Consumption of the cell-free or heat-treated fractions of a pitched kefir confers some but not all positive impacts of the corresponding whole kefir

IntroductionKefir consumption can have many metabolic health benefits, including, in the case of specific kefirs, improvements in plasma and liver lipid profiles. Our group has previously shown that these health benefits are dependent on the microbial composition of the kefir fermentation, and that...

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Main Authors: Benjamin C. T. Bourrie, Andrew J. Forgie, Tingting Ju, Caroline Richard, Paul D. Cotter, Benjamin P. Willing
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2022.1056526/full