“I’ve been making or helping to make yogurt since I was about ten years old,” are the first words in “Homemade Yogurt & Kefir: 71 Recipes for Making & Using Probiotic-Rich Ferments” (Storey, $19.95).

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Find out which fermented favorite comes out on top.

You likely know the benefits of yogurt for your gut microbiota, but do you know about kefir? Kefir is another way of fermenting milk that has more probiotics (beneficial microbes) than yogurt, often ...

The healthiest yogurt you can buy is plain Greek yogurt, followed by Icelandic yogurt, and flavored kefir. They deliver ...

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