{"id":2476,"date":"2018-10-01T05:16:44","date_gmt":"2018-10-01T05:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/simplyhealth.today\/?p=2476"},"modified":"2021-03-19T17:30:39","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T17:30:39","slug":"10-powerful-kefir-benefits-making-it-a-real-miracle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simplyhealth.today\/10-powerful-kefir-benefits-making-it-a-real-miracle\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Powerful Kefir Benefits Making it a Real Miracle"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"If you were born and raised in an Occidental culture, chances are that you have never ever heard of the word kefir in your life. And now is a good moment to start talking about this. Even if most people don’t know about kefir in America, it is quite popular in many parts of Europe and Asia, especially the Near East. Kefir is a dairy product that is basically fermented milk with a variety of yeast and bacteria strands; in many ways, it is similar to drinkable yogurt. You can make kefir from different types of milk, including cow, goat and sheep; but also use products of vegetable origin such as soy milk, rice and coconut water. For this reason, there are varieties of kefir that are vegan friendly. Kefir is very well regarded for its beneficial properties for our health and its high nutritional value. Here is a list of 10 powerful kefir benefits that will really make you think it is a miracle come true.<\/p>\n

1. It’s good for your bones<\/h3>\n

Calcium<\/a> deficiency and poor absorption are among the main causes of the widespread osteoporosis and bone fragility that affect many countries of the world. A good nutrition, combined with components that enhance nutrient absorption, is fundamental for the health of our bones, especially at an advanced age. Kefir is great to protect our bones and help make them stronger and more resistant, thus preventing osteoporosis and osteopenia.<\/p>\n

Just as any dairy product, kefir has high concentrations of calcium, but that’s not all. Kefir also has bioactive components that increase the absorption of calcium through our larger intestines, such as vitamin D. Other minerals and nutrients that help protect and strenghten our bones and are present in kefir in big concentrations are vitamin K2, magnesium and phosphorus. Drinking kefir alone or combining it with a healthy dish or salad can work wonders with your bones.<\/p>\n

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\"\"2. It’s rich in probiotics<\/h3>\n

Perhaps the idea of drinking bacteria<\/a> doesn’t sound very tempting for you, or even, makes you believe you will catch a thousand and one different diseases. But what you have to know is that there are actually good bacteria that help your health and your natural pocesses.<\/p>\n

Even more, right now you have millions of good bacteria in your body, especially in your gut, working as you read this lines to help you digest your food, absorb the nutrients and fight harmful elements such as viruses and bad bacteria.<\/p>\n

Probiotics are strands of good bacteria that you can incorporate to your system through certain aliments that contain them, and kefir, as a fermented dairy product, has a huge amount of good bacteria, with over 30 different strands. Probiotics promote your gut health and help you balance the different functions of your body, including your nutrition.<\/p>\n

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\"\"3. It makes your immune system stronger<\/h3>\n

One of the main roles of probiotics is to help your immune system<\/a> fight the infections and diseases that you could catch when malicious germs enter your body. Many of these germs enter your body through your digestive system, such as the case of food poisoning or eating contaminated aliments. Your good bacteria are a protective barrier of microscopic soldierts that act as a frontline, fighting these germs.<\/p>\n

What is great about kefir is that not only it is one of the richest probiotic sources in the planet; it also has a special probiotic that you can’t find in any other food or place in the world, a bacterium called lactobacillus kefiri. This probiotic is excellent for fighting very well known harmful bacteria such as salmonella and escherichia coli. Additionally, kefir is rich in some nutrients that boost your immune system, such as folate and biotin.<\/p>\n

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\"\"4. It helps relieve allergies<\/h3>\n

People can be allergic<\/a> to a wide variety of elements, from food components to dust to medication to certain materials like metals or latex. But what all allergies have in common is the basic mechanism behind them. An allergy is an abnormal, disfunctional reaction of our immune system towards a substance that, though harmless to our bodies, this system detects as a potential threat to our organism.<\/p>\n

Allergies can be mild, moderate or severe and, in the worst case scenario, they can be deadly. Many allergens can help fight this abnormal reaction by regulating the activity of the immune system. Thanks to its many beneficial components, kefir is excellent to get your immune system back in track, especially respiratory allergic syndromes such as asthma. Kefir helps reduce the inflammation of cells in your lungs and airways which close up and make it difficult for you to breathe; also, they reduce the production of mucus which causes allergic cough.<\/p>\n

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\"\"5. It has antibiotic and antifungal properties<\/h3>\n

