"It's full of naturally occurring bacteria and yeast living in symbiosis as the result of the fermentation process. Kefir is loaded with vitamins, minerals and easily digested protein. It can even be consumed by the lactose intolerant because the yeast and bacteria provide the enzyme lactase, an enzyme which consumes most of the lactose left after the culturing process."
I find it pretty cheap at Trader Joes.
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sutherngrl
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I drink it too. About 4 oz a day also. I believe it is recommended by Dr B.
Another thing I do is swallow a probiotic and then open another one up and mix it in my yogurt. This seems to make my stomach feel better than anything.
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I make kefir from the starter powder, which I got from iHerb.com. Amazon carries it too.
It takes 24 hours at room temperature to "work," and then I stir it and refrigerate it. I have worked out some shortcuts, and I use only half of the packet of starter for each quart, to cut down the expense.
It tastes like cultured buttermilk. I can notice a difference in my digestion when I drink it.
I know that making kefir from the grains is better, but I don't have the energy to take care of it every day. You need to strain out the grains every day and place them in fresh milk, or they will "starve."
Heh, I've managed to kill all of my house plants by forgetting to water them, so I'm afraid to buy kefir grains.
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Just an FYI for those not doing dairy or who just don't like "regular" keifer.
I discovered coconut keifer fairly recently and LOVE it! I can buy it for a decent price at my local organic grocery store. Maybe it's sold at the bigger ones like Whole Foods and what-not, too; not sure about that.
Anywho, it's really tasty!
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if you have kefir grains, you can kefir any kind of juice or any soy milk.
The juice is really good. I just use my regular milk kefir grains. You can actually buy a different kind of grain for juice, but the milk grains work too. Just make sure you rinse them really good.
For the poster that said that you have to put the grains in new milk immediately: you can just rinse them with water(not tap water as the flouire and chlorine will kill them) and put them in a little ziploc bag if you are not ready to make more. They will keep for a little while. If they need to be fed, you can put them in some water with sugar and that will "feed" them.
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I have kefir grains ... I got them from www.kefirlady.com .... they make good kefir. After drinking it daily for a few months, now I don't seem to want/need it anymore.
They don't keep long without being fed. If I don't want more kefir, I just leave them sit longer in the milk and give that batch to my husband (I would just throw it away, but he likes that really sour stuff, LOL).
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