Figure 4.

Illustrative images from our laboratory demonstrating the vascular protective role of kefir in both lipid deposition (in LDLr knockout mice) and in the endothelial layer (in SHR model). The images were reconstructed and modified from previous publications [7,80]. In addition, we demonstrate the “inside world” of a single grain, which was pictured at increasing magnifications (from “b” to “f”) and symbiotically inhabited by millions of microorganisms that our laboratory has used to demonstrate the effect of kefir experimental and clinical studies [7].