Re: Kefir -- A Probiotic for IBS Never New!

February 21, 2008

Kefir controls IBS? I never new, I love that but don't buy it much because

of cost. I love yougart and eat it alot, does this help with control also?

What about people that are lactose intolerant? My son has Chron's and can not

eat dairy but wonder if this is usefull in control of this type. Though he is

on Remicade now and it has reacted to the treatments he gets, yet he is so thin,

and some foods still have him heading to the BR Thanks for sending that info

though for IBS will have to make sure and always buy now, as I had not been

bothered with IBS for several yrs but it is back. I don't know how my son has

always been able to hold on until he gets to a BR, as I had several close calls

and there is no holding.

Dame de Faiel wrote: I drink this on a

daily basis to stop diarrhea. It works real well,

controls IBS. I used to buy it in the store. Got to be expensive buying

it every week. I used to spend over $100 dollars on the Helios organic

Kefir each month. I also have bought the Lifeway brand of Kefir which

is cheaper. I couldn't stop drinking Kefir, and I couldn't go back to

yogurt which was not controlling IBS. I thought it was really strange

about the toilet hugging kind of diarrhea that hit me all the time. I

got scared about going out of the house, since I never knew when this

problem would strike.

A friend of mine sent me the Kefir grains that I reuse. I went from 1

tablespoon of grains, to several cup fulls. I started out making one

cup of Kefir, but I'm up to making 20 cups. Kefir has 10 active

cultures compared to the one culture that Activia has.

To know more about Kefir see Dom's Kefir site.

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