Ella Mills

So obviously...

Look, pickles are good for your gut because they have vegetables.

And eating vegetables is incredibly good for your gut health.

We don't eat enough vegetables.

So if that's a way to get another serving in and more fibre in your life, that's absolutely... And it saves money.

You can preserve things for a long time.

For sure.

That's absolutely amazing.

But...

It doesn't have the benefit that fermented food has, unfortunately.

So if you're pickling something, you're normally doing that in a vinegar or even lime juice, but you're not fermenting it.

Whereas things like kimchi or sauerkraut, these are what contain the live bacteria that

Not that all vegetables don't support your gut health, they do, but the particular benefits of these live bacteria, they come from fermented foods, not from pickles.

And especially if you're buying supermarket pickles, which are preserved in vinegar quite often, pasteurized, et cetera, they just don't have your live cultures.

So please don't think they're bad.

It's eating more veg, that's eating more fiber, that's all excellent.

But it's a bit of a misnomer.

They're not the same as fermented foods.

I mean, it's just a win-win.

Pickles for everybody then.