Tammy Brill: Homemade Yogurt vs Cafeteria Yogurt (Under the Microscope)
Abel James Show
Abel James Bascom
4.7 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 11 November 2022
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
How do store-bought fermented foods like sauerkraut and yogurt, you might ask, match up against the kind you can make at home?
Well, most of the yogurts and "fermented foods" you find in the grocery store are unfortunately sorely lacking in the live nutrients department.
But when you eat the real thing, a food that's been fermented the right way for the right amount of time, you can tell that it's alive. It's burbling and fizzing, and when you eat it you can feel that it's actually doing something for you.
There's a magic as well as a host of health benefits to the ancient low-cost methods of fermenting our foods.
So, what is the difference between homemade and store-bought? Well, it gets a little bit into the weeds. But thankfully, today we're here with a specialist.
Joining us on the show is our dear friend, the wonderful and talented Tammy Brill, a noted scientist and educator in the field of gut health and fermented foods. After nearly 30 years of teaching as a microbiology instructor and university lab supervisor for biology and chemistry labs, Tammy shifted gears to become a health coach and master fermenter.
Tammy is a graduate of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, and an entrepreneur who started Fermented Delights, bringing homemade fermented foods like sauerkraut, kimchi, kvass, and more to farmers markets all around Pennsylvania.
On this show with Tammy Brill, we are chatting about:
- What happened when Tammy had her microbiology class look at homemade yogurt and cafeteria yogurt under the microscope
- Tips about longevity for your pets (coming from someone who has a 23-year-old cat and two 13-year-old dogs)
- A healthy food swap when you're stressed and want something crunchy
- Beginner-friendly fermented foods
- The gut-brain connection
- And much more…
Read the show notes: https://fatburningman.com/tammy-brill-homemade-yogurt-vs-cafeteria-yogurt-under-the-microscope/
You can find Tammy Brill on her website FermentedDelightsAndMore.com. Be sure to check the "Where To Buy" page for details on where you can find an assortment of her homemade fermented foods.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey folks, this is Abel James and thanks so much for joining us on this very special on the road edition episode of the fat burning man show where we talk about real food and real results. |
| 0:12.0 | How to store bought fermented foods like sauerkraut and yogurt you might ask. |
| 0:17.0 | Match up against the kind you can make at home. |
| 0:20.0 | Well, most of the yogurt and air quote fermented foods you find in the grocery store are unfortunately sorely lacking in the live nutrients department. |
| 0:30.0 | But when you eat the real thing, a food that's been fermented the right way for the right amount of time, you can tell that it's alive. |
| 0:38.0 | It's burbling with little bubbles floating up, you can see it fizzing and hissing and when you eat it you can feel that it's actually doing something for you. |
| 0:47.0 | There's a magic as well as a host of health benefits to the ancient low cost methods of fermenting our foods. |
| 0:54.0 | And what is the difference between homemade and store bought? Well, it gets a little bit into the weeds. |
| 0:59.0 | So thankfully today we're here with a specialist today. We're here with the wonderful and talented Tammy Brill our dear friend. |
| 1:07.0 | Tammy is a noted scientist and educator in the field of gut health and fermented foods. |
| 1:12.0 | After nearly 30 years of teaching as a microbiology instructor and university lab supervisor for biology and chemistry labs, |
| 1:20.0 | Tammy shifted gears to become a health coach and master fermenter. |
| 1:25.0 | Tammy is a graduate of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition and an entrepreneur who started fermented the lights, bringing homemade fermented foods like sourcrout, kimchi, kvass and more to farmers markets all around Pennsylvania. |
| 1:39.0 | Tammy invited my wife Allison and I to speak at Penn State University back around the launch of the wild diet book and when I was on that ABC TV show. |
| 1:47.0 | We had an absolute blast and even got to attend one of Tammy's microbiology classes and try an assortment of fermented foods. |
| 1:55.0 | I think you're really going to dig this one. |
| 1:57.0 | Now before we get to the interview with Tammy, do you have a question or a comment for me? |
| 2:01.0 | You might not find me on social media. |
| 2:04.0 | Number one, because I don't necessarily spend a whole lot of time there these days. |
| 2:09.0 | Number two, because some of our accounts have been in precarious positions or you might not be able to find them at all at this point. |
| 2:15.0 | So the best way to keep in touch with us is to go to fatburningman.com and sign up for our newsletter. |
| 2:21.0 | I'll send you a quick start guide as well as we have a whole bunch of delicious free recipes available. |
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