Real kefir is a miracle and a gift to human kind. When fermented correctly real kefir creates a superfood that yields almost boundless health benefits. Real kefir is a symbiotic communtiy of beneficial bacteria and beneficial yeasts that can do things together as a team that they could not do separately and that is very significant.

Kefir; not, produced by the life Way company, is composed of cultured milk that is fermented with 10 strains of kefir. Real kefir is not fermented simply with strains of kefir but it is fermented with a community made up of 25 to 30 strains of kefir bacteria and many kefir yeasts, they work as a communtiy that can do things a cultured milk fermented with 10 strains of kefir can not do. Plus, Kefir; not, does not have any kefir yeasts at all and if kefir does not have yeasts it is not kefir at all.

Kefir; not, does not have the powerful community of kefir bacteria and yeasts; but, it does have other additives that I don't want in my kefir. It's second listed ingredient is powdered milk, powdered milk is not cultured milk and would therefore have lactose in it. The big thing about kefir is that if it is fermented correctly from a kefir grain it is safe for lactose intolerant people and if you put powdered milk in your kefir and that powdered milk is not cultured to the point where all the lactose is digested by the cultures; then, you are serving lactose to lactose intolerent people, life way does not advertise that their kefir is lactose free but websites and blogs praising the benefits of real kefir do and then people go out and buy kefir; not, and they are really getting a different product. Kefir; not, also contains FOS and Inulin (Inulin, not to be confused with insulin)

FOS is short for fructo-oligosaccharides. Inulin and FOS are both prebiotics that are not digested by the human body but they are digested by bacteria, both good and bad bacteria. The fact that they are digested by both good and bad bacteria is significant because if your balance of bad bacteria is out of wack and you have an out of balance flora percentage of bad bacteria in your gut then these prebiotics will be feeding mostly the bacteria that are prevalent and if the prevalent bacteria are bad bacteria then the prebiotics of FOS and Inulin are feeding your bad bacteria which is what we certainly don't want. Another factor about these prebiotics is that as much as 30 percent of us are allergic to them as these prebiotics were never part of our natural food selection.

Their introduction can cause gas, bloating, diarrhea and other uncomfortable digestive problems that real kefir would not produce but now real kefir takes the blame.

There are also other kefir wanna be's that are trying to cash in on the wake of benefits attributed to real kefir. There are also kefir starter products that are also strains of kefir that can be used about 7 times to produce a kefir like result but the real kefir community comes in the form of a grain like matrix that can be used over and over again forever. It will grow and reproduce until you have much too much real kefir, as real kefir is a live community that creates a probiotic soup and is forever, there is nothing else like it, there is nothing else that comes close to real kefir when it comes to delivering powerful probiotics to your gut; but there will be coporations and individuals who will lie to you for a buck, they may sit in the pew next to you in church or speak from the very pulpit, watch your pockets

To get back to a cure for yeast infection etc. The yeast in real kefir is a beneficial or a friendly yeast. They can penetrate the mucosal lining of the intestine wall were the problem yeasts are; and they can, through the miracle that is kefir, they can compete with the foul yeast for nourishment leaving the foul yeast insignificant as they will have been overrun with the beneficial non harmful yeasts... this is a true method of yeast control.

Kefir has also been directly related to reversing problems concerning irregularity, irritable bowl syndrone, Crohn's disease, diarrhea, constipation, colitis, acid reflux and other digestives and other health problems. Real kefir is similar to yogurt only in appearance as real kefir is so much more than yogurt making yogurt become no more than a flavored milk in comparison. To make it more clear, yogurt has some bacterial strains that feed and cleans good bacteria in your colon; on the other hand, real kefir is thousands of times more powerful than yogurt with many more bacterial strains that are many more times powerful than yogurts and where yogurts bacterial strains are transient kefir has bacteria and yeast strains that not only are more numerous and more powerfut but instead of being transient they stay and colonize and offer competiton for nutrients in the intestines killing and muscling out the competition of bad bacteria and yeast. That is what real kefir made from real kefir grains can do and what kefir; not, can not do. Get some grains make your own real kefir and see what I am talking about...

Real kefir must be made at home. Below are links to help you acquire real kefir grains and and also there are links with guides and instrctions on how to make your own kefir. It is not a simple process at first but soon the process will become second nature and will become part of your routine and you will easily be able to incorporate kefir into you life and the lives of your loved one.

Oh, and don't just take just my word for it... google kefir. Go into it yourself at other sites and find out for yourself... maybe I am just playing you for a buck... see for yourself. Remember also that real kefir is powerful and you must start with a small amount so your body gets used to it, this is not a hollow promise, kefir helps make a powerful superfood that you may find very beneficial... give it a try for your health and the health of your loved ones