That's why I hang around here so much, Diana! 

The discussion about milk kefir and fungus/yeast is still ongoing with me and some other like minded healthnut friends and one of them found this informational post which I thought I'd share here for the benefit of anyone interested!  Think I'll start making milk kefir at home again!!

http://www.gabrielmethod.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-1110.html

Milk Kefir Information Post:
I use kefir-cultured milk. It is a live probiotic and prebiotic.

- One capsule of man-made probiotics normally contains around 15 billion bacteria.
- One little bowl of fresh yogurt (500 ml), contains around 1.5 trillion beneficial organisms.
- 100 times more than a 15 billion capsule.
- And one tiny bowl of fresh kefir (500 ml), contains as many as 5 trillion beneficial organisms. Almost 400 times more than a capsule.

Kefir and other fermented milk products contain buffering agents that nurture and guard the lactobacillus from bile acids in the stomach. This way it survives to reach the intestines where it creates Vit. B-12 and helps to breakdown and package food for excretion. Milk products are such powerful buffering agents that even poison control centers suggest drinking milk if a poison is ingested.

Bacteria within pill form are in a resting cycle and the bacteria inside kefir and yogurt are alive and well, making them much more able to adapt to unexpected changes in surroundings as they enter the body.

These fermented milk products are considered functional foods because they function as healthiness promoting foods. Probiotic pill supplements just offer single thing, bacteria. Fermented Milk offers much more than the microorganisms; minerals, vitamins, amino acids, L-carnitine, good fats, antimicrobial agents and other micronutrients.

Scientist tested the kefir inside the Caucasus Mountains on behalf of any type of dangerous bacteria. But much to their shock, they found nothing. Deep inside the mountains wherever hygienic conditions are much worse than ours, the scientist refused to believe there was no dangerous bacteria to be found.

Creating a potential scenario that a piece of animal fecal matter would fall into the milk, they injected the E. Coli bacteria into the kefir. Within 24 hours the E. Coli was destroyed by Kefir's beneficial bacteria. Kefir has moreover demonstrated the capability to kill H. Pylori infections while bacteria alone could not. In addition, the complex microflora of kefir has also exposed a sharp capability to stimulate our immune structure, ward off infections from salmonella, and in some cases even fight cancer.

The publishers of the Pockets of the Future video series on You Tube tell of an elderly acquaintance who was almost at death's door when he discovered kefir, and has recovered his health since he began drinking kefir.