Kefir ve Sağlık Açısından Önemi

Yıl 2017, Cilt: 17 Sayı: 2, 834 - 853, 31.08.2017

Oktay Tomar , Abdullah Çağlar Gökhan Akarca

Öz

Fermente süt ürünleri içinde yoğurttan sonra önemli bir yer tutan ve herkes tarafından beğenilerek tüketilen diğer bir ürün kefirdir. Kefir; gerek içermiş olduğu bileşenler, gerekse fermantasyon aşamasında oluşan yeni bileşenler sayesinde insan sağlığı üzerine olumlu etkilere sahiptir. Kullanılan sütün özelliği, yapım metodu, kullanılan kefir kültürünün mikrobiyal florası, fermantasyon şartları, muhafaza şartları ve süresine bağlı olarak kefirin bileşiminde değişiklikler görülebilir. Son yıllarda yapılan çalışmalarda kefirin insan sağlığına olan faydalarının arttırılması amaçlanmıştır. Fermente süt ürünleri içerisinde önemli bir yeri olan ve aynı zamanda probiyotik özelliğiyle dikkatleri çeken kefir, başta gastrointestinal etkileri olma üzere, kroner kalp rahatsızlıkları, antimikrobiyal, antitümör, antikarsinojenik, antialerjik etkiler ve astım etkilerinin azaltılması, bağışıklık sisteminin güçlendirilmesi gibi bir dizi sağlık faydasıyla ilişkilendirilmiştir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Kefir, Fermante Süt, Probiyotik, Sağlık

Kaynakça

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