Summary
Listener Amanda was Kefir curious, and got in touch with Sliced Bread to ask if the Kefir she was consuming for breakfast every day – was really having an impact on her health, cognitive function, and her gut?
She wasn’t the only person to get in touch about kefir either, with others saying they keep seeing the benefits of fermented foods crowed about on social media. Greg Foot talks to head of the Food Biosciences department at the Irish National Research Body Teagasc, to get to the bottom of it.
Each episode Greg investigates the latest ad-hyped products and trending fads promising to make us healthier, happier and greener. Are they really 'the best thing since sliced bread' and should you spend your money on them?
If you’ve seen an ad, trend or wonder product promising to make you happier, healthier or greener, email us at sliced.bread@bbc.co.uk or send a voice note to our WhatsApp number, 07543 306807.
RESEARCHER: PHIL SANSOM PRODUCERS: KATE HOLDSWORTH & GREG FOOT
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| 1:06.5 | products promising to make you happier, healthier or greener. Each episode, we follow the crumbs of |
| 1:11.7 | evidence to find out if one of your suggested wonder products is indeed the best thing since |
| 1:16.4 | sliced bread or marketing BS. And today's suggestion comes from Amanda Kay in Edinburgh. Hello, Amanda. |
| 1:22.5 | Hi there. Tell us the wonder product you'd like us to investigate today. I'm curious to find out |
| 1:26.9 | whether kaffir, the drink or the yoghurt, why it's so good for us. I mean, this is something you see in the dairy aisle of the supermarket, isn't it? If you're listening and you haven't spotted these, kphirir is spelt k-e-f-I-R, tends to come in bottles or tubs. How do you consume it, Amanda? I started off mainly using it as |
| 1:46.0 | yoghurt, but then they didn't have any yoghurt the other day, so I bought the drink. And now, |
| 1:51.4 | because I have it for breakfast on either sliced banana or cereal, the drink actually is better. |
| 1:57.7 | I also partake in a bit of kheria drink. Here it is. Biota Falls gut health kaffir drink. I also partake in a bit of kherthia drink. Here it is. Biota Falls gut health |
| 2:03.2 | kaffir drink. I just pour this on my breakfast or sometimes I have a little swig if I want to feel |
| 2:08.4 | healthy. Do you have a brand that you go to all the time or is it just what's cheapest and what's |
| 2:12.9 | available? It's kind of what's available really. One I've got is the same as what you've got at the moment. |
| 2:19.1 | I think it was an offer in the supermarket. |
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