The Ultimate Health Podcast: Lifestyle, Nutrition, Fitness, & Self-help

Sandor Katz is a fermentation revivalist. His passion for fermentation grew out of his overlapping interests in cooking, nutrition and gardening. Sandor's fermenting journey began by making a batch of sauerkraut and he's since earned the nickname Sandorkraut. He's taught hundreds of food workshops around the United States and his book Wild Fermentation has been called a classic. Sandor's latest book, The Art of Fermentation, received a James Beard award and was a finalist at the International Association of Culinary Professionals. In this episode, we discuss: Sandor's first exposure to fermented foods Overcoming the fear of fermenting your own foods at home Fermentation makes vegetables safer than when they are raw Fermentation and various other ways of preserving foods If you buy fermented foods make sure they are labelled raw or unpasteurized The health benefits of consuming fermented foods Peeking while a food is fermenting will not interrupt the process How does consuming a probiotic supplement compare t