Foods with natural probiotic qualities

Due to a recent illness with antibiotic induced colitis, which is truly horrible, I have set about rebuilding my health with probiotics, including foods having natural probiotics. Some of these are sauerkraut, kimchi, yogurt, kefir, various pickled items, miso, etc. I planned on making my own sauerkraut, but have not been up to it energy wise. So I set out to looking for kinds that had natural good bacteria in them. What I did find out is that any pasturized sauerkraut does not have the good bacterial in it because the pasturization process has killed it. Also the only non pasturized commercially available sauerkraut is Bubbies, which is imported from Canada. (please let me know if you know of other brands) I bought some at Whole foods. I also found out that cooking sauerkraut also kills off the good bacteria. There are several recipes on the internet for sauerkraut slaw that is much like coleslaw so there is a way to make something retaining the raw benefits. I also tried it straight from the jar and found it pleasant. I think it would be better at room temperature rather than cold right out of the fridge and I plan on putting it on my sandwiches now instead of lettuce. A ham on swiss with mustard and sauerkraut sounds good. The other food I would like to make is Daikon kimchee. I am not really a fan of cabbage kimchee but love the white radish kind.

So if you are looking to eat naturally fermented foods for health benefits be sure not to cook the life out of it, and look for brands that are unpasturized. Or make your own on via the Sauerkraut or bust thread.

I use many recipes from Sally Fallon's book, Nourishing Tradtions.

Simple easy to obtain ingredients, a little bit of time and a wee bit of effort and you can make way better stuff at home.

http://www.amazon.com/Nourishing-Traditions-Challenges-Politically-Dictocrats/dp/0967089735

thanks. does that book focus on or have recipes for naturally fermented food?

Yes, there's a huge amount of recipes. I'm kind of new to using my Kindle electronic reader. Let me see if I can copy the table of contents and get it here somehow.

thanks. You can view the table of contents on line at amazon. it looks like an interesting book.