Eating Kimchi to Prevent Swine Flu?
Thursday October 29, 2009
There was some anecdotal evidence that kimchi helped people recover from SARS (avian bird flu), and South Koreans were mostly unaffected by the bird flu that swept through Asia. So these days, with rising concerns about H1N1 during the winter season, South Koreans are eating more kimchi than ever to ward off this new flu.
I'm not a doctor and I don't even play one on TV, but I do know fermented foods/probiotics are always recommended as preventative medicine to strengthen the immune system. I also swear by a cold remedy tea which includes ginger and hot chili pepper, two ingredients found in many types of kimchi. But it's nice to have an excuse to eat more kimchi, so this is the first news about H1N1 that is good news to me.
Comments
Well I agree! I have a big jar of a light and delicious Napa cabbage kimchi in my refrigerator and both my husband and I have at least one portion a day. This kimchi doesn’t use red pepper paste base. It is made with Nappa Cabbage, Asian pear, apple, garlic, garlic chives, apple juice concentrate, ginger, green onions, lemon juice and red pepper flakes. I have never tasted such refreshing kimchi.
It was made by my friend’s mother from Toronto.
Just so I cover all my cultural health bases, I am having an apple a day too!
Debra Samuels
Kimchee is always in order.