Fermented Foods May Lower Your Risk of Death

What if your food choices could make a difference in your risk of dying from COVID-19? That appears to be the case, according to German researchers.

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• Countries that consume higher amounts of traditionally fermented foods have lower COVID-19 mortality rates. According to German researchers, significant changes in the microbiome caused by modern life and low fermented food consumption may have increased the spread or severity of the disease

• For each gram-per-day increase in the average …