Guest guest Posted May 3, 2005 Report Share Posted May 3, 2005 I want to back it up. 2 weeks ago I started giving kefir to my son. What a result! I fought his yeasts for more than a year without real succes. He was on daily soil-based probiotic and antifungals. I managed just to reduce his yeasts, though could not miss even one day on his antifungals. 2 weeks ago I started milk kefir from 1/2 tsp. Even with that dose I could see signs of die off. He had some diarrhea - really cleaning out. But on the second day I could see that his yeasts were gone. For 2 weeks I don't give him any antifungals and stopped probiotic. I added up to 2 tsp of kefir a day. He is fine. His tummy is flat. He is settled, happy, sociable, active, cooperative etc, etc... I've never seen him so happy before (he is 3,5 years now). I wish I'd started him on kefir 3 years ago... Probably I would never had to fight his asperger's traits at all... And the link to Dom's site is (http://users.chariot.net.au/~dna/kefirpage.html) Good luck to all! Galina > I have some Kefir grains that have grown and I can not drink enough of the product they make and thought that I would give some of the grains away to others esp. those with IBS or Families with autistic family members assuming it would help. > > I dont have a link about Kefir but there are several wonderful sites online. The site that has Don somewhere in the name of the website is one of the better ones. > > If anyone wants part of my grains after looking into this subject of Kefir and its health benefits, just let me know. > This stuff is growing so fast around here and I just cant use it all. Plus I really like helping others out in many ways. > If anyone is interested just let me know at wingsout@t... > > April H. from Mississippi----Take care of your exemptions or you will have to homeschool or poison your children with vaccines, like Mississippians. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 3, 2005 Report Share Posted May 3, 2005 > My nephew is on a gluten-free, casein-free diet, though. How could they know if this would work or not for him? Do you think this might solve his casein problem - or not? > Thanks, > Sheri B. > My son is GFCF for 2 years. There are two aspects to consider in giving kefir. The first one - it is the most effective probiotic, hundred times more effective than any probiotic. Unlike any traditional probiotics and jogurt kefir culture provides a vast variety of different species of microbes - Lactobacilli, Streptococci - Lactococci, Acetobacter and Yeasts (not candida albicans). They live in symbiosys which means these bacteria and friendly yeasts can really survive and colonise intestinal tract. It is extremely benefitial to those kids who have bacterial/yeasts problem. Actually I knew it before but I could not even amagine how effective it is. Traditionally kefir is made from real milk but for highly allergic individuals it can be made with soy or nut milk. As for dairy milk. The theory is that it is pasteurizing that makes milk casein so indigestible for many people and especially for our kids ( http://www.mercola.com/2003/jul/2/pasteurized_milk.htm ). Unfortunately most of us can not try out this theory because raw milk is hardly available. But the process of fermenting converts milk casein again into an easily digestible form. Many children should tolerate kefir much better than pasteurised milk. I did not try this theory with my son yet - I give him kefir with ensymes, just to be on the safe side. I am planning to give his guts more time for healing and then try kefir without enzymes in a couple months after the start. For now my huge gain with kefir is tackling his yeasts/bacterial issues. Guess my post raised more questions than answers... Just type 'kefir' in your serch engine and you find plenty of useful links. Galina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 3, 2005 Report Share Posted May 3, 2005 Sheri, You can make use water instead of milk with kefir. Some people use juice and even make kefir wine. Some of it doesnt sound that good to me but you never know. I dont think one can guarantee that the dairy wont bother someone allegic to caisen but I have read others say they can tolerate the kefir milk much easier than regular milk. You can also make it with coconut milk as well. A general search can get one a lot of results and if you prefer you can join the group called- Kefir_making/ for more information. They are very helpful and in that group you will find recipes and healthy recipes to use the kefir with. I am fairly new to this stuff and I am not really much help. I April Re: Re: Kefir Good for IBS and/or Autistic kids ? Anyone want some grains? My nephew is on a gluten-free, casein-free diet, though. How could they know if this would work or not for him? Do you think this might solve his casein problem - or not? Thanks, Sheri B. nikitasmom33 <gkraevaia@...> wrote: I want to back it up. 2 weeks ago I started giving kefir to my son. What a result! I fought his yeasts for more than a year without real succes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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