31 July

When I grew up in the 1970s, preserving food was still pretty widespread. I remember my mum doing it regularly. I still think all those techniques, where we used other microbes to fight against the microbes that spoiled food, were what helped protect us from most disease. We ate all those microbes, they lived in and on us. Refrigeration then removed those microbes, and left our bodies wide open for infection. Eating fermented food to me is easily the healthiest thing you can do, way more than exercise or any other dietary thing.