Dr Joe Mercola says that 2 oz of fermented vegetables is equivalent to a bottle of 100 high potency probiotics.
So what? you may reply.
Well, I find it interesting that the doyen of the Alkaline Diet movement, Dr Robert O Young, vehemently asserts exactly the opposite; that any fermented food of any kind, right up to apple cider vinegar, turns good organisms in your blood to baddies.
Who is right?

Magnesium: Are you getting enough?
Magnesium is the central element in chlorophyll and the basis of early life on the planet. (Which is a good thing when you consider all of the amazing things it does for us every day):