What does eating and drinking kefir do for you? Kefir is a fermented drink made with milk or water and kefir grains. Its consistency and flavor are similar to yogurt drinks

But kefir has more probiotics and good bacteria. Several studies show that drinking kefir can help improve your digestive and bone health and maintain your blood sugar levels.

Kefir is useful at any age, especially for the elderly, as it helps in the prevention of many diseases, including cancer, said endocrinologist and nutritionist Oksana Mikhaleva in an interview with Gazeta.ru.

She noted that the product can be called a ‘Russian superfood.’ It differs from other fermented milk products because it contains kefir fungus.

The latter is a symbiosis of yeast cells, lactic acid bacteria, and acetic acid bacteria. The fungus breaks down lactic acid not only by lactic acid fermentation, but also by alcoholic fermentation, the doctor added.

‘Kefir contains organic acids that have antiseptic properties and suppress the growth of pathological microflora in the intestines, protecting against the development of dysbacteriosis,’ Mikhaleva emphasized.

The product contains most water-soluble vitamins, except vitamin C, as well as vitamin A. Kefir bacteria improve the functions of the gastrointestinal tract, and also suppress the development of pathogenic microflora, helping the development of beneficial microflora.

‘And intestinal microflora is almost 50% of our immunity,’ the doctor said, noting the particular importance of strengthening the immune system in old age. In addition, lactic acid stimulates the intestines, preventing constipation, which is important for older people.

The product also contains other important elements – magnesium, phosphorus and calcium. The latter is especially important, as bones become fragile with age. ‘Fermented milk products, including kefir, are recommended to be included in the diet <…> for women from 40 years old, when perimenopause begins. And for men from 50 years old, when age-related decrease in testosterone levels occurs,’ the endocrinologist noted. TELL US WHAT YOU THINK

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