Comments for Cultured Food Life http://culturedfoodlife.com Learn To Make Probiotic Foods In Your Home Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:24:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Detox, chickenpox, colds, flu and cultured foods by Donna Schwenk http://culturedfoodlife.com/detox-chickenpox-cold-and-flu-and-cultured-foods/comment-page-1/#comment-2813 Donna Schwenk Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:24:43 +0000 http://culturedfoodlife.com/?p=2475#comment-2813 When you start adding a lot of probiotic foods and have a large amount of bad bacteria and candida the bacteria start dieing off in large numbers and can create symptoms that feel worse temporarily. It is called a herxheimer reaction or a healing crisis. Bruce Fife wrote a good book called the Healing Crisis that explains this. Start slower and keep taking it but build up to it slowly. Kefir is really strong and can go to work in a big way in the gut to bring balance. There was a shift going on inside of your gut between which bacterias were going to dominate and really bring you back into balance. Does this make sense? I hope you feel better soon Rachel. You deserve to feel great. Keep me posted, and just start out with 1/4 to a 1/2 cup of kefir a day. Maybe some kombucha too. When you start adding a lot of probiotic foods and have a large amount of bad bacteria and candida the bacteria start dieing off in large numbers and can create symptoms that feel worse temporarily. It is called a herxheimer reaction or a healing crisis. Bruce Fife wrote a good book called the Healing Crisis that explains this. Start slower and keep taking it but build up to it slowly. Kefir is really strong and can go to work in a big way in the gut to bring balance. There was a shift going on inside of your gut between which bacterias were going to dominate and really bring you back into balance. Does this make sense? I hope you feel better soon Rachel. You deserve to feel great. Keep me posted, and just start out with 1/4 to a 1/2 cup of kefir a day. Maybe some kombucha too.

]]> Comment on Detox, chickenpox, colds, flu and cultured foods by Rachel http://culturedfoodlife.com/detox-chickenpox-cold-and-flu-and-cultured-foods/comment-page-1/#comment-2803 Rachel Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:11:51 +0000 http://culturedfoodlife.com/?p=2475#comment-2803 Hello! I have a lot of stomach and G.I. Tract issues and I found out last summer that when I drank Kombucha, they would get a lot better. However, I started making my own Kefir about a month ago and I felt like that was helping me but then my symptoms got worse so I stopped drinking it just in case it was adding to my problems. Now everything is getting progressively worse and I was wondering if your body can go through some strange version of withdrawal. Like, did it get used to a bunch of probiotics and now in the absence of them, it doesn't know what to do with itself?? Thanks so much!! Rachel Hello! I have a lot of stomach and G.I. Tract issues and I found out last summer that when I drank Kombucha, they would get a lot better. However, I started making my own Kefir about a month ago and I felt like that was helping me but then my symptoms got worse so I stopped drinking it just in case it was adding to my problems. Now everything is getting progressively worse and I was wondering if your body can go through some strange version of withdrawal. Like, did it get used to a bunch of probiotics and now in the absence of them, it doesn’t know what to do with itself?? Thanks so much!!

Rachel

]]> Comment on The Legend of Kefir & Apple Kefir Breakfast by Floyd Sokoloff http://culturedfoodlife.com/the-legend-of-kefir-apple-kefir-breakfast/comment-page-1/#comment-2753 Floyd Sokoloff Mon, 20 Feb 2012 08:55:08 +0000 http://harborsofhealing.com/?p=705#comment-2753 Very good written story. It will be useful to anybody who utilizes it, including yours truly :). Keep up the good work - can'r wait to read more posts. Very good written story. It will be useful to anybody who utilizes it, including yours truly :) . Keep up the good work – can’r wait to read more posts.

]]> Comment on Kombucha Floats Made With Kefir Ice Cream by Donna Schwenk http://culturedfoodlife.com/kombucha-floats-made-with-kefir-ice-cream/comment-page-1/#comment-2743 Donna Schwenk Sun, 19 Feb 2012 23:42:41 +0000 http://culturedfoodlife.com/?p=1739#comment-2743 Pasture raised farm eggs are safe to eat raw. Pasture raised farm eggs are safe to eat raw.

