Fermented Foods & Digestion : Eating Healthy with Sauerkraut

Making sauerkraut as a healthy alternative and condiment. Learn about eating healthy with fermented foods, improving digestion, and general nutrition in this free video.

Expert: Lisa La Barr
Bio: Lisa La Barr is AFPA certified, a WAPF member, and a personal nutrition and wellness expert in Beverly Hills.
Filmmaker: Nili Nathan

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Howto & Style

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• recipes
• healthy
• nutrition
• fermentation
• eating
• foods
• diets
• digestion
• fermented

[admetric]

Can you use the left over liquid as starter in other fermentations? I want to make apples chutney but I cut WHEY out of my diet so can I use this liquid instead? I think it should work but I did not know if the apples sugar would over kill the liquid from sauerkraut I made.

[bigtdownunder]

Your kidneys filter out excess salt from your body vargas, so no big deal. Obviously you wouldn't be eating this every day, so a salty meal here and there is not going to kill you! To me, sounds like the benefits outweigh any negatives.

[Kikisagent]

Also dont you need to use pickling or non iodized salt?

[Kikisagent]

It ferments with just water and salt? No starter needed?

[tjcrebs]

Nice video; I also had no idea about the folk remedies for constipation and acne. Sauerkraut is also probiotic rich, making it very good for stomach and colon digestion. I make my sauerkraut "Greek-style" with little-or-no salt using the whey from strained yogurt.

[XrawloveX]

I had no idea it helps with acne. Crazy. Thanks for the info.

[BVargas78]

thanks for the tip!

One thing that puts me off a lot of sauerkraut in the shops is the amount of salt they put in it which possibly cancels out some of the goodness so what you've done is a better alternative!