Wow, with literally years of raw food coverage under our belts here at Pure Jeevan, we don’t think we’ve ever devoted an entire post to fermented foods. Well it’s high time we do, don’t you think?   Check out the video and then we’ll discuss it further…

Fermented foods, such as kimchi and sauerkraut (both of which we’ll be demonstrating in the video below) play an important role in maintaining healthy gut flora. Perhaps that’s one reason these foods are often associated with promoting health and longevity. Here’s a snippets from the Wikipedia article on gut flora:

Research suggests that the relationship between gut flora and humans is … a mutually beneficial symbiotic relationship. … [T]he microorganisms perform a host of useful functions, such as fermenting unused energy substrates, training the immune system, preventing growth of harmful species, regulating the development of the gut, producing vitamins for the host (such as biotin and vitamin K), and producing hormones to direct the host to store fats.

I highlighted the immune system boosting property, above, because that’s really what got us interested in this in the first place. As Wendi will be continuing treatment for Lyme over the coming months, she’s particularly interested in boosting her immune system as much as possible these days. For those who have commented with immune-building ideas, thanks so much!  If anyone else has suggestions or best practices for boosting immune function, please drop us a comment! Click here for the post where we ask for immune building suggestions — there have been a lot of great suggestions, so far. Please share any you know of, as well.

One big question we have is:  How did we do?!  For that, you’re going to have to tune in again on Friday for a video update.

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