Kefir and Reduced Muscle Soreness

• Can dairy beverages promote post-exercise recovery in young female athletes? A crossover study on milk and kefir.

  • 2026
  • RCT · n = 16
  • Food & function 17(6)
  • • Marco Pernigoni
    • Leonardo Cesanelli
    • Elena Cesanelli
    • Rima Bakienė
    • Valeria Polzonetti
    • Inga Lukonaitienė

  • PubMed: 41800708
  • DOI: 10.1039/d5fo05127d

  7 Insights on

  • Reduced Muscle Soreness

  • High evidence
  • Rigorous Journal
  • Athletes

  muscle soreness and perceived fatigue improved from post-exercise to post-beverage after water and kefir (p ≤ 0.024, r = 0.47-0.59)

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes

  Dose

  ~250 ml