Making Pro-biotics Part of Your Daily Life and Health
As we move into the new year, many people strive to make healthier choices through ‘resolutions’. Intake of living foods is vital for great health and proper digestion. Consuming living foods/pro-biotics is an easy resolution anyone can follow to increase health and wellbeing. Ways to obtain living foods can include eating a RAW food diet, fermentation of foods, or by capsule form. Capsule forms of pro-biotic are very expensive over traditional cultured foods and beverages, like live kefir cheese or ginger brew. We believe eating a diet of raw foods is as close to nature and a natural way to ingest the highest degree of nutrients. Adding fermented foods into the diet allows a higher degree of pro-biotics intake over a standard a raw diet, assists in absorption of nutrients, and provides a much greater array of healthy foods.
Here at Organic-Cultures, we use a method that insures daily pro-biotic intake. We call it ‘The Cup of Life’! Without beneficial yeast and bacteria, human life would not subsist. This method would fall under fermentation and RAW food choices. Using the ‘Cup’ method is very simple to implement into your daily routine. First, you will need a drinking container, water bottle, etc. A quart size vessel seems to work best. Next, fill your container with your favorite water type cultured food drink. Liquid type cultures work better than dairy culture starters. Your choices range from any type of water kefir grains, kombucha tea or JUN, and ginger brew. One may mix different types/strains of fermented beverage to increase the pro-biotic array
(Be careful not to contaminate your pure culture strains).
Decided on a pro-biotic source(s) and simply add some fresh pieces of fruit and/or juice along with the active cultivated source. One may add pieces of the water kefir grains or other culture, if desired. The next part is where the real action begins! As the cultured beverage sits, the active bacteria and yeast strains will start to consume the sugars within the fruits/juice. As you drink this mixture throughout the day, keep refilling the container with fresh juice and water mixture. At night, loosely cover and in the morning there should be a nice fizzy beverage ready to consume throughout the day. Since the ingredients are cultured, the beverage can stay out for several days with no worries of contamination or refrigeration.
Photo updates 2/8/15
Tips:
– Keep at room temperature to keep the cultures producing and fermenting
– If stored in a container with lid make sure to open slowly in case of pressure buildup –
or leave your drinking vessel open.
– Cut fruit into larger pieces to prevent a chocking hazard
– Make sure to change out the container from time to time for hygienic reasons
– If you like a colder beverage…just add ice.
As always…
Happy Culturing through the New Year. Live, Grow, Share Cultured Foods!
Update on the living cultured drink…10.31.2015
It is been many months of drinking with this same culture sample. It is providing a great fizzy beverage every day without much work. This glass of never ending life filling probiotics is done with the grape kefir grains which are larger then traditional water kefir grains. Just add some fresh juice, cut fruit, water kefir, or even a little kombucha tea. It’s been working for many months and provides a drinkable beverage day or night. If made before going to sleep, the beverage will be fizzy by morning, with a head like beer does. Carry this around throughout the day and people will ask what is floating in your drink. A great way to tell them about living beverages and probiotics!
Happy Culturing!
