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Cross-Curricular Biology

What is Kefir?

Kefir is a cultured, creamy product with amazing benefits for your health.

Kefir's tart and refreshing flavor is similar to a drinking-style yogurt, but it contains beneficialyeast and'probiotic'bacteria found in yogurt, too. Its natural bacteria and yeast produce health benefits when consumed regularly It contains vitamins,minerals and,proteins.

For the lactose intolerant, kefir's abundance of beneficial yeast and bacteria provide lactase, an enzyme which consumes most of the lactose left after the culturing process.

How is kefir made?

Kefir can be made from any type of milk,cow.goat or sheep. coconut,rice or soy.Although it forms a mucous that has a "clean"quality, it creates ideal conditions in the digestive tract for the colonization of friendly bacteria. Kefir is made from

white and yellow"grains."This makes kefir unique, as no other milk culture forms grains. These grains contain the bacteria/yeast mixture clumped together with milk proteins and complex sugars, They look like pieces of coral or small clumnps of cauliflower.The grains fementthe milk,incorporating their friendly organisms to create the cultured product. The grains are then removed with a strainer before consumption of the kefir and added to a new batch of milk.

Source:https://www.ketfir.net/what-is-ketir/

Read the article and answer the following questions in your notebook.

What is kefir?

A How is kefir similar to

yogurt?

Why is kefir good for lactose intolerant people?

Orally discuss with your partner which goes with each word. Check your answers with a dictionary if it is necessary.

Discuss the following questions with a partner. Answer orally and share your answers with the class.

Why does the text say"friendly bacteria"?

Why do you think consuming kefir is good for your organism?

Unit 2-Lesson4-A World ofHealthy Habits

Unit 1 · Cross curricular

Preguntas de profundización

Invite a los estudiantes a realizar un proceso de metacognición relacionado con la lectura, para esto pregunte:

• Was the text hard to understand?

Are there any words that you didn't know? What did you do to understand their meaning?

Can you summarize the information read in 4-5 lines?

Solucionario

Cross-Curricular Biology

1. a. It is a cultured, creamy product with amazing health attributes.

b. They are similar because of Kefir's tart and refreshing flavor.

c. Because Kefir's yeast and bacteria provide lactase, an enzyme which consumes most of the lactose left after the culturing process.

2. Cultured: Refined

Tart: Sour

Yeast: Fungus

Batch: Amount

3. a. Respuesta variable

b. Respuesta variable.

Propósito y recomendaciones

El propósito de esta lectura y las actividades relacionadas es que los estudiantes puedan relacionar los contenidos sobre hábitos saludables con aquellos vistos en el ramo de Ciencias Naturales. Guíelos hacia la comprensión de los contenidos en el idioma inglés y ayádelos a ampliar su vocabulario sobre temas ya conocidos. Además de esto, se espera que los estudiantes sean capaces de identificar no solo la idea general, sino información especifica y explicita en el texto.

uMIE 2

Texto del estudiante


Cultured	Fungus
Tart	Refined
Yeast	Amount
Batch	Sour

57

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