Kefir is a healing drink which Caucasian nations have been using for over 300 years. It is skimmed milk, and it is made from cow, sheep and goat milk. Kefir is a natural probiotic and a source of minerals and vitamins.
How to make it:
First, find some kefir yeast. Then, mix walnut-size yeast together with 0.5 liter of cooked cow milk (not a store product) at room temperature. The milk will be like yogurt after 24 hours. After that, pour the kefir through a filter, kefir yeast is taken out and again put into 0.5 liter of milk for the next day.
Healthy intestines have 1-1.5 kilograms of living micro-organisms. 500 kinds and up to 100 trillion bacteria make up intestinal flora and the immune system. We need probiotics to protect intestinal microflora, and the kefir is a natural source of probiotics. Remember that kefir is not yogurt. Yogurt increases the production of probiotics, bur kefir is a probiotic itself. Frequent use of yogurt increases the acidity of the stomach while kefir normalizes it.
When to drink kefir and its benefits:
- It eliminates intestinal dysbacteriosis during the intake of antibiotics;
- It decreases the amount of oedemas.
- It eliminates constipation;
- It increases the immunity;
- It decreases the amount of cholesterol in the blood;
- Since it is rich in vitamin A, it is useful for the eyes;
- It is medicinal for osteoporosis since it contains calcium;
- It restores the liver;
- It is useful for eczema, pimples and skin fungus;
- It is applied in the prophylaxis of cancer.
In order not to catch these or other illnesses as well as to get treated, drink 0.5 liter of kefir every day.