The short answer to the above questions is yes and no. Or at least, not necessarily. We'll have to unpack that a little. Raw foodies and paleo folks, hold on to your panties on this one, it might just blow your mind.
I'll explain a little more about what probiotics and their benefits are below, but the primary focus of today's article has to do with heating probiotics, and whether or not that a) kills the beneficial probiotics and b) if heat kills the probiotics, whether or not they're still beneficial.
The full answer might surprise you :) And those who also dislike cold sauerkraut can rejoice, there is hope for hot bacteria yet...
So bear with me for a minute or two ladies and gents, we're about to do a teeny tiny bit of two things I like to call logic and science.