Another healthy tip courtesy of Coco Coco O’Donnell

I am a pharmacist and wellness coach, and work with clients to get off prescription medications AND stay healthy. I recommend that everyone add cultured vegetables into their diet. It has been discovered that cultured vegetables have more active cultures and bacteria than expensive probiotics.

The reason we need more live cultures is to enhance the function of our gut. This organ, disregarded by most until it starts acting up, is the foundation of our immune system and is involved in much more than just digesting our food and assimilating the nutrients into our body.

When we eat cultured vegetables, these organisms help to replenish the naturally occurring bacteria that is destroyed when we eat sugar, processed foods, refined grains or take antibiotics. Examples are sauerkraut, kimchee, relishes, and you can make your own using an endless number of vegetables.

Kefir and yogurt are examples of fermented dairy. Often, the addition of cultured vegetables can eliminate problems with constipation, diarrhea and have been know to offset some types of food poisoning.. It may be an “acquired” taste for you, but one that is well worth it!

– Coco Coco O’Donnell, RPh, CPCC Clean Living Coach Clean body. Clear mind. Crave Life!