Will fermented foods improve my gut health?

ZOE Science & Nutrition

ZOE

Nutrition, Science, Health & Fitness, Education

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🗓️ 27 October 2022

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Fermentation is a hot craze in fancy restaurants around the world. And fermented foods, like kombucha and kimchi, are even sold in corner stores. Listeners of this show will have heard that fermented foods might benefit our gut health. But these foods make us uneasy. The idea of letting food rot, then eating it goes against everything our parents taught us. So, is fermentation scary and dangerous? This episode will show you why it's not only safe but beneficial to eat fermented foods, and that fermenting foods is something you can try at home. Jonathan speaks to Tim Spector and Sandor Katz — whom the food magazine CHOW calls a provocateur, trendsetter, and rabble-rouser — to better understand the fabulous world of fermentation. Sandor Katz is a food activist who is widely credited with reintroducing fermentation to the US and the UK, calling himself a fermentation revivalist. Tim Spector is a co-founder at ZOE and one of the top 100 most cited scientists in the world. Download our FREE guide — Top 10 Tips to Live Healthier: https://zoe.com/freeguide Timecodes: 00:00 - Intro 00:13 - Topic introduction 02:21 - Quickfire questions 04:10 - Isn’t fermentation niche? 05:05 - What is fermentation? 07:36 - Why did our ancestors ferment their food? 08:54 - How is fermentation preserving food? 12:45 - What are the impacts on our health of eating fermented foods? 16:27 - How to make kimchi 19:00 - What is kefir? 20:25 - Why are fermented foods good for our health 24:19 - Why don’t we have to worry about bacteria in fermented foods? 29:36 - What are the best fermented foods to get started with? 34:16 - Can you purchase fermented foods at stores? 39:26 - 5 tips for people interested in trying fermented foods 42:42 - Summary 44:17 - Listener’s question: What’s the most unusual food that you’ve fermented? 45:16 - Goodbyes 45:24 - Outro Episode transcripts are available here. Follow Sandor: https://www.instagram.com/sandorkraut/ Learn Sandor’s sauerkraut recipe here. Get Sandor’s book here. Follow ZOE on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zoe/ This podcast was produced by Fascinate Productions.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Zoe, Science and Nutrition, where world-leading scientists explain how their
0:04.9	research can improve your health.
0:14.5	Firmamentation is the hot craze in fancy restaurants across the Western world.
0:21.5	Fremented foods with strange names like kombucha and kimchi are now sold in corner stores.
0:28.8	The listeners of this show will have heard that fermented foods might benefit our gut health.
0:37.0	But these foods make us uneasy. The idea of letting food rot and then eating it goes against
0:43.4	everything our parents taught us. So is fermentation scary and dangerous?
0:50.4	Many of us don't realise that some of our favourite foods are already fermented. Bread, cheese,
0:56.4	lime, all amazing examples of how microbes can transform what we eat.
1:02.8	This episode will show you why it's not only safe but beneficial to eat fermented foods,
1:08.0	and that this is something you can do yourself at home. In fact, we will even share an easy
1:12.3	recipe to get started. Joining us on this episode is author and food
1:17.6	activist, Sandor Katz, who is widely credited with reintroducing fermentation to the US and
1:24.0	his book Wild Firmamentation. He calls himself a fermentation revivalist. The Food magazine
1:30.3	Chow calls him a provocateur, trendsetter and rabble rouser.
1:35.3	I'm also joined by Tim Specter, one of the world's top 100 most cited scientists and my
1:41.0	co-founder here at Zoe to help us understand the science of fermentation and why it might
1:46.1	bring unique health benefits. So abandon any fears you may have and let's dive into
1:51.9	the fabulous world of fermentation.
1:57.4	Sandor and Tim, thank you for joining me today. I'm really excited about this one. Five
2:02.6	years ago, when I started at Zoe, I really had no idea what fermentation was. To be honest,
2:08.3	a fermented food sounded like something I would have to throw in the trash. I think
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