Adaptation You Can Eat

Adaptation You Can Eat | Wellness Wednesday

Cabbage doesn't transform in the light where everyone watches. It adapts sealed, dark, cut off from oxygen — and emerges as something living and nourishing.

Fatimah Ali sits down with chef and self-taught fermenter Clare Heal (@sauerpuss, In Good Taste) to make sauerkraut from scratch and unpack what fermentation teaches us about adapting through chronic illness. Clare breaks down the science of wild fermentation, gut health basics for the lupus community, and a global tour of fermented staples — from sauerkraut and kimchi to West African dadawa and nono.

Part of June's Redefining Strength arc: adaptation as a skill we learn, not a weakness we endure.

Clare Heal — claireheal.substack.com | @sauerpuss

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