Re: Kefir

On Sun, 6 Apr 2025 0:53:15 +0000, Dave Smith wrote:

On 2025-04-05 8:28 p.m., ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:

I've read of this dietary item/food for a long time
but have never had it.  But Friday at the grocery
store while passing by the yogurt I spied a small
carton of 'Lifeway' strawberry kefir and 'on sale.'
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Well, that was a bit of a shock; it tasted like
strawberry buttermilk!  Hmmmmmmm, ok.  😣  I
think I'd liked it without the strawberry as I
really like buttermilk.
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I like the flavoured kefir. It is sort of like a milkshake.  Despite my
lactose intolerance it is almost like a tonic for me.

My guts don't care for lactose too. I'll drink kefir as a probiotic. It
repopulates the Lactobacillus colony in my guts and allows me to partake
in milk products without ill effects. This effect will last for a couple
of days.
As it goes, most people have no idea what probiotics are for. This has
been the case since the 60's with the introduction of Acidophilus milk.
The people that sold this product wouldn't say what drinking it would
actually do - prevent diarrhea caused by drinking milk.