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Vitality Made SimpleFerments Will Change Your Life: Donna SchwenkDonna Schwenk, founder of Cultured Food Life, shares the incredible healing power of fermented food. Faced with her own health crisis and that of her infant daughter, she stumbled upon the idea of creating fermented vegetables and experienced an incredible vitality transformation. Feeling energetic and youthful, Donna is incredibly knowledgeable and conversational on this topic and generously shares tips for getting started. Fermented foods have historically been mainstays in every culture globally; our ancestors relied on these skills for food security and nutrition. The availability of home refrigeration and modern prepared foods have squelched this incredibly easy method t...2023-10-2444 min
Defiant Health Radio with Dr. William DavisDonna Schwenk on the Power of Kefir, L. reuteri Yogurt, Revitalization, and SexOur great grandmothers were usually knowledgeable and adept at fermenting foods, i.e., allowing microbes to grow on food, thereby keeping foods, such as vegetables, fruits, and meats, from spoiling while increasing the nutritional value of the food and providing you with beneficial probiotic microbes. They may not have appreciated these benefits, but surely at least knew that it was a useful method of preserving food without refrigeration. Modern processed foods, widespread availability of home refrigeration, and convenience caused most of us to abandon this practice. But it represents yet another mistake we’ve made in healthy eating, coupled wi...2023-08-1051 min