Do you want to live to 130?
Hi all. I have only recently come across this wonder food which is so easy to make it ain't true. Some of you will know about it and some won't but I think it's worth spreading around. The food or rather the culture I refer to is KEFIR. The best way to learn about it is by putting kefir in the search engine of Google and YouTube and reading about it and listening to people that already use it. If you like Greek yogurt or natural yogurt you're gonna love it! Basically, Kefir (Kee-fir) is a culture grown in full fat organic milk. You can buy kefir 'grains' over the Internet or if your local health store does it, from them. There are two distinct types - milk kefir and water kefir. Water kefir is grown in spring water and fed with organic sugar and just drunk like water and the milk kefir is grown just in organic milk as the milk has its own sugar And can be turned into a delicious yogurt type food. Kefir is basically bacteria and protein but this is good bacteria for you gut. The average person has 90% bad bacteria and 10% good - kefir reverses those figures and gives you 90% good bacteria. You've all heard of Yakult and Activia- Kefir out performs these commercially produced products massively. For instance, Activia has 7 strains of good bacteria whereas Kefir has up to 52! If you want a really healthy gut then learn about it- I feel different after a month on this food and I mean healtier! The folk you hear about living to 130 in the Caucasus Mountains know the power of Kefir. They have it every day. We mix soft fruit, natural juices, mango, banana, nuts and all sorts with ours with a good high speed blender. We will never have to buy yogurt again and we can choose the flavour we want and it's much cheaper. Do yourself a favour and find out about Kefir today. The health benefits are amazing with claims that some cancers can be cured by the stuff
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Interesting information Merve. I can't spot where it says I'll live to 130, but if it makes folks feel better, it could be worth a try. This is what I found:
There are some good blog posts and videoson how to make kefir, but the process is very simple:
- Put 1-2 tablespoons of kefir grains into a small jar. The more you use, the faster it will culture.
- Add around 2 cups of milk, preferably organic or even raw. Milk from grass-fedcows is healthiest. Leave one inch of room at the top of the jar.
- You can add some full-fat cream if you want the kefir to be thicker.
- Put the lid on and leave it for 12-36 hours, at room temperature. That’s it.
- Once it starts to look clumpy, it is ready. Then you gently strain out the liquid, which leaves behind the original kefir grains.
Now put the grains in a new jar with some milk, and the process starts all over again.
David
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Thanks Merve, will give it a go....
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Interesting information Merve. I can't spot where it says I'll live to 130, but if it makes folks feel better, it could be worth a try. This is what I found:
There are some good blog posts and videoson how to make kefir, but the process is very simple:
- Put 1-2 tablespoons of kefir grains into a small jar. The more you use, the faster it will culture.
- Add around 2 cups of milk, preferably organic or even raw. Milk from grass-fedcows is healthiest. Leave one inch of room at the top of the jar.
- You can add some full-fat cream if you want the kefir to be thicker.
- Put the lid on and leave it for 12-36 hours, at room temperature. That’s it.
- Once it starts to look clumpy, it is ready. Then you gently strain out the liquid, which leaves behind the original kefir grains.
Now put the grains in a new jar with some milk, and the process starts all over again.
David
Write your comments here...yes that sounds about right David. You will need to buy organic milk and use plastic sieve, spoons etc- it doesn't like metal apparently and have a decent blender. For the water kefir all you need is spring water and organic sugar. The Kefir grains will grow and take up more of the jar as it is a living medium. Now, you can either give your friends and neighbours some as I have mine, or, if you can't find anyone whose interested and believe it or not,there are those who aren't, you can simply whizz up the grains you don't need into your lovely yogurty drink. After all, that is where the bacteria is produced. They reckon there are 5 billion or is that trillion? Bacteria in a small glass! The bacteria are protected apparently (and I ain't no scientist) by the milk. It acts as a buffer. The bacteria passes from the stomach to the gut and literally starts to destroy the bad bacteria and colonise the gut. You may find that initially your toilet habits change a little. It's the bacteria working- don't worry about it! Youl'll find that flatulence will decrease and what you do have won't clear a room in 5 seconds flat!! This stuff is so powerful and to prove it, they injected it with E-Coli and within 24 hrs, it had been completely overwhelmed by the kefir and completely destroyed!!! We started about 4-5 weeks ago and are already benefiting from it. My wife, who has suffered with indigestion for years has found that it has virtually stopped and is becoming less and less frequent. It will tackle Irritable bowel Syndrome, Leaky gut, indigestion and a host of other troubles and it makes you feel great. It's rather like having a pet- you have to feed it and look after it otherwise it dies but it doesn't need walking and you don't have to remember the poo bag! I hope you all give it a try and keep it going. It's a very powerful aid to good gut and general health! It's cheap, it's easy and it's delicious. What is there not to like.
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The Very Thought fills my heart with terror !! Having seen technology race from (just) post war crystal sets, past diodes, thro pentodes, cold cathodes up to and beyond transistors, chips, I.C.s etc etc, just think what they could use to keep us paying taxes ad infinitum
so as to keep the Denizens of The Palace Of Westminster overly well paid !No Thank you very much, I'll join Jimbo in another plate of fish & chips down at the Greasy Spoon if you don't mind !!
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Double chips fish and mushy peas, will I live to be 130yrs old, no but at least I'll die happy and well fed.
Write your comments here...spoken like a squaddie Jimbo! This does not replace F&Cs it simply keeps you gut flora in balance and gives you a healthy gut so that it can deal with the F&Cs more efficiently that's all!!!
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Ex Para and retired chef and I really don't think my wife would take kindly to yet another jar of something growing in the kitchen, she already complains about my sour dough culture.
Write your comments here...Sour dough- that's good Jimbo! But please read about Kefir- most amazing health benefits and cheap too. A wonderfully powerful probiotic drink which is a natural anti biotic. I love my food and my Weber is my favourite toy but
I want to caravan for many more years if I can and by compromising a bit, I stand a better chance of doing so. At work the other day at St Barts in London, myself and a works colleague decided we would reach the forth floor by using the stairs. He is some
20+ years younger than me. Not only did I not rest on the way up but when he finally appeared, he was in a right state!!! Eating the correct things and not carrying around the 9 or 10 lbs I've lost has made a hell of a difference. Kefir has helped me achieve
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Fourth floor! That's hardly strenuous. Having just got back from a short trip on Ventura, I've been doing stairs from Deck 5 to Deck fifteen several times a day plus a couple of trips round the promenade deck. Still put on a pound or two though.
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Just an update- my son in law has suffered from lacto intolerance for years and has to get lacto free milk. We sent some Kefir with my daughter up to Scotland as we had heard that kefir cures many
conditions as it reverses the 90% bad bacteria into 90% good bacteria in the gut. He was able to eat a milkshake the other day with 3 or 4 scoops of ice cream in it with no ill effects. He said he was waiting for the pains to start
after the hour- nothing!! I can only lead the horse to water - I can't make it drink!!0 -
Fourth floor! That's hardly strenuous. Having just got back from a short trip on Ventura, I've been doing stairs from Deck 5 to Deck fifteen several times a day plus a couple of trips round the promenade deck. Still put on a pound or two though.
Write your comments here...it was strenuous for him Cyber!!
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