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Why should you eat Fermented & pickled food? – By Dr Harold Gunatillake Transcript:People have enjoyed fermented food for about 10,000 years without knowing the health benefits they provide. In our own parent’s homes, there was always a bottle of pickled onions with chillies on the dining table to serve with rice and curry, but today was more likely replaced by a chilli sauce. People down the ages fermented foods to preserve them. Today other than the homemade pickles, you could start with fermented foods such as Greek yoghurt, kefir, sourdough bread, and drinks like kombucha in the supermarkets. These fermented foods contain specific strains of good bacteria and yeast naturally found, but you could add these cultures to other foods. In your large bowel, there are trillions of good bacteria looking after your health and wellbeing and harmful bacteria that can harm you. Eating fermented and pickled foods as ...