How cool you're making your own kefir. So am I. How much milk kefir are you drinking daily? I drink about 1/2 cup.

I have also noticed a tad more acne, but not sure if it's the milk kefir or something else. I've always been prone to acne, but now at age 58 and well past menopause, it's becoming very annoying having zits!

I am waiting on the water kefir grains now which I ordered last week. I also make kombucha which I really enjoy as well. I try to rotate the milk kefir and kombucha so I'm not getting too much of one or the other. Once I get the water kefir going, I'll be adding that to the rotation.

I look forward to HV's input on all this!

Sometimes rapid detoxification will cause more garbage to get dumped in to the bloodstream from the liver an fat cells. Some of this gets eliminated through the skin where is reacts with the bacteria leading to acne. Remember to drink plenty of water to facilitate the removal of the toxins and again zinc is great for acne.

There are at least thirty separate organisms typically found in kefir grains. And, yes, yeasts generally can not ferment (breakdown) glactose. BUT several strains of Streptococcus bateria can ferment glactose. And, (drumroll).......Streptococcus Latis and Streptococcus Cremoris are typically found in kefir grains. To me, kefir grains are a true miracle of nature. It's astounding that thirty to forty mico-organisms can live together in a symbiotic colony.

If you really want to know how many teeth a horse has you're going to open his mouth and start counting. Just BSting about it doesn't get the job done. If you really want to know if there is glactose in kefir made from real kefir grains you have MEASURE it. Merely specultating doesn't cut it.

Yes, excellent post. Here is more on the elimination of galactose from kefir:

http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=18387852