Caleb Warnock - Water Kefir: Make Your Own Water-Based Probiotic Drinks for Health and Vitality

Copyright 2016 by Caleb Warnock and Logan J. Lyons

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Library of Congress Catalog-in-Publication Data

2016961878

ISBN 9781944822682

Edited by Maggie Wickes

Cover design by David Miles

Book design by David Miles and Maggie Wickes

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DISCOVER THE LONG-LOST SKILLS OF SELF-RELIANCE

M y name is Caleb Warnock, and Ive been working for years to learn how to return to forgotten skills, the skills of our ancestors. As our world becomes increasingly unstable, self-reliance becomes invaluable. Throughout this series, The Backyard Renaissance, I will share with you the lost skills of self-sufficiency and healthy living. Come with me and other do-it-yourself experimenters, and rediscover the joys and successes of simple self-reliance.

CONTENTS

Introduction

W hen it comes to our health, we have two choices. We can use perpetual probiotics to make ourselves healthy, or we can eat a poor diet to make ourselves perpetually and chronically sick. We are surrounded by legions of people who have made themselves perpetually sick by eating little fiber, no live probiotics, and a diet poor in amino acids. Health is created by eating natural live probiotics with protein and whole grains (properly treated with natural yeast) to provide nutrition and fiber. A balanced diet is necessary for all the amino acids our body must have to create and replenish the cells in our body. The body can only work with the nutritional tools we give it. When we do not eat correctly, we become sick. When we make a habit of eating poorly, we become chronically and perpetually sick with autoimmune disorders, mutations, edema, and permanent tissue damage. We also allow bad bacteria to colonize our gut. We have breathing disorders and severe allergies.

In plain language, we can make ourselves well. We can eat our way to health!

Water kefir grains are used to make a probiotic all-natural drink. The grains eat sugar as their food and produce beneficial bacteria and yeasts needed for healthy human digestion. Fresh grains can be ordered from SeedRenaissance.com. They are shipped fresh, in dechlorinated water with honey, in a sealed foil envelope, and need to be strained and given clean water and honey or other sugar at your home soon after you receive them. Water kefir grains look like colorless chunks of gummy candy. Water kefir is a naturally occurring mass of all-natural, beneficial bacteria and yeasts. The grains are added to water mixed with a small amount of honey to make a drink that is powerfully healthy and probiotic and has been used for centuries.

Water kefir is a perpetual probioticperpetual meaning never ending. Water kefir grains are perpetual because you can literally use them to make all the kefired water you want for the rest of your life. Water kefir grains are naturally abundant, meaning that they are part of the natural law of abundance. Nature is self-sustaining and, when taken care of properly, provides what is necessary.

Benefits of Homemade Water Kefir

Natural source of living probiotics to regulate and heal the gut

Naturally fights allergies, asthma, and autoimmune disorders

Inhibits colitis, cancer, and many other diseases

Water kefir grains are a true perpetual culture. You can use them for a lifetime

Can be used to make healthy drinks and can be added to recipes and other water-based foods

Is lactose-free

Is gluten-free

HEALTH BENEFITS OF WATER KEFIR

W ater kefir grains are made up of naturally occurring bacteria and yeasts that have symbiotic relationships with each other. These beneficial bacteria and yeasts act both directly and indirectly to boost the immune system, decrease asthma, fight infection and colonization of bad bacteria in our digestive tract, fight cancer cells, and many other health effects. The science also shows us that water kefir provides health benefits you cannot get from other probiotics, and that because some of the beneficial bacteria in water kefir are not able to colonize the gut, we need to regularly consume water kefir and other probiotics for our best health.

According to a 2011 study in the International Journal of Food Microbiology, water kefir grains contain the following probiotic strains of beneficial bacteria and yeasts:

BACTERIA SPECIES

Lactobacillus brevis

Lactobacillus casei

Lactobacillus hilgardii

Lactobacillus hordei

Acetobacter fabarum

Acetobacter orientalis

Lactobacillus nagelii

Leuconostoc citreum

Leuconostoc mesenteroides

Streptococcus lactis

YEAST SPECIES

Hanseniaspora valbyensis

Lachancea fermentati

Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Zygotorulaspora florentina

Source: www.ufrb.edu.br/kefirdoreconcavo/images/
A_diversidade_microbiana_do_kefir_de_gua.pdf

Scientific research confirms that these probiotic bacteria and yeasts in kefir grains have at least twenty proven health-promoting properties:

Certain probiotic strains can either form or increase vitamins in food.

Certain probiotic strains have the ability to help curb or kill bad bacteria or help the body restrain bad bacteria.

Probiotic strains contain bioactive peptideschains of amino acids which perform many specific functions to help the body moderate and increase health. Consuming water kefir helps to make these available to your body.

Probiotic strains contain exopolysaccharidesmetabolites produced by probiotic bacteria that the body needs to moderate nutrition and keep the functions of the body balanced.

Some probiotic strains, including those in water kefir, have been show to help the body fight off and reduce chronic inflammation. Chronic swelling, which is also called inflammation or edema, in the tissues of the body can have a huge number of negative health effects.

New studies have shown that consuming certain probiotics, including those found in water kefir, can alleviate the risks of certain types of cancers.

New studies have shown that consuming certain probiotics, including those found in water kefir, can suppress colonic tumor incidence, volume and multiplicity induced by various carcinogens in different animal models. In addition, these cultures, when administered to animals in studies, inhibited liver, colon, bladder, and mammary tumors, highlighting the potential for probiotics to improve human health.

Probiotics inhibit pathogens. Pathogens are any microorganisms, including bacteria and viruses, that cause disease. Put in plain language, science has shown that drinking water kefir helps us avoid disease in our bodies.