sugar content of water kefir

[Guest guest]

I have diabetes, so I monitored my blood glucose levels after drinking water

kefir. It did not rise. I thought I'd do an experiment: I set up a new batch

today. After mixing my sugar water with molasses, I measured the glucose level:

it was 377. The 4 day old kefir registered at 57! I think that is pretty

incredible.

Now I am wondering whether it is okay to eat extra grains - that would be more

difficult to measure. Maybe I could puree a few.

LaDonna

[Guest guest]

Very interesting--thank you SO much for the input.

It wold be super interesting to see if your glucose rises after eating,

say, a tablespoon of grains? When I eat mine they are not very sweet, they

only seem to have kefir liquid residue that sweetens them. For the most

part they are a gelatinous taste, like unflavored gelatin, so I think they

may have some protein and cellulose (fiber?) as they are live " plants " , but

little else.

Thank you again for sharing.

Kim