In our, such a troubled time, more and more people think about how to eat, move, breathe and think correctly. All this unites one term - a healthy way of life. One of the elements of a healthy way of life is the right balanced diet.
Have you ever heard of organisms with such interesting names as milk kefir mushroom, or Tibetan kefir mushroom, or Tibetan milk mushroom? These are different names of one organism, the most popular name of which is kefir mushroom. It is believed that the kefir mushroom came to Russia from India. In the middle of the XVIII century a professor, leaving India, took with him a culture of kefir fungus. It is rumored that the kefir mushroom helped the professor to get rid of liver disease, which doctors in Russia did not take to treat.
What is a kefir mushroom?
Kefir fungus, this is an organism-zoo, consisting of more than 100 different microorganisms. In appearance kefir mushroom is similar to grains of cheese. In terms of 14 to 21 days the volume of kefir mushroom can double due to its growth. The nutritive medium for the development of kefir fungus is fresh milk. Kefir, fermented from fresh milk in the presence of a fungus culture, has lactobacilli, normalizing the intestinal microflora and stimulating excretion of slag from the body.
Application of kefir fungus
Contraindications for the use of kefir fungus have not been identified. Recommendations for the reception of kefir fungus infusion inhibit its joint use with alcohol. You can drink a curative drink for both adults and children. Use should be started gradually, in the evening, but not earlier than 40 minutes before bedtime. Kefir, fermented with fungus, saturates the body with a lot of vitamins, stimulates the microflora of the intestines and saturates the intestine with its microflora. From reviews on the kefir fungus, you can find out that the drink has a laxative effect and can cause a darkening of the urine. These phenomena are considered normal, since the slagged organism removes harmful substances through the kidneys and leads the intestinal microflora to normal work. Usually, within 2-3 weeks the above-described manifestations of the action of kefir fungus disappear.
Care for kefir mushroom
Special care for kefir mushroom is not required. The main rules for the care of kefir fungus are the timely replacement of the nutrient medium. Obligatory conditions are observance of the temperature of maturation of the culture. Ideal conditions - room temperature in the area of 20-26 degrees in the absence of direct sunlight. At a higher temperature, the kefiric mushroom begins to grow faster, and the resulting drink turns out to be more bitter. With a drop in temperature, the culture slows growth. Decrease in temperature to 12-14 degrees is used to leave the culture unattended for up to 48 hours, for example when traveling outside the home. Before the preparation of a drink of kefir fungus, the culture is necessarily washed. It is also important to comply with the temperature regime - the water for washing the culture should not be too cold. It is better to wash the culture with spring water at room temperature, or simply by pure tap water.
It is easiest to buy kefir mushroom through the Internet. Also, culture can be found in friends who lead a healthy lifestyle.
Kefir fungus is a medicine and a pleasant drink without contraindications. Regular use of kefir fungus promotes the complex purification of the body of toxins and toxins. Already after the first week of use, a person feels light, reducing excess weight and positive perception of the world around him.
Health can not be purchased for money, but with the appropriate way of life can be maintained for many, many years. And infusion of kefir mushroom will help to find the real joy of life.