]]> Comment on Kombucha Floats Made With Kefir Ice Cream by Melanie http://culturedfoodlife.com/kombucha-floats-made-with-kefir-ice-cream/comment-page-1/#comment-2741 Melanie Sun, 19 Feb 2012 21:45:03 +0000 http://culturedfoodlife.com/?p=1739#comment-2741 mmmmmmmmmm! Can't wait to try! :-) mmmmmmmmmm! Can’t wait to try!

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]]> Comment on Kombucha Floats Made With Kefir Ice Cream by umm http://culturedfoodlife.com/kombucha-floats-made-with-kefir-ice-cream/comment-page-1/#comment-2738 umm Sun, 19 Feb 2012 17:16:24 +0000 http://culturedfoodlife.com/?p=1739#comment-2738 raw eggs??? raw eggs???

]]> Comment on Kombucha Floats Made With Kefir Ice Cream by faithful http://culturedfoodlife.com/kombucha-floats-made-with-kefir-ice-cream/comment-page-1/#comment-2737 faithful Sun, 19 Feb 2012 16:59:18 +0000 http://culturedfoodlife.com/?p=1739#comment-2737 I made coconut milk kefir & froze it with some sweetner & vanilla in icecream maker. Didn't need to add eggs! Makes great soft kefir cream that stands up well sotred in freezed. Put some in my KT just now & it was great! I made coconut milk kefir & froze it with some sweetner & vanilla in icecream maker. Didn’t need to add eggs! Makes great soft kefir cream that stands up well sotred in freezed. Put some in my KT just now & it was great!

]]> Comment on How to Make Kefir by Donna Schwenk http://culturedfoodlife.com/how-to-make-kefir/comment-page-1/#comment-2731 Donna Schwenk Sun, 19 Feb 2012 15:33:52 +0000 http://harborsofhealing.com/?p=261#comment-2731 I never boil the milk. The microbes in kefir dominate and control the environment, keeping harmful bacteria at bay. Very very safe and no need to boil milk. Are you using the culture packages or the kefir grains? I never boil the milk. The microbes in kefir dominate and control the environment, keeping harmful bacteria at bay. Very very safe and no need to boil milk. Are you using the culture packages or the kefir grains?

]]> Comment on How to Make Kefir by Liz http://culturedfoodlife.com/how-to-make-kefir/comment-page-1/#comment-2730 Liz Sun, 19 Feb 2012 15:21:23 +0000 http://harborsofhealing.com/?p=261#comment-2730 If you don't make more and just store it in the frig, do you boil the milk first (like a regular batch)? Do you pour off that milk to start another batch, or just set it on the counter, or will it ferment on it's own in the frig? If you don’t make more and just store it in the frig, do you boil the milk first (like a regular batch)? Do you pour off that milk to start another batch, or just set it on the counter, or will it ferment on it’s own in the frig?

]]> Comment on How To Make Sprouted Hot Dog Buns by Adventures In Mustard & Ketchup & Fermented French Dressing | Cultured Food Life http://culturedfoodlife.com/how-to-make-sprouted-hot-dog-buns/comment-page-1/#comment-2600 Adventures In Mustard & Ketchup & Fermented French Dressing | Cultured Food Life Sat, 18 Feb 2012 23:04:29 +0000 http://harborsofhealing.com/?p=859#comment-2600 [...] ketchup recipe adapted from Nourishing Traditions. Both of these are probiotic. Put these on my sprouted hotdog buns with a little sauerkraut and you have a probiotic powerhouse for lunch. Or make my french dressing, [...] [...] ketchup recipe adapted from Nourishing Traditions. Both of these are probiotic. Put these on my sprouted hotdog buns with a little sauerkraut and you have a probiotic powerhouse for lunch. Or make my french dressing, [...]

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