Sauerkraut fights bird ‘flu
According to scientists in Seoul, Korea, the famous German cabbage dish contains lactic acid bacteria that fight the disease. Traditional sauerkraut and kimchi, a Korean dish made from fermented chilli peppers and Chinese cabbage, are particularly high in this bacteria.
Researchers fed 13 chickens infected with avian flu with fermented cabbage, and amazingly, 11 out of the 13 chickens showed signs of recovery within a week.
Professor Kang Saouk, leading the research, states that the food “helps fight against bird flu and other flu viruses”. Others remain more sceptical about the findings and are critical of the methodology behind the chicken/sauerkraut study.
After a TV station in Minneapolis ran the story last week, sales of the food rose 77 percent “just out of nowhere,” said Chris Smith, vice president for marketing for the Fremont Company, makers of ‘Frank’s Quality Kraut’.
An average serving of sauerkraut provides a dose of vitamins C and K, and is high in antioxidants. So instead of going to your doctor for a flu jab this winter, maybe you should pop along to your local supermarket to stock up on pickled cabbage?
Researchers fed 13 chickens infected with avian flu with fermented cabbage, and amazingly, 11 out of the 13 chickens showed signs of recovery within a week.
Professor Kang Saouk, leading the research, states that the food “helps fight against bird flu and other flu viruses”. Others remain more sceptical about the findings and are critical of the methodology behind the chicken/sauerkraut study.
After a TV station in Minneapolis ran the story last week, sales of the food rose 77 percent “just out of nowhere,” said Chris Smith, vice president for marketing for the Fremont Company, makers of ‘Frank’s Quality Kraut’.
An average serving of sauerkraut provides a dose of vitamins C and K, and is high in antioxidants. So instead of going to your doctor for a flu jab this winter, maybe you should pop along to your local supermarket to stock up on pickled cabbage?
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