Hi. Mmmm, yeah, Kefir. I can't tolerate it myself, but folks here seem to advocate home made (no sugar) kefir. I wish I could point you to a recipe, but if you do a search of the site, you will get plenty of hits, I'm sure. Lots of folks also make their own yogurt. But, also keep in mind that when you are dealing with candida, food intolernaces commonly surface. This may be what you are experiencing, and it may have nothing to do with Sugar content. Or, the probiotic aspect of these 2 foods may be overtaxing your liver's ability to process the resulting toxicity (from the die off), which would also make you feel like poop.

When I take probiotics I also take enzymes, so My body can handle the die off.

Do not eat but plain yogurt, and home made kefir. No Sugar added.

I buy plain yogurth from Dannon, and it has been very good for me.

I you cannot make the kefir, buy good brand probiotics.
Any thing sweet increases the symtpoms very badly!! I know.
Good Luck

Zule

Hi,

As the subject line reads there is a MAJOR DIFFERENCE between store-bought kefir which is loaded with Sugar and kefir produced at home with kefir grains.

Kefir grains allow individuals to make kefir without high Sugar content. It is very simple to do...each day you put fresh milk in a jar with the grains and kefir is made 12 to 24 hours later. You strain the kefir out and add more milk to make kefir for the next day!! Simple!!

To reduce the small amount of lactose sugars produced in the homemade kefir, simply allow the kefir to ferment for 1-3 days (or longer). I typically allow it to ferment for about 2 days and it still tastes good. Please don't feel too badly about this slight set-back. When I began the candida diet I was slightly confused about the sugars and frankly all the information about the foods I could and couldn't take...LOL!! Anyway, I was drinking store-bought rice milk with a high-sugar content for about 2 weeks before a understood that I would have to make my own...I almost cried because I thought I had wasted so much time eating Sugar and making things waste. Now, several months later I see it just as a learning process...

There is a kefir forum for more information regarding kefir. The grains are cheap and self-perpetuating, in other words you only buy them once yet you receive mounds of probiotic value!! The site to buy kefir grains as follows:

http://66.46.11.99/clarkson/Show/Clarkson/kefir/search.asp

Yoghurt needs to be homemade to reduce the sugars...

So, essentially the posters who advised the drinking of kefir and eating yoghurt were right...the key is that you have to make your own as opposed to buying it in the store!!

Hope this helps,

Alex