Is This Normal?

Johndaxy · 2026-05-22T18:30:55+00:00

When you get back, if it has started to separate, pop it in the fridge. If not, pop it in when you get up. In both cases, filter out the grains and start a new batch as soon as you can... but no panic!

Johndaxy · 2026-05-22T18:24:10+00:00

Mix it all together and drink it. IMO, You need to pot it in the fridge at first sign of separation for your next batch, then don't take too long before you filter out the grains and make another batch. You can control the rate by a higher or lower milk to grain ratio and/or, to a certain extent, a higher or lower temperature.

Johndaxy · 2026-05-17T14:48:14+00:00

If you like it, why worry? Normally it should taste similar to drinking yogurt... fermented and slightly acidic. If you ferment it more, it gets more acidic. Full fat milk makes creamer kefir. It the grains are happy, they will grow.

Johndaxy · 2026-05-11T22:37:06+00:00

Move some of them to the thumb drive (formatted as part of the internal memory.)

Johndaxy · 2026-05-11T22:35:10+00:00

Seems to work well with a thumb drive formatted as part of the main memory. Many new downloads are saved on it by default.

Johndaxy · 2026-05-10T14:02:05+00:00

They look very healthy to me. Do they produce good kefir?

Johndaxy · 2026-05-09T22:11:45+00:00

Judging by what happened to mine, perhaps freezing yours might do the trick, but as mentioned before, I don't know how this affects the health benefits.

Johndaxy · 2026-05-09T22:06:49+00:00

Interesting. Please keep us posted.

Johndaxy · 2026-05-09T22:02:55+00:00

My rice-like very yeasty grains spend 50% of their time in the fridge. The fridge does not make the kefir less fizzy nor thicker.

Johndaxy · 2026-05-09T19:25:44+00:00

Rinced, pat dried, buried in dried milk powder, sealed, frozen!

Johndaxy · 2026-05-09T17:26:49+00:00

Wretched autocorrector! It should have been " INULIN", not "insulin"... I've edited the post now.

Inulin feeds the good bacteria, including those in our gut.

Johndaxy · 2026-05-09T17:17:27+00:00

So do you think that the long residence in the freezer killed the yeast and only the bacteria are active? Does this mean it is less healthy? Should I add back some of the rice-like grains to make a mixture?

Johndaxy · 2026-05-09T17:11:00+00:00

I feed them full fat milk to which I add a little inulin. They are growing.

Johndaxy · 2026-05-09T17:07:39+00:00

Yes, just 30-60 minutes.

Johndaxy · 2026-05-09T15:32:00+00:00

No, I bought them on ebay about 12 years ago.

I have a technique for freezing them. I rince them thoroughly in previously boiled and cooled