Africa's numerous cultures have long enjoyed a heritage of diets based on items known to be good for gut and metabolic health ...

Sour milk has impressive nutritional qualities. Like all fermented beverages, it is digested several times faster than raw ...

Kefir is a type of cultured dairy product. It’s nutritious, high in probiotics, and easy to digest. It’s made by adding kefir grains—a combination of yeast and bacteria—to milk.

Kymyz is naturally rich in beneficial bacteria and yeast that support gut health. Its mild alcohol content — a byproduct of ...

Traditional fermented milk such as the famous mursik of the Kalenjin, commercial sour milk such as the mala or lala were not associated with an increased risk of colorectal cancer. “In fact the ...

Yet for years Western tourists seemed quite hesitant when it came to our fermented specialties such as sauerkraut, dill pickles, soured milk and żur soup; many of them found Polish cuisine to be quite ...

Other fermented foods include yoghurts, cheeses, sour dough bread and chutneys ... In our big probiotics study, the group taking a fermented milk based drink called kefir saw significant changes ...

Kefir is a fermented drink made by adding ... yeasts in the kefir grains turn the sugars in milk into lactic acid, making it taste slightly sour, says Tayler Silfverduk, a registered dietitian ...