Kefir improves digestion and helps balance your gut microbiome, which affects your overall health. Drinking kefir may help reduce cholesterol and lower high blood pressure, improving heart health.

To sip or to spoon your probiotics, that is the question.

Are you looking to eat more fermented foods? If so, you should add kefir to your grocery cart. It's high in probiotics and essential nutrients—and they are responsible for the many benefits of kefir, ...

Alyssa Northrop is a registered dietitian, nutrition writer, speaker and licensed massage therapist based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She received a Master of Public Health in human nutrition from the ...

Whether you’re new to the world of wellness or are a card-carrying founding member, you’ve likely heard about the importance of consuming of gut-healthy, probiotic-rich foods. Probiotics are live ...

For several years now, foods that are said to promote gut health have been wildly popular. You see probiotic-enhanced almonds, apricots, chocolate, fruit juice, snack bars, soft drinks, and more on ...

You could say that kefir has it all. The fermented milk product—which is made from milk and “kefir grains” consisting of bacteria and yeast—is rich in probiotics, B vitamins, vitamin C, and calcium.

The traditional dairy elixirs for modern wellness. Words by Prof. Renald Blundell In the world of fermented dairy, kefir and ryazhenka stand out as two of the most nutritious and versatile products, ...