You’ve come to the right place. This is where fermented foods, as well as prebiotics and probiotics, play their major role.

Fermentation happens when microbes (bacteria, yeast or mold) break down the carbohydrates in food and turn them into something else. Think of yogurt (bacteria convert the sugar in milk into lactic ...

Chances are, you’ve been sleeping on fermented foods for most of your life. Here in the US, they’re “not a natural part of our diet like in a lot of other populations,” Amy Burkhart, MD, RD, a ...