Everyday Care Lab

Fermented Foods for Gut Health — Benefits Backed by Science and 10 Years of Personal Experience My grandmother made kimchi every autumn without thinking twice about it. She didn't talk about probiotics or gut microbiome diversity or healthy gut bacteria. She just made kimchi, packed it into ceramic pots, and said it was good for you. I grew up eating it at every single meal without ever questioning why. Then I moved to Europe, and I found out what happened when I stopped. The first few months in Rome, I was eating pasta and bread and genuinely loving every bite. Then around the two-month mark, something felt off. My digestion was sluggish in a way it had never been before. My energy was inconsistent. My skin was breaking out more than usual. I was using the same skincare products and sleeping the same hours. The one thing that had changed was what I was eating. Over ten years living across six countries — Rome, Slovakia, Switzerland, Germany, the UK, and Amsterdam — I had eno...