Re: Nutritional Value of KEFIR

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I note that in the article sent that they deem a " small " bowl of yogurt or kefir

to be 500 ml!

That's no small bowl. That's 16.6 ounces! Sure, I'd get a lot of probiotics,

but that's also

quite an injection of milkfat into the old body.

Why not use an 8 ounce serving? The numbers would still be impressive, I think.

A capsule is alot easier to swallow than 16+ ounces of yogurt Though, I

prefer the yogurt or

kefir, too.

Garret

" Barn's burnt down-

Now I can see the moon. "

-Masahide

On Sat 12/13/08 8:09 AM , " sharon " aronrichkid@... sent:

> If you're looking for a good probiotic supplement go for the best,

> Kefir. Many manufacturers of probiotics claim that their pills

> contain 15 billion bacteria at the time of processing. And that it

> would take tubs of yogurt or gallons of kefir to receive the same

> amount of friendly bacteria.

> First of all, lets not forget that these companies acquire their

> products directly from these whole food fermented-milk products.

> As

> I mentioned before, they pull nutrients out of whole foods and

> turn

> around and sell them right back to you.

> So for a fraction of the cost, you can have a more superior product.

>

> I paid only a few dollars for my kefir grains, and if you take care

> of

> them properly they will multiply and last forever!

> Numbers don't lie

> * One capsule of man-made probiotics normally contains about 15

> billion bacteria.

> * One small bowl of fresh yogurt (500 ml), contains about 1.5

> trillion

> beneficial organisms. – 100 times more than a 15 billion capsule.

> * And one small bowl of fresh kefir (500 ml), contains as many as 5

> trillion beneficial organisms. Almost 400 times more than a capsule.

> Kefir and other fermented milk products contain buffering agents

> that

> nourish and protect the lactobacillus from bile acids in the

> stomach.

> This way they can make it into the intestines where they produce

> Vit.

> B-12 and help to breakdown and package food for excretion. Milk

> products are such strong buffering agents that even poison control

> centers recommend drinking milk when confronted with a poison

> situation.

> Bacteria in pill form are in a dormant cycle and the bacteria in

> kefir

> and yogurt are alive and well, making them much more fit to adapt to

> sudden changes in environment as they enter the body.

> These fermented milk products are considered functional foods

> because

> they function as health promoting foods. Probiotic pill supplements

> only offer one thing, bacteria. Fermented Milk offers much more;

> minerals, vitamins, amino acids, L-carnitine, good fats,

> antimicrobial

> agents and more.

> Scientist tested the kefir in the Caucasus Mountains for any type of

> harmful bacteria. But much to their surprise, they found nothing.

> Deep in the mountains where sanitary conditions are much worse than

> ours, the scientist refused to believe there was no harmful bacteria

> to be found. Creating a possible scenario that a piece of animal

> fecal matter would fall into the milk, they injected the E. Coli

> bacteria into the kefir. Within 24 hours the E. Coli was destroyed

> by

> Kefir's benificial bacteria. Kefir has also demonstrated the

> ability

> to kill H. pylori infections when bacteria alone could not. In

> addition, the complex microflora of kefir has also shown a keen

> ability to stimulate our immune system, ward off infections from

> salmonella, and in some cases even fight cancer.

> Fermented foods such as kefir, yogurt, and sauerkraut are once again

> superior to pills in a bottle.

> Source and recommended site by me to Save Money & Time Making Your

> Kefir: http://www.howtomakekefir.com/ [1]

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