Bubbling over with ideas for fermenting food

Valerie O’Connor says fermented foods, like sauerkraut, pickled vegetables, cheeses, and dried meats, replenish healthy bacteria in the gut, improve digestion and boost energy.

They say ‘listen to your gut’. The gut is like a second brain, the centre of intuition for making decisions — but do we look after the gut’s needs?

We have depleted our good gut bacteria, or flora, by eating food that has been chemically sprayed and voided of healthy enzymes and bacteria that we badly need.