Every day I read of new studies that show the effect of giving children live kefir or probiotics. The essential beneficial bacteria in milk kefir are bifidobacteria and lactobacteria, but there are millions of them. These healthy bacteria alter the gut biome which then changes the way the immune system interacts with the skin immune cells. One such study, by authors from Oxford and Madrid in Spain, is actually a double blind study (the best science is double blind) and was published in Clinical Dermatology Jan 2023. What this means is that every British dermatologist should know this, as the Journal of Clinical Dermatology is mainstream reading. I will list some publications in the comments below.
