038 - Live milk Kefir to support your gut health from kerry Kefir with Mary-Thea Brosnan 

 At Kerry Kefir, we produce an authentic live milk kefir, a natural probiotic packed full of beneficial bacteria and yeast to support gut health naturally. Unlike Actimel, Yakult and supermarket/commercial kefirs, we use the living organisms i.e., kefir grains to ferment our milk. This produces a powerful milk kefir that has more diversity and therefore benefits for your digestive function, immune support and overall gut health.

Mary-Theas top 3 tips to improve your health are:

1.    Learn to read the ingredients on the products you buy- avoid anything that has a long complicated list of ingredients, including emulsifiers and gums as they have been shown to be bad for gut health

2.    Incorporate fermented foods into your diet every day. Kefir, kombucha, sauerkraut, kimchi, miso, yoghurt (natural live yoghurt). Small amounts on a daily basis is better for your long-term gut health goals than large amounts infrequently

3.    Vary your fruits and veggies- every time you eat a different fruit or veg you are feeding a different type of bacteria- this is what will help your gut bacteria to grow and thrive and really affect your gut health

 

1. Research from Stanford University shows a diet high in fermented foods improves microbiome diversity, reduced inflammation and improves immune responses https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2021/07/fermented-food-diet-increases-microbiome-diversity-lowers-inflammation
2. .Research from APC Microbiome Ireland (Prof. Ted Dinan) shows how a diet high in fermented foods and prebiotic foods can improve stress and stress-related diseases https://www.nature.com/articles/s41380-022-01817-y

 

Website: https://kerrykefir.ie/

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