Kefir Wherever You Go

Judging from its name alone, kefir doesn’t seem to amount anything much. I have to admit I doubted this health drink just for its name. Well, I guess the line, “Don’t judge a book by its cover” applies most appropriately to kefir. Let me tell you what it is, how it can help you and where you can get it from anywhere in the world.

The word “kefir” is Turkish for “feeling good” or a “good feeling”, which clearly pertains to how you would feel as you regularly drink the beverage. Kefir is a health drink, perhaps one of the most beneficial in the planet. It is a cultured milk drink that is similar to yogurt.

Yogurt is much more popular than kefir because it’s gone commercial. I have this tendency to compare kefir to yogurt to make it easier for you to picture what kefir is. Truth of the matter, however, kefir is much more superior to yogurt. Kefir contains more than 10 helpful bacteria strains while yogurt only has two.

But the real difference is this. While yogurt is widely known as a helpful health drink, kefir is known in many countries not only for its health benefits but also for its medicinal and therapeutic purposes.

Here are what kefir can do for you. As a health drink, it boosts your immune system so that you can better guard yourself from diseases, supports the production of bile, produces natural antibiotics, calms your nerves, lowers cholesterol levels, helps in losing weight, cleanses the digestive tract, protects the prostate, slows the aging process, and regulates your blood pressure and blood sugar levels.

As a medicinal beverage, kefir can treat tuberculosis, depression, eczema, acne, arthritis, gout, bronchitis, asthma, osteoporosis, diarrhea, lactose intolerance, leaky gut syndrome, ulcer, colon cancer, diabetics and possibly HIV/AIDS.

You might suspect me exaggerating things a bit. You’re probably telling yourself, “No health drink can possibly do all those?” Well, I’m not exaggerating and here’s the reason why.

Kefir is packed with probiotics, life-supporting and life-giving bacteria that cleanse the digestive tract and flush pathogens from your system. They then repopulate in your body so that you have more good bacteria in you than bad. Think of probiotics as microscopic robots that have been programmed to clean your inner systems and plant additional helpful microscopic robots to make sure you maintain good health. This sounds like science fiction, but it’s true (only they are not robots but living, organic organisms).

All of these are true and backed by research and the personal experiences of people since about 5,000 years ago. Kefir also has proteins, sugars, vitamins and minerals.

I guess the big question now is where in the world can I get kefir? Visit – http://www.benefitsofkefir.com/buy-kefir-grains/ to buy real kefir grains here!

You can purchase ready-to-drink kefir from a number of health stores and groceries but let me tell you this, the real magic lies in the grains; real kefir grains that people consider as a gift from nature. Let me explain.

No one knows exactly where kefir came from. That’s a good thing because it proves that it was not manufactured synthetically or chemically in a lab somewhere.

The first recorded drinkers of kefir were shepherds in the northern part of Caucasus Mountains. They “accidentally” fermented the milk they placed inside their leather bags, naturally fermenting it into kefir. They also noticed the kefir grains in the milk, which they later learned to grow. Eventually, people learned about kefir and kefir grains and started drinking the beverage more regularly. Kefir drinkers were found to have grown much healthier and lived longer.

There’s a legend surrounding this drink. Apparently, Prophet Mohammad, on his way to Caucasus Mountains, passed by a monastery in Tibet and distributed kefir grains. The Orthodox people benefited from the grains and soon started referring to them as the “Gift from the Prophet”. The grains were considered sacred and therefore protected by its original users. Soon, however, it enjoyed widespread popularity in Russia and other regions surrounding the Caucasus as a beverage that can treat tuberculosis and intestinal diseases.

Today, kefir drinks are sold in stores around the world despite the fact that real kefir grains are still not widely distributed commercially. Kefir grains were first sold commercially all over Europe, particularly in Czechoslovakia, France, Finland, Hungary, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, Russia and Denmark. It soon made its way to some parts of the United States, Canada and Southeast Asia.

Yet, kefir enthusiasts would rather purchase real grains online from people who really know kefir, simply because store-bought kefir drink is not as good as homemade kefir. Commercial distribution forces sellers to dehydrate and package kefir grains. The problem with such packaging is that it causes the grains to become dormant. The bacteria fall into deep sleep and may be difficult to “wake up” or rehydrate. First-time kefir buyers often get disappointed. They would conclude to have bought bad or damaged grains and totally dump the idea.

A number of people in the United States and worldwide are willing to share real kefir grains online. You just pay for shipment and give a necessary donation to keep things moving. Sellers or “sharers” can ship the grains anywhere in the world for a donation of about $15, plus shipping.

The most popular websites that give out real kefir grains and loads of important information about kefir are “Dom’s Kefir In-site”, which is based in South Australia, “Qismet Dreams”, also in Australia, “Cultures for Health”, based in Oregon, USA, “Fermented Treasures” in Missouri, “GEM Cultures” in California, and “Fruit of the Vine Naturally”, also in the US. You might probably bump into one of these websites as you try to learn more about the beverage online.

Around the world, kefir is widely used, grown and passed around in several countries including Argentina, the Bahamas, Belgium, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Cuba, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Kuwait, Malaysia, the Philippines, Portuguese, Korea and South Africa, among many other countries; practically in every corner of the world.

Finally, there is definitely someone in your country who is willing to share some grains online. If they ask for any donation, believe me it’s worth it. And as you begin growing your own grains and enjoying the health benefits of drinking kefir, spread the word and share some grains to friends.