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singingflutelady
singingflutelady Posts: 8,736 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I just finished my fourth round of antibiotics since April (I am immunosuppressed so it's a necessary evil) which has really thrown off my gi tract (which isn't great to begin with as I have crohn's). I bought some kefir to help rejuvenate my flora and I was wonder how much I should drink. It says a serving is half a cup but on the Liberte website (the brand I bought) it says to start with taking a tablespoon at each meal. Anyone have experience with this?

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  • fishshark
    fishshark Posts: 1,886 Member
    you cant drink too much of it. i drink about a cup a day, eat yogurt, and take probiotics. I have crohns disease.. i think u do too right? i need all the help i can get ha!
  • singingflutelady
    singingflutelady Posts: 8,736 Member
    fishshark wrote: »
    you cant drink too much of it. i drink about a cup a day, eat yogurt, and take probiotics. I have crohns disease.. i think u do too right? i need all the help i can get ha!

    Yes I have crohn's and I'm ravaged from the antibiotics (I have fistulas and I frequently get abscesses and it is because of them and being immunosuppressed). Do you find it helps?
  • fishshark
    fishshark Posts: 1,886 Member
    edited October 2016
    i have pretty heavy constipation when not dealing with trigger foods. I feel like it helps keep me from having super fatty/mucous (sorry tmi) and irregular bm's. Idk if its a placebo but i will probably never stop. My best friend has pretty insane IBS and acid reflux and just started drinking kefir and its helped too.

    edit- i dont take meds for my crohns i didnt feel like it did *kitten* and taking prednisone 4 times a day wasnt worth it. Every time i take antibiotics i load up on probiotics.
  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
    edited October 2016
    I don't have Crohn's (as you know), so it might be different for you. I started with one cup a day and now drink 2 to 4 cups a day. I don't know if that's too much. But, I need the calories and seem to be doing well with it. My GI tract was messed up by antibiotics and another medical injury (as we have discussed). I can only eat highly fermented kefir. I drink Liberte Effervescent Kefir. That's the only one I can tolerate. Other kefir and yogurt I react to as I do other dairy. I get a return of my negative symptoms. I also am eating a lot of soluble fiber and taking acacia fiber to help feed my good bacteria. But, I know you have trouble with fiber. I'm in a microbiome study through ubiome, so I got some info about my microbiome that was helpful. I take probiotics also, but I don't know if they help. I take Progressive HCP150.
  • fishshark
    fishshark Posts: 1,886 Member
    there is also no dairy kefir.
  • singingflutelady
    singingflutelady Posts: 8,736 Member
    @BinaryPulsar @fishshark OK I have been taking it for 3 days and my gi symptoms are worse so I will try the effervescent (I was drinking the coconut normal Liberte).
  • singingflutelady
    singingflutelady Posts: 8,736 Member
    @BinaryPulsar @fishshark OK I have been taking it for 3 days and my gi symptoms are worse so I will try the effervescent (I was drinking the coconut normal Liberte).
  • fishshark
    fishshark Posts: 1,886 Member
    not sure what your gi symptoms are like but if im having a flare up i cant take the kefir so i stick to the pill.., when im super constipated i drink it. I switch between the dairy and coconut/non dairy versions.
  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
    Oh, I hope it helps. Go slow. And listen to your body.
  • singingflutelady
    singingflutelady Posts: 8,736 Member
    fishshark wrote: »
    not sure what your gi symptoms are like but if im having a flare up i cant take the kefir so i stick to the pill.., when im super constipated i drink it. I switch between the dairy and coconut/non dairy versions.

    Increased pain and diarrhea
  • khd75
    khd75 Posts: 843 Member
    edited October 2016
    make your own kefir, u can find free live kefir grains in ur city for sure. store processed foods are bust
  • fishshark
    fishshark Posts: 1,886 Member
    singingflutelady wrote: »
    fishshark wrote: »
    not sure what your gi symptoms are like but if im having a flare up i cant take the kefir so i stick to the pill.., when im super constipated i drink it. I switch between the dairy and coconut/non dairy versions.

    Increased pain and diarrhea

    id slow it down until the diarrhea slows up. maybe stick to the probiotics for now.
  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
    Yeah, it's good to go slow and careful to not flare up symptoms too much. Don't want to overwhelm your body. The Liberte Effervescent Kefir is as good as homemade.
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