How Fermentation Can Heal Your Gut | Lauren Mones

The Darin Olien Show

Humans have been using the fermentation process for gut health for thousands of years. Unfortunately, modern medicine tends to neglect the healing powers of fermented foods. But that doesn’t mean you have to.WELCOME TO THE DARIN OLIEN SHOWLauren Mones knew her body wasn’t innately sick despite what her doctors told her. After being diagnosed with Crohn's Disease, Lauren was told it was something she’d just have to live with. But something told her that just couldn’t be true. And it wasn’t. After reading about the healing powers of fermented foods, Lauren tried sauerkraut from a health food store. She was shocked at how much that pickled cabbage changed her entire world. Now as the founder and CEO of Fermenting Fairy, Lauren shares the magic of the fermentation process with everyone she meets. No longer on prescription medications for her gut inflammation, Lauren experiences firsthand what fermented foods can do for her health. But this little glimpse into nature’s healing powers made her realize that she had to unlearn years of misinformation. She credits the majority of her healing not only to fermentation but to her new appreciation of how her body works.I love supporting entrepreneurs like Lauren. We share the same driving force. We’ve seen what nature can do, and we want to spread that message while saving the planet by doing so. This conversation is all about waking up and taking back your power. Our bodies know how to heal themselves, we just have to give them access to what they need. ALSO IN THIS EPISODE:[00:09:30] Lauren’s origin story[00:14:22] Depression and the gut[00:20:30] First glimpse at fermentation[00:26:10] It all started with Sauerkraut [00:35:04] From healing to entrepreneurship[00:44:20] Why probiotic supplements aren’t enoughLINKS: Fermenting Fairy - Use code DARIN for 15% off!Follow Fermenting Fairy on Instagram - @fermenting.fairyConnect with Fermenting Fairy on FacebookHave you tried Caldera Lab’s new skincare products yet? This is the only stuff I use on my face. Use code DARIN for 15% off!Get 15% off your Barukas Nuts with code “DARIN” Episode Transcript [00:00:00] Podcast Intro Darin: You are listening to the Darin Olien Show. I’m Darin. I spent the last 20 years devoted to improving health, protecting the environment, and finding ways to live a more sustainable life. In this podcast, I have honest conversations with people that inspire me. I hope that through their knowledge and unique perspectives they’ll inspire you too. We talk about all kinds of topics, from amping up your diets to improving your well-being to the mind-blowing stories behind the human experience and the people that are striving to save us and our incredible planet. We even investigate some of life’s fatal conveniences, those things that we are told might be good for us but totally aren’t. So here’s to making better choices in the small tweaks in your life that amount to big changes for you and the people around you and the planet. Let’s do this. This is my show, the Darin Olien Show. [00:01:11] Guest Intro - Lauren Mones Darin: Hey, everybody, welcome to the show. This is Darin Olien. This is The Darin Olien Show. Happy that you’re here. Stoked for you to continue to learn and apply and to be a greater version of yourself. It’s all we can ask for every day, learn about ourselves, learn about the world, and then apply it and become a better person. My next guest, Lauren Mones, is the founder and CEO of Fermenting Fairy, I love that. Fermentingfairy.com, just straight up it’s about fermentation. She had her own story of healing herself, and healing doesn’t have to be hard or it doesn’t have to take a long time. And she went back through thousands of years of fermentation understanding. You’ve always heard of good bacteria, bad bacteria, eat your fermented kombuchas, all of these things. Fermentation is basically a type of predigestion that naturally occurs with the bacteria...