Kefir Health Benefits

Health & FitnessNutrition & Supplement

  • Author Neel Patick
  • Published February 19, 2010
  • Word count 506

If kefir makes you feel good inside, just wait 'til you hear this! Another kefir health benefit includes taking care of your skin. Regular intake of kefir cures acne, eczema, psoriasis, and even prevents wrinkles. Being naturally an anti-oxidant, kefir prevents aging and helps reduce stress. No need for trips to the dermatologists. No more ineffective creams that could burn your skin.

Probiotics are foods that encourage the life and growth of good bacteria within your body! This may sound alarming, but it is absolutely essential to your survival. There are bacteria at work in your intestines right now that you cannot do without.

Like yoghurt, kefir is based on milk. The process to make kefir includes the fermentation of milk with kefir "seeds" or Kefir Grains. A Kefir Grain is basically a mass of bacteria, yeast and polysaccharide. The microbiology of kefir grains is very complex. The polysaccharide contained in the mass of kefir grains has shown that it is unique in nature and is given the name kefiran.

Kefir is a good source of biotin, a B vitamin which helps absorb other B vitamins such as folic acid, B12, etc. Kefir health benefits coming from taking in enough B Vitamins can start from regulation of the kidneys to helping reduce skin disorders such as acne.

If you're looking for a good probiotic supplement go for the best, Kefir. Many manufacturers of probiotics claim that their pills contain 15 billion bacteria at the time of processing. They also claim that it would take tubs of yogurt or gallons of kefir to receive the same amount of friendly bacteria.

Kefir and other fermented milk products contain buffering agents that nourish and protect the lactobacillus from bile acids in the stomach. This way they can make it into the intestines where they produce Vit. B-12 and help to breakdown and package food for excretion.

Pu-erh also is known as a powerful cholesterol fighter. Studies have shown it to lower cholesterol as well as some major statin medications. It's the best tea you can drink with a meal high in fat since it cuts the grease.

Dietary experts mention these food groups among the superfoods: tea, citrus, berries, cruciferous vegetables, green stuffs, legumes, nuts, oats and whole grains, olives and olive oil, fish rich in Omega-3fatty acids, orange vegetables, seeds, soy, sea vegetables, turkey, tomatoes, yogurt and kefir.

Yogurt is easy to make at home and can be used in many different recipes. Smoothies are delicious when yogurt is added to the recipe. Also you can use it to make yogurt cheese, or a drink with lime juice and honey, herbal breads and dough for tart shells.

Raw Milk is also gaining popularity because it is not pasteurized and therefore the wide range of good bacteria, enzymes and Essential Fatty Acids (if the cows are grass fed), are left in tact. It is like Kefir in that it is a "living food". The life in the Kefir and milk are what contribute to inspiring a healthy immune system.

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