There are many microorganisms and life forms that can make us sick, including viruses, bacteria and fungi<\/a>. They reach the interior of our body through various means and cause a large number of different diseases and health problems. One of the best poperties of kefir is that it works as a wide spectrum antibiotic, with many components that help protect us from germs and fungi.<\/p>\n

Not only do the probiotics and nutrients of kefir boost our immune system, but also some of them have a direct effect on germs, killing them before they can do us any harm. Perhaps the most relevant component of kefir is an insoluble polysaccharide (a type of sugar with high molecular weight that can travel in a watery medium without dissolving) called kefiran, that has powerful antibiotic and antifungal effects, especially against the fungus known as candida, which causes candidiasis.<\/p>\n

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\"\"6. It helps fight cancer<\/h3>\n

Yes, just as you read, studies show that the probiotics found in kefir have many beneficial effects in fighting cancer<\/a> and other forms of tumors that can grow in our bodies. Basically, tumours are cell masses that grow out of control and can harm our bodies and cause our death. A genetic mutation localized inside the cell is often the cause of a tumoral growth. The cells start reproducing and spreading around the body, interfering with its normal functions and causing pain.<\/p>\n

Our bodies have a natural way of fighting these cancerous cells, called apoptosis, which is the programmed massive death of cells. The probiotics found in kefir are known to induce apoptosis of cancerous cells in the digestive system. Also, the enzymes found in kefir help decrease the growth ration of tumors and even make them benign, which means that they stop growing altogether and can be removed surgically.<\/p>\n

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\"\"7. It improves your circulatory health<\/h3>\n

Circulatory problems are one of our major health concerns nowadays, with changes in our diet and our lifestyle being among the main reasons why more and more people suffer from cardiovascular disease and other related conditions. Many deaths and chronic illnesses caused by heart failure or circulatory problems are preventable, but we must act from an early age to improve the effect of our life changes in our life quality and expectancy.<\/p>\n

Kefir<\/a> is a great addition to our diet because it has many great properties that improve our circulatory health. For example, studies show that the daily intake of kefir can help fight high blood pressure, which is a risk factor of cardiovascular disease, dementia and other severe conditions. Moreover, adding kefir to our diet helps us lower our cholesterol levels; high cholesterol is linked to cardiovascular disease as well, especially heart attacks and strokes.<\/p>\n

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\"\"8. It improves your digestion and helps fight digestive conditions<\/h3>\n

The probiotics found in kefir protect the health of our guts and help regulate our digestion<\/a>. They play a fundamental role because they actually do some of our digestion for us; they help process and degradate some difficult molecules our body has some trouble dealing with, and regulate how the inner walls of our intestines work, letting through the nutrients and stopping toxins and germs from entering our bloodstream.<\/p>\n

These probiotics are known to help fight digestive conditions or digestive derived syndromes such as Crohn’s disease, ulcers and irritable bowel syndrome. Also, they restore the intestinal flora that is often harmed after taking antibiotics, because these substances can kill good bacteria as well. The disturbances in the population of good bacteria in our guts are responsible of many of the negative side effects of antibiotics, including abdominal pain and diarrhea, so kefir helps prevent them.<\/p>\n

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\"\"9. It can help with your lactose intolerance<\/h3>\n

Yes, we still have more benefits of kefir’s probiotics left to cover. Now you know that they play a fundamental role in keeping the balance and good function of your larger intestine, helping it absorb the good nutrients and substances of food while keeping toxins<\/a> and germs out of our bodies. Now, let’s briefly discuss another quite widespread condition that kefir can help with, lactose intolerance.<\/p>\n

Lactose is the natural sugar of milk, which is present in dairy products derived from it as well. Some people have an allergic reaction to lactose, so every time they try to digest it their abdomen bloats and hurts. Lactose intolerance can make it more difficult to take some essencial nutrients present in dairy products. The strands of good bacteria present in kefir can help process lactose, because they break the lactose molecules into lactic acid, which is far easier to digest.<\/p>\n

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\"\"10. It heals a number of skin and joint conditions<\/h3>\n

Few people are aware of this, but our gut health is directly linked to our skin health. As a matter of fact, many skin conditions and symptoms are actually caused by poor absorption or poor function of our larger intestines, and you now know that kefir works miracles when it comes to your larger intestines. Researchers now agree that skin conditions as diverse as psoriasis, eczema and acne<\/a> are heavily influenced by the quality of our digestion.<\/p>\n

Some rashes and irritations of the skin can be relieved by improving the function of our gut. Also, the before mentioned kefiran, the polysaccharide that is exclusive of kefir, has great beneficial properties for the quality of your skin, so it can make you look better over time. Kefiran is also known to protect your joints and connective tissue, which is also affected by a poor gut function.<\/p>\n\r\n

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