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Fermented vegetables

kimchi · sauerkraut · pickles
no number because no lifespan study covers it
no lifespan data · microbiome

What it does

Lacto-fermentation creates live bacteria and bioavailable nutrients.

Why there is no number here

No lifespan study covers fermented vegetables. Rather than invent a figure, we say so. What it does have evidence for is microbiome. Plenty of good food has no mortality data behind it — that does not make it bad, it makes it unmeasured.

What it is made of

How to eat it

Unpasteurized — heat kills the cultures.

Source: Wastyk et al. · Cell, 2021 (RCT).

Minutes derived from Fadnes LT, Økland J-M, Haaland ØA, Johansson KA. Estimating impact of food choices on life expectancy: A modeling study. PLOS Medicine 19(2):e1003889, 2022. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1003889

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গাঁজানো সবজি

ল্যাক্টো-ফারমেন্টেশন জীবন্ত ব্যাক্টেরিয়া ও সহজশোষ্য পুষ্টি তৈরি করে।

পাস্তুরাইজ-না-করা — তাপ কালচার মারে।

এর আয়ু নিয়ে কোনো তথ্য নেই — তাই আমরা কোনো সংখ্যা বসাই না।

120 is the biological ceiling, not a promise. These are population estimates from a peer-reviewed model, not a personal forecast. Educational information, not medical advice.