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https://www.rawstory.com/white-house-sauerkraut/A fermented food fad is permeating the White House, with some of President Donald Trump's top officials touting its health properties, but onlookers held their noses in disgust.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and Vice President JD Vance have all jumped on board the sauerkraut train, reported the Wall Street Journal, which noted they had weighed the resulting sulfurous odors as worth the risk.
The 72-year-old Kennedy was the first to convert to the diet touted by Dr. Sean OMara, who urges high-profile patients to eat fermented cabbage and other pickles, along with grass-fed beef, and abstain from alcohol and sugary food to reduce visceral fat and boost their gut microbiome.
Don't get on an elevator with those two!
MustLoveBeagles
(18,361 posts)hlthe2b
(115,205 posts)--will be hard for a GI tract not accustomed to it, thus, gas.
Have they ever thought about starting with plain, unflavored active-culture yogurt or kefir daily? Maybe with some fruit? Geebus. A gentle, yet highly effective to influence gut biome--without all the gas.
And all that meat on top of it? Good gawd.
odins folly
(680 posts)NeoTrajan
(93 posts)So, this is not a good combination for those with hypertension/high blood pressure
wnylib
(26,837 posts)to his diet? They could tell him that they go well with burgers and fries and appeal to his German heritage on the sauerkraut.
One way for Shady Vance to get to the WH.
ms liberty
(11,453 posts)When they die, I want to see the obituary list every one of the ridiculous food fads these people immersed themselves in and the corresponding diseases those fads fueled.
mwmisses4289
(5,190 posts)That is on my list of the nastiest foods humans consume. Icky, gross nasty stuff. Yuk.