Re: Re: cholesterol and converting milk kefir grains

[Guest guest]

Hi Nadia,

On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 2:44 PM, nw945 <nadi945@...> wrote:

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> > Hi Rick and Marilyn,

> I highly appreciate your respond and advices .I'm in the big city

> /Chicago/ and don't know where to buy row milk

There is a delivery of raw milk to Chicago every week. You'll have to ask

around to find out if you can get in on it and where the pick up location

is.

so I will continue with

> regular milk from the stores.

> Can you tell me what quantity of kefir I can consummate.I was

> drinking a lot for a 3 months.

You have to decide that for yourself. Most people drink one or two cups/day.

I do great on one to two quarts.

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> When I switch to 2% and skim milk I had bloating and gas.I'm not sure

> is from the low fat milk but Marilyn said skim milk is high on

> carbs,and that stop my attention.

Sugars in the intestines can ferment and cause bloating and gas.

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> Another question for Merilin My grains are from Europe (Bulgaria).Is

> there any difference in the grains from different places.

> Thank you again !!

Kefir grains are different from house to house, even within Bulgaria. That

is because there are different living conditions. Living conditions are:

temperature of kitchen, kind of milk you are using, what yeasts are floating

in the air of your home, your particular method of making kefir, etc. So no

matter where you get your grains, they will adjust to YOUR home within about

six months.

Thanks,

Marilyn

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> Nadia

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[Guest guest]

I wanted to add that 2% milk gets it's 2% from powdered milk. Which is, by

the nature of how it is made, damaged cholesterol. Skim milk doesnt have

much of anything really.

Except that hog farmers feed skim milk to their hogs to fatten them up. This

I read from the book Nourishing Traditions.

I understand your frustration in not being able to get raw milk. I have been

unable to so far as well.

Also, there is the opinion, which I agree with that high cholestrol has no

relationship to heart disease. Although people with low cholesterol have a

higher all-cause rate of death. I think it is below 180

And considering the low cholesterol rate and ratio that doctors

advise---especially for people like my husband who has had a quad

bypass---it is definitely scarey.

Best of health

....sharon

.......sharon