Re: Kefir Good for IBS and/or Autistic kids ? Anyone want some grains?

[Guest guest]

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.

>

>

[Guest guest]

> 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

[Guest guest]

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.