| While many people think sauerkraut is something | | | | the cancer fighting super food than they were in |
| you out on a hotdog, for the past couple of | | | | the motherland. |
| years scientists have been letting people know | | | | Digestion |
| that this food which is made out of fermented | | | | Like yogurt, Sauerkraut is laden with beneficial |
| cabbage is actually a superfood capable of | | | | bacteria that can help maintain balance within the |
| boosting your immune system, aiding the | | | | gastrointestinal tract. Fermented cabbage |
| digestive process and even fighting cancer. Let us | | | | contains the bacterium: Lactobacilli plantarum which |
| look at a few of the benefits of Sauerkraut. | | | | can help boost your immune system by increasing |
| Sauerkraut and the immune system | | | | the amount of antibodies that can help fight off |
| It is no secret that sauerkraut has a beneficial | | | | E-coli, salmonella, and candida. L.planatarum also |
| effect on the immune system. Not only is it | | | | contains the antioxidants glutathione and |
| packed with vitamins and minerals that are also | | | | superoxide dismustase which can help fight off |
| found in raw cabbage, sauerkraut also happen to | | | | free radicals. These beneficial bacterium also |
| contain beneficial phytochemicals which are | | | | helps turn hard to digest lactose into easily to |
| created by the fermentation process. Eating | | | | digest lactic acid. It also neutralizes phytic acid |
| sauerkraut on a regular basis can help fight off | | | | found in grains and trypsin-inhibitors found in soy. |
| things like the common cold as well as help us | | | | It also helps generate omega-3 fatty acid and |
| deal with issues such as bad skin, weight gain and | | | | GTF chromium a trace mineral that help with |
| toxic blood which are all side effects of an | | | | digestion. Suffice it to say, that sauerkraut has |
| unhealthy immune system. | | | | been used for millennia to help cure upset |
| Cancer Fighter | | | | stomachs by increasing healthy flora in the |
| Recent studies have shown that eating this | | | | intestinal tract. |
| fermented crucifer may actually help prevent | | | | Flu fighter |
| cancer growth, especially in the breast, colon, lung | | | | With the Avian Flu and the Swine flu causing |
| and liver. It a study published in the Journal of | | | | worldwide panic, it is more important than ever to |
| Agricultural and Food Chemistry, it was found that | | | | take preventative steps to help keep our immune |
| the process of cabbage fermentation broke down | | | | system in tip top shape. Thankfully we have |
| the compound glocusinolate found in the plant into | | | | sauerkraut on our side. During the latest Avian |
| cancer fighting isothiocyanates. Another Study | | | | Flu outbreak, a scientist from Seoul reportedly fed |
| from the University of New Mexico found that | | | | Kim Chi extract (a form of fermented cabbage) |
| fermented cabbage is actually better at fighting | | | | to 13 chickens that were infected with the deadly |
| cancer than if it is raw or cooked. In yet | | | | disease. 11 of the 13 made a full recovery. |
| another study, researchers found that Polish | | | | Scientists believe that it is because the |
| American women had much higher breast | | | | fermentation process actually added nutrient value |
| cancer rates than Polish Women. When they try | | | | to the food. Fermented cabbage has shown to |
| to determine why, they found it was because | | | | have more vitamin C and the ability to facilitate |
| Polish American women were eating much less of | | | | the breakdown and assimilation of proteins. |