Have you been told to increase your intake of ferments but don’t’ know where to start? Likely they are all around you, but you just need to know where to look – and what to look for. Here are some of my favourite fermented food recipes of 2021!
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Preserving and fermenting foods is the best way to ensure seasonal crop can be enjoyed year-round. Fermenting foods has the added benefit improving our gut flora, and offers a more easily digested food.
Some of my top articles include Fermented Foods Health Benefits and The Low Down on BPA - Health and Environmental Concerns.
Have you been told to increase your intake of ferments but don’t’ know where to start? Likely they are all around you, but you just need to know where to look – and what to look for. Here are some of my favourite fermented food recipes of 2021!
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My top five tips on how to improve gut health naturally! I’ll break down what we need to know about prebiotics, probiotics and fermented foods and how these can not only improve our gut health but overall health as well! This article was written for Aboriginal Healthy Living Activities run by ISPARC and SportMedBC and I have made special reference to Indigenous foods and healing methods.
Why do we need to make sure our guts are happy? Our gut is filled with about 100 trillion bacteria, in fact, we have more bacteria cells in our body than human cells! We are only starting to understand all the functions this community of bacteria has, and how we can support them. In this article, I have included my top five tips on how to improve gut health naturally and the basics and importance of prebiotics, probiotics and fermented foods.
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Why is BPA bad for our health? Is BPA bad for the environment? All these questions answered and more, and what we can do to reduce our exposure.
Content last updated February 2014.
We mostly associate BPA with plastic water bottles and food containers, but BPA is found in many everyday items including aluminum cans and canned foods. As much as these containers are convenient, they come with the consideration of BPA contamination, and we need to ask ourselves how this can impact our health and the health of the environment.
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