Kefir Newbie: a few questions

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Hi- I just started making and drinking milk kefir this week.

Two questions so far:

1. How often each day can/should I drink kefir? Does it lose its benefit after

drinking too much? Right now I've been drinking 8 ounces a day. I've been on a

candida diet due to infections I've had, and suspect I really need to recolonize

my digestive tract. I'm hoping the kefir will help with that, so I'd like to

drink as much as I can to help the process along.

2. When I strain out the kefir grains, there are all sorts of new little

pieces--like cottage cheese. I have been drinking those. Are these actually

new kefir grains? I want the kefir to multiply so I can make more than 2 cups

at a time, but am not sure how long it takes or how to do that.

Thanks