Alimentando Práticas – Prebióticos e Probióticos em preparações culinárias – Ana Vládia – artigo 3
Water kefir as a promising low-sugar probiotic fermented beverage
BackgroundWater kefir is a slightly sweet, acidic, fruity, sparkling, and slightly alcoholic fermented beverage produced with water kefir grains, the latter consisting of polysaccharides and micro-organisms. The micro-organisms involved inwater kefir fermentation comprise yeast, lactic acid bacteria, bifidobacteria, and acetic acid bacteria. Some strains of micro-organisms in water kefir might possess probiotic activity. Also, water kefir is a beverage withrelatively low sugar content, providing an interesting alternative ...
Alimentando Práticas – Prebióticos e Probióticos em preparações culinárias – Ana Vládia – artigo 2
Microbial Species Diversity, Community Dynamics, and MetaboliteKinetics of Water Kefir Fermentation
Water kefir is a sour, alcoholic, and fruity fermented beverage of which the fermentation is started with water kefir grains. These water kefir grains consist of polysaccharide and contain the microorganisms responsible for the water kefir fermentation. In this work, a water kefir fermentation process was followed as a function of time during 192 h to unravel the community dynamics, the species diversity, and the kinetics of substrate consumption and metabolite production. The majority of ...
Alimentando Práticas – Prebióticos e Probióticos em preparações culinárias – Ana Vládia – artigo 1
Evaluation of Anti-Hyperglycemic and Anti-Hyperlipidemic Activities of Water Kefir as Probiotic on Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Wistar Rats
AbstractDiabetes mellitus is a predominant chronic disease which causes mortality of millions of people yearly. Its prevalence is on the rise worldwide. Water kefir is fermented food produced by a matrix of polysaccharides containing bacteria and yeasts, with therapeutic properties. Our study aimed to evaluate anti-hyperglycemic and anti-hyperlipidemic activities of water kefir on streptozotocin-induced diabetic Wistar rats. Adult Wistar rats were ...
