Last month I met with some of Saunton Sands Hotel’s lovely members whilst hosting a supper club at their dreamy art deco coastal escape. We didn’t fully appreciate how lucky we were to be coming together – the week after the hotel closed its doors due to the national lockdown.
We discussed the importance of gut health and I curated a menu to complement this. We spoke a lot about the immune system that night and how the gut is integral to immune function which turned out to be a very timely discussion.
Other than my go-to bone broth, one of the things I included on the menu was kimchi due to the benefit of adding fermented foods to your diet. Traditional Kimchi, a spicy Korean national dish, is my fave fermented food and we were lucky enough to enjoy handcrafted, unpasturised kimchi generously provided by the Cultured Collective.
I explore gut health, and how we can support it, in a recent post. The gut might not be a glamorous organ but I’m sure most would agree it’s fast becoming the poster boy for health. The last ten years has seen a seismic shift in our understanding of this complex ecosystem, there’s still much discover, but what we now know is that in terms of overall health all roads lead to the gut.
