kefir or kombucha

I make my own Kefir, it’s easy to do and really healthy and tasty. Order some kefir grains on amazon

The kefir cultures eat the lactose sugar so there’s not really much sugar or “dairy” (dairy in quotes because it’s the lactose most people have a problem with in the dairy) left over. It will have a small amount of alcohol that will get turned into sugars in your stomach, but I feel like this isn’t exhorbitant (and at most can be equal to the amount in a glass of milk). I’ve never once got any type of “carbed out” feeling at all from a glass of kefir


Dunno about the store bought kefir probably has more added sugar

Post Edited (dcd2103) : 2/15/2020 9:48:15 AM (GMT-7)

I'm not an expert or anything but I heard Kefir is more better from what I've seen at least if you have a pretty weak immune system. I got this from a book that was called Body Ecology, it's a diet that i was going to explore and did a few things of but not fully only just for a little bit. They say kombucha is a wild ferment so it can change according to it's environment among other things. Here's an article they have about it. I think they recommend coconut kefir as one of the better forms of it. https://bodyecology.com/articles/4-surprising-reasons-to-ditch-kombucha/

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sandyfeet said...
I make water kefir, have for many years. It doesn't have much sugar once the grains digest it all. It's not supposed to have quite as many strains as a dairy kefir but it's still very good I think.

Aerose - can you elaborate on kombucha? I am intrigued!

Kombucha has sugar so right away its poor. Also, it has a base of black and/or green tea which are histamines for those of us who have MCAS. Not to mention just the fact that it's fermented means high histamines.
The fermentation also produces yeast so if you have candida (most of us do) it provides a positive environment for candida to thrive on top of just the sugar. Finally, there aren't nearly enough probiotics to make it worth it. One probiotic pill has several times more probiotic without all the other downfalls