I believe when our bod­ies are in bal­ance they heal nat­u­rally. We often hear about ways to strengthen our immune sys­tem and the ben­e­fits of eat­ing super­foods. I find mag­a­zines reg­u­larly leave out some of the most ben­e­fi­cial super­foods we have. One such super­food is the cat­e­gory of fer­mented foods. Adding these foods to your diet will strengthen both the immune sys­tem as well as the diges­tive sys­tem, our first defenses against illness.

Fer­mented foods are nutri­ent dense but most impor­tantly they con­tain liv­ing pro­bi­otics. Our diges­tive sys­tem bat­tles an onslaught of envi­ron­men­tal pol­lu­tants daily. Pro­bi­otics help to rid the body of these pol­lu­tants and simul­ta­ne­ously repop­u­late our diges­tive sys­tem with ben­e­fi­cial bac­te­ria to improve the absorp­tion of vit­a­mins and min­er­als into the body.

Many of us unknow­ingly eat fer­mented foods every­day. Cof­fee, tea, choco­late, wine, and beer are just a few we are famil­iar with. The real ben­e­fits of fermentation

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