So sad is anything purchased still healthy these days? Sauerkraut and kimchi is supposed to be amazing but when you dont make it at home or specifically go to health shop to buy unpasteurised version the probiotics are killed Read on: You can, of course, buy sauerkraut in a store. But with most brands, by the time you buy a jar or can of it in a supermarket, it has likely lost most of its probiotics, I learned from regular Daily Health News contributor Andrew Rubman, ND. Store-bought sauerkraut is typically pasteurized, and the heat is what kills the probiotics. (Refrigerated varieties, though, are sometimes not pasteurized.) In addition, many store-bought brands of sauerkraut contain preservatives, such as sodium benzoate. High levels of preservatives have been associated with cell changes and cancer, and Dr. Rubman said that they often lower the food’s probiotic count, so it’s safest to avoid preservatives whenever possible. There are commercially available jars of preservative-free sauerkraut, but those can be very costly—as much as three times more than the kinds you’d find in your grocery deli section.
Posted on: Sat, 31 May 2014 22:54:59 +0000
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