Comments on: Can Kefir be heated? http://www.myhealthhq.com/cooking/can-kefir-be-heated/ Everyday there is something new like Recipes that make you go hmmm! Wed, 16 Feb 2011 14:42:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Figato http://www.myhealthhq.com/cooking/can-kefir-be-heated/comment-page-1/#comment-17514 Figato Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:22:50 +0000 http://www.myhealthhq.com/cooking/can-kefir-be-heated/#comment-17514 Heating kefir will kill the healthy bacteria and yeast contained within. It will still retain the vitamins and goodies that those organisms produced while it brewed though, but most of the benefit will be gone. If you really like kefir, you should try brewing it yourself at home it is REALLY REALLY EASY! You take the cultures and put them in a glass, cover with milk and wait a night, then fish out the cultures (all utensils should be plastic and not metal) and DRINK. After a few days of complaining (gas, bloating) your gut will thank you. Hunt around online for fresh cultures. Join a Yahoo! group. Many people who are into it will practically give them away if you ask. Heating kefir will kill the healthy bacteria and yeast contained within.
It will still retain the vitamins and goodies that those organisms produced while it brewed though, but most of the benefit will be gone.

If you really like kefir, you should try brewing it yourself at home it is REALLY REALLY EASY!
You take the cultures and put them in a glass, cover with milk and wait a night, then fish out the cultures (all utensils should be plastic and not metal) and DRINK.

After a few days of complaining (gas, bloating) your gut will thank you.

Hunt around online for fresh cultures. Join a Yahoo! group. Many people who are into it will practically give them away if you ask.

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