:20.0	Sourcrowd and they'll often say to me,
0:22.0	what are you doing different with your sour crowd?
0:24.2	What's up with your pickles?
0:25.3	They're so much better now.
0:26.8	And it's nothing I'm doing differently.
0:29.7	It's just that their taste buds are changing.
0:32.4	They're evolving.
0:33.3	From the Weston A Price Foundation,
0:41.6	welcome to the Wise Traditions Podcast for Wise Traditions in Food,
0:45.7	Farming, and the Healing Arts.
0:47.6	We are your source for scientific knowledge and traditional wisdom to help you achieve optimal
0:52.2	health.
0:53.0	Hey everybody, I'm your host Total Abradaagore and this is episode 2002. Our guests today are
1:06.4	fermentation experts Monica Ford and Elena Luther. Monica is the real food
1:11.5	devotee who started the first real food delivery service in the nation and maybe the world.
1:17.0	She collaborates with local farmers to bring the best of healing nutrient-dense foods to those she serves in Southern California.
1:24.8	And she is a frequent speaker on fermentation across the country.
1:28.1	Elena Luther is the founder of Culture Club 101, which is a Learning Center, Specialty Store, and Beyond Organic Nourishing
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