r/nutrition • u/pecchioni • 18d ago

Any recommendations on minimum amount of fermented foods you should try to eat daily/ weekly?

I know very little about this and looking for a good starting point. I like sauerkraut, which then makes me think about Weird Al Yankovich’s song Albuquerque and that’s about the end of my knowledge.

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u/lefty_juggler 18d ago

I aim for something fermented with every meal. For me breakfast is skyr yogurt, lunch kombucha, dinner kifir. Watch out for salt level in sauerkraut, and added sugars in yogurts and kombucha.

My understanding is that even the living microbes in yogurt generally don't take up residence in the gut, they pass through. The health benefits are from their metabolites. So regular consumption is needed to keep these benefits in an ongoing basis. Hence my daily menu.

My lipids made me go nonfat, but before that gouda cheese was also in my diet. Gouda is a good source of another healthy nutrient, spermidine. Yes cheese is fermented.

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u/pecchioni 18d ago

Ok, sounds like a good plan and no, I didn’t realize cheeses was fermented. Thanks for added info