DailyKenn.com — It may not be the be-all, end-all for the COVID virus, but scientists claim they have found a potential life-saving product that you can buy at your local grocery.
“Researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev say they have identified molecules in kefir that are effective at treating various inflammatory conditions, including 'cytokine storms' caused by COVID-19.”
That may explain why kefir has been selling out at your local grocery.
• Here's how I make kefit taste good...
In a blender place
1/2 cup kefir
1/3 cup low-sugar yogurt
1 raw egg
1 chopped Hass avocado
1/2 tsp sucralose (or zero calorie syrup)
blend until smooth
The research was conducted by PhD student Orit Malka and Prof. Raz Jelinek, vice president and dean for research and development at BGU. It was recently published in the peer-reviewed journal Microbiome.
Several years before the coronavirus pandemic, Malka noticed that yogurt had a therapeutic effect and began studying it in Jelinek’s lab, Jelinek told The Jerusalem Post. They identified molecules in the yogurt that had dramatic antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties.
“One of the main reasons people die of COVID is the cytokine storm,” Jelinek said. “Cytokines are immune molecules that are designed to help the body fight invaders like viruses. But in certain circumstances, and scientists don’t know exactly why, the body goes into a sort of overdrive and secretes many cytokines – so many that it kills you. That is what happens during COVID.”
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