Whole food probiotics are one of the MOST important foods for a healthy body, we are learning, especially in this age of multi-drug resistant bacteria.



Here are extensive references regarding the benefits of probiotics.





There are some 400-600 microbials which inhabit and reproduce in the

gut. Some are only there transiently and therefore, to have a "healthy"

gut (based upon our historical traditional cultures), we need to consume

beneficial microbials…

There are some 500-1000 different microbials which inhabit and reproduce in the gut. Some are only there transiently and therefore, to have a "healthy" gut (based upon our historical traditional cultures), we need to consume beneficial microbials regularly. Whole food probiotics more effectively remain viable until they reach the large intestine. Most bottled…

It is cheap and simple to make whole food probiotics at home.



Dairy-free kefir, or any type of dairy could be made into kefir. And the kefir grains reproduce and you will be giving them away to friends and strangers in no time, lol.

Check the Sharing Cultures forum for members who'll share culture starters.

Refrigerated bottled probiotics generally have fewer probiotics than active…

• Homemade Probiotics?
• Real Kefir Grains vs. kefir starter
• Water…

Yeast means several different things. Basically, there are good yeasts and bad yeasts. And there are live yeasts and dead yeasts.



"Yeast" collectively isn't the problem. There is (dead) yeast in (some) bread for instance and there is (live) yeast in (some) yogurt. Dead yeast are not the issue with bread. Bread breaks down rapidly into simple carbohydrates which feed "bad" yeasts in the gut and body. The "pathological" yeasts are commonly candida albicans. But simple sugars, not…

I've not used kefir starter as it only has 7 microbials and REAL kefir grains have 56+ beneficial microbials. Kefir grains are free, or less than $15, all over the internet for a lifetime supply.



Here is more about easy homemade probiotics:... http://heal-thyself.ning.com/profiles/blogs/homemade-probiotics



Actually, kefir grains have…

There are many options. Food folate (not synthetic folic acid), magnesium and black seed oil and whole food probiotics are major health supports to counter cancer of any kind, but specifically colon cancer.



Black seed oil: http://heal-thyself.ning.com/profiles/blogs/nigella-sativa-black-seed



Cancer and nutrition:…

On 10/10/10, Heal Thyself is hosting a BIG Sharing Cultures Event. If you have kefir grains growing out of your ears by now, please share them on! Consider posting in the regional forums offering whatever cultures you have available which you'd be willing to share locally or mail regionally to other members of Heal Thyself!



It should be cool enough to mail them! Here are instructions…

Just made a batch of sauerkraut, and despite my initial concerns of it being to salty, it is just right! Whooo hooo! Got Kraut!

I can't believe the probiotic tubs of it sell for $5 in our co-op. Sheesh. It's just cabbage! I used some of the brine from the co-op batch to get some of the lactobacillus in. Not sure if that is useful or not. I was sort of thinking along the lines of yogurt making.

I tasted it today, after adding some dill and one shaved clove of garlic. It is…

The application of probiotics in cancer.



de Moreno de LeBlanc A,…

• Homemade Probiotics?
• Kefir…

Kombucha has S. boulardii which displaces and replaces candida albicans. Candida binds with mercury to store it out of circulation. If one has/had mercury fillings and detoxes poorly, they are likely to have candida.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC93125/…

While researching for my mom who had pancreatic cancer, I learned about Nigella sativa. If you don't know of it, it is an old traditional middle eastern medicinal food called black cumin seed. Here is a bunch more of the research I found about the health benefits related to pancreatic cancer.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.go…

There is an active theory and research regarding the necessity of helminths (parasitic worms). List of peer-reviewed, Journal-published science regarding helminthic therapy and related topics:

• asthma
• allergies
• anaphylaxis
• psychiatric disorders
• inflammation
• ASD
• autism
• cardiovascular disease
• IBD
• Chron's
• liver disease
• MS
• diabetes…

Maybe you are like me a total kefir fan. I seriously love kefir.

Ever since adding this probiotic to my daily life it has blessed me.

I feel how well my body responds to all the good bacteria. And whenever I have skipped it in the morning (I use it every morning as a sort of yoghurt packed with goodies like berries, nuts, pumpkin seeds, raisins, broken flaxseed and spirulina) I felt my body missed it.

I love to explore health in the widest sense; body, soul and…

Sometimes changes takes years. I can see I've been circling the healing diet for several years, waiting for something to help make it easier to abstain from certain foods. I've used my role as mom (chef), finances, life stress, etc to avoid change: "Nobody will eat this, I'll eat alone all the time, I'll have to cook two meals (mine and theirs), I don't have money for all the veg I'd go through, I can't handle this right now!" Or my husband will come home with chocolate cake or boba…