There are unique health benefits from fermented foods with live microbes. For one thing, Dr. Robert Hutkins with the Univesrity of Nebraska says fermentation reduces carbohydrates. And, he says the live microbes in fermented foods can out-compete bad microbes such as salmonella and E coli. He says there’s preliminary data that they might have had a protective effect against COVID-19 but that hasn’t been confirmed yet.
Fermented foods with live microbes include yogurt with live and active cultures, sauerkraut that has not been heat processed, kefir, and, kombucha.
