Milk kefir is strongly anti-inflammatory and may prove helpful in combating gastrointestinal distress caused by infections from bacillus cereus, salmonella, e coli and helictobacter pylori. Milk kefir is also particularly important in recovering from clostridium difficile infection and associated gastrointestinal discomfort and diarrhea which often accompanies use of antibiotics. Despite the fact that milk kefir is, itself, a symbiotic colony of bacteria and yeasts (or SCOBY), milk kefir also acts as a powerful antimicrobial food – helping to limit the growth of pathogens while encouraging the proliferation of beneficial bacteria in the intestinal tract.
Milk kefir, like other cultured dairy foods, may also play a role in the prevention of cancer as it exhibits antitumoural effects. Cultured dairy foods, including milk kefir, have been found to play a role in the prevention and treatment of bladder cancer, breast cancer and colon cancer. Indeed, some researchers have concluded that milk kefir may be one of the most promising foods when it comes to cancer prevention.