Kijimea

[wisewoman108]

Just wondering if anyone else is trying the new wonder probiotic Kijimea which is supposed to heal leaky gut and IBS symptoms. I have been taking it for nearly a week and it's definitely making changes to my digestion. Would like to compare notes with someone else if possible. Thanks!

[SmallBlueThing]

Not me, but have you tried any home-made sources of probiotics: kefir; sauerkraut; yoghurt; kvass etc?

[wisewoman108 in reply to SmallBlueThing]

Yes some of them

[SmallBlueThing in reply to wisewoman108]

After several weeks on antibiotics, my gut microbiome is needing some help...

[poppppy]

Hi never heard of it .but good luck .I gave up dairy and sugar and went from 30 years of constipation .to normal soft stool .so I guess something has improved. I also lost my headaches and brain fogs.

[Fruitandnutcase]

I started making water kefir - I don't like milk - eventually I had to stop it as the production was so relentless that I just couldn't keep up with drinking it plus I I had to remember to keep 'burping' the bottles that were in the fridge, I was always terrified they would explode.

I quite liked the taste, it was kind of like very sharp, slightly fizzy lemonade and was pretty easy to make. I'll give it another go and try harder to get through.

[Treepie in reply to Fruitandnutcase]

Spotted some in Sainsburys.

[Fruitandnutcase in reply to Treepie]

Was it water kefir? If so whereabouts was it in the store. Sounds like easier than making my own, I felt like I was going into mass production - kind of like the sorcerer's apprentice in the Disney film.

[Treepie in reply to Fruitandnutcase]

Sorry,a royal we spotted ,apparently in one of the fridges and beyond that she us not saying ,in a lot of pain and not in a good mood at present so no chance of finding more but probably no more to find .Do not suppose it was a close inspection. Will have to do own investigation next week.

[SmallBlueThing in reply to Fruitandnutcase]

Adding orange juice or lemon and fresh ginger and continuing the fermentation for a day or two improves the flavour.

[Fruitandnutcase in reply to SmallBlueThing]

It wasn't the flavour, I had blueberries, figs and I think there was maybe lemon in my recipe too, I just couldn't drink that much, I need to do it again and workout how to dry off the granules between batches to give me a break.

[ITYFIALMCTT in reply to Fruitandnutcase]

Could you eat it in the form of jelly (if you used agar or gelatine to set it)?

You can slow down production by eating the kefir crystals or just throwing them in the compost heap.

You can use a soft top for the first and subsequent fermentations of water kefir if you're concerned about it being over-fizzy or too strong for the container.

[Fruitandnutcase in reply to ITYFIALMCTT]

Jelly sounds interesting. Eating the crystals sounds better than composting them which waswhat I did - I felt like I was killing off a living creature though, I got quite attached to my starter. I was sorry it had to go.

I can see why people got fed up with ginger beer plants and I think years ago there used to be some sort of cake thing that worked that way too. People were always offering it around, can't remember what it was exactly because I always refused - I'd seen it take over other people's lives.

[ITYFIALMCTT in reply to Fruitandnutcase]

Herman the German or the Amish Friendship Cake starter are the usual ones the grow to exceed the number of people to whom any rational person can distribute them

[Fruitandnutcase in reply to ITYFIALMCTT]

That's it Herman! I remember it now, those things people foist onto their friends are a bit of a nightmare.

Thing is if you let it die, for some reason it's almost like you have killed off a friend.

I felt terrible bring the water kefir to an end but it was either it or me one of us had to go.