Figure 2.

Concentration of total plasma cholesterol (A,D), HDL cholesterol (B,E), and non-HDL cholesterol (C,F) in male/female C57Bl/6 mice fed a control diet or high-fat diet supplemented with milk or different kefir preparations for 8 weeks. Data are expressed as mean values with their standard errors (n = 7–8). Means that do not share a letter are significantly different (p < 0.05). LFD, mice fed a low fat diet supplemented with freeze-dried milk for 8 weeks; HFD, mice fed a high fat diet supplemented with freeze-dried milk for 8 weeks; PK1, mice fed a high fat diet supplemented with freeze-dried pitched kefir for 8 weeks; CFK, mice fed a high-fat diet supplemented with freeze-dried cell-free kefir; HK, mice fed a high-fat diet supplemented freeze-dried heat-treated kefir.