Kriben Govender (Honours Degree in Food Science & Technology) has a fascinating conversation with journalist, Katherine Courage author of the book: Cultured: How Ancient Foods can feed our Microbiome. We discuss the important discovery of the microbiome and how to nurture our microbiome for optimal health through diet. Katherine takes us on a journey around the world as we explore fermented foods from countries like Korea, Japan, Switzerland and Greece. Bio: Katherine Harmon Courage is an award-winning freelance journalist, edi...
Kriben Govender (Honours Degree in Food Science & Technology) has a fascinating conversation with journalist, Katherine Courage author of the book: Cultured: How Ancient Foods can feed our Microbiome.
We discuss the important discovery of the microbiome and how to nurture our microbiome for optimal health through diet. Katherine takes us on a journey around the world as we explore fermented foods from countries like Korea, Japan, Switzerland and Greece.
Bio:
Katherine Harmon Courage is an award-winning freelance journalist, editor, and author.
She has written for The New York Times, Wired, Gourmet, Popular Science, Prevention, ESPN The Magazine, as well as numerous websites including NationalGeographic.com, Time.com, Oprah.com, NPR.org, FastCompany.com, and Nature.com. Her work ranges from breaking science news to features about food. And she has dabbled in podcasts and video along the way. Prior to becoming an independent journalist, she worked as a reporter and editor at Scientific American.
Her second book, Cultured: How Ancient Foods Can Feed Our Microbiome is out now from Penguin Random House. She is also the author of Octopus! The Most Mysterious Creature In the Sea. And her work was featured in The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2013.
Courage has been a Media Fellow at Harvard University Medical School, a National Institutes of Health Medicine in the Media Fellow at Dartmouth College, and a Health Journalism Fellow at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Her work has received a Mark of Excellence for In-Depth Reporting from the Society of Professional Journalists, National Finalist commendation for Outstanding Student Reporting from the Society of Environmental Journalists, and Best Story about the Outdoors award from the Missouri Press Association.
She has spoken across the U.S. and abroad and appeared on national and international radio, television, and podcasts.
She lives in Longmont, Colorado, with her husband and their daughter. In her spare time, she runs marathons and competes in triathlons–and is turning her yard into a fruit and vegetable garden. She holds a master’s degree from the University of Missouri School of Journalism and a bachelor’s in English from Vassar College.
Follow her on Twitter at @KHCourage and on Facebook for more about health, science, microbes, and, of course, octopuses.
Topics discussed:
Explanatory journalism in a world full of new information
New Science of the Microbiome
The Ecology of the body
The Human Microbiome Project
Definition of the Microbiome
Microbiome and Disease
How do we acquire our Microbiome?
Understanding the Microbiome, Family Planning, and Preparation for Child Birth
Tips for New Mums
Fermented Foods and the Microbiome
The transient nature of probiotics and fermented foods
Captain Cook and Sauerkraut
Korean Ferments
Eating ferments through the fermentation process to improve diversity
Raw Milk Alpine Cheeses from Switzerland
The Microbiome of Fermentation Equipment
Yoghurt Making in Greece
Fermented Table Olives
Prebiotics and Fibre Rich Foods
Wild Foraged Foods
Small and diverse meals in Japan
Japanese Ferments
Fostering a balanced microbiome by lowering meat consumption
Seafood and the Microbiome
Cultured Foods: How Ancient Foods can feed our Microbiome
https://www.amazon.com.au/Cultured-Ancient-Foods-Feed-Microbiome-ebook/dp/B015BCX0IA
Katherine’s favourite fermented foods: Sauerkraut and Kefir
Prebiotic Raw Cacao as a gut health hack
Katherine’s Top Tip for Gut Health
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