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Kefir Information

Eating your way to a healthy body
If you’re a doctor, nutritionist or simply someone who is very conscious of their health, it comes as no surprise that the key to reducing and even preventing illnesses has to do a lot with what you eat.
According to specialists and experts in the field, what a person eats [...]

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A lot of people are interested in kefir and in fact drink this stuff for its health benefits. We know that the health benefits of kefir are a result of it being a probiotic beverage. Unfortunately, few realize just how this “probiotic” thing works.
The biggest misconception when it comes to probiotics is thinking that all [...]

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How Safe Is Kefir?

by Giselle

I’ve been getting a lot of emails on the topic of “How Safe Is Kefir?” so I’m dedicating this post to answering it.
If you’re new to kefir and haven’t consumed homemade kefir, much less made kefir from kefir grains at home yourself, you’re probably wondering as to how safe kefir is for yourself, for your [...]

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Kombucha And Kefir

by Giselle

Kombucha is a cultured tea that cleanses your body and has been proven to get rid of a many of different health problems. At the same time, It is a delicious beverage and is easily made.
Similar to kefir, you will want to experiment with different recipes or ways of culturing it. The more you experiment, [...]

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Fermented Foods

by Giselle

Fermented foods have been around for centuries. The process of fermentation is called zymology. The process starts when sugar is converted to alcohol. To be more specific, the conversion of carbohydrates to alcohol.
Everybody knows about the fermented foods, but most don’t know they are. Some fermented foods are beer, wine, kimchi, yogurt and yes, Kefir [...]

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Kefir Culture

by Giselle

The nobel-prize winning biologist, Elie Metchnikoff, first suggested that lactobacilli might counteract the putrefactive effects of gastrointestinal metabolism in 1908.
People from the Caucasus Mountains generally had longer lifespans compared to others so he attributed this to the consumption of kefir. Nowadays, extensive research is being done to kefir.

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Making Kefir

by Giselle

I always get asked how to make kefir. Sometimes just general information like is it really easy? Where do you get the kefir grains from? What container to use and so forth.
As a summary I’ve listed below some of my posts that are relevant to making kefir.
Making Kefir

Milk Kefir
Water Kefir
Taking Care Of Your Kefir Grains

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Kombucha (kom-boo-cha) mushroom tea is a cultured tea similar to Kefir. It is very easy to make and it is also very delicious for many.
Kombucha detoxifies your body. It cleanses your blood and intestinal tract. Like kefir, it helps you heal naturally. It also has bacteria that restores your intestinal flora to a proper balance.
For [...]

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Kefir can be made from all kinds of milk. This alone makes milk kefir grains so awesome. It’s is best to use raw and unpasteurized milk.
People from way back mainly use goat’s milk or even milk from sheep.
Here are some Kefir Milk combinations:

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Kefir Exposed!

by Giselle

I can’t believe it’s already been a couple of years since my very close friend introduced life changing kefir by giving me some of his kefir grains. Sometimes it’s hard to believe something so small and not that mainstream (yet) can be so good and healthy for you. Glad I took the jump and accepted [...]

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Below is an exciting new post on SOA World Magazine. It talks about the importance of probiotics in our body, specifically metabolism, and how kefir is a great source of it. So if you’re a hard core believer in kefir and all the health benefits it brings with it, this study validates it.

New Study Shows [...]

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Some people just don’t like the tangy zesty taste of kefir. I even have a friend whose sole reason he didn’t drink kefir was because he just didn’t like milk, and there’s no persuading him other wise. I’ve found that this is specially true with children as well. They don’t understand or care about the [...]

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Kefir Cheese

by Giselle

If you’re into cheese (and who isn’t) then you might want to make some from milk Kefir (read – How to Make Milk Kefir). Making cheese from kefir is not at all different from making ordinary cheese.
The same process of fresh milk coagulation to produce curds and whey can be used to make kefir cheese. [...]

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Kefir got rid of my Ulcers. It helped my friend by getting rid of her allergies. And it helped a lot of people treat, remedy or even cure different kinds of sicknesses. I just love kefir and I hope you will too.
You must’ve heard about kefir somewhere so you tried searching for it [...]

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Comparing Probiotics Pills To Kefir And Yogurt
Here are some numbers I want to show you.
A man made probiotic supplement in pill form has around 15 billion bacteria. Wow, that is a lot but if you look at yogurt….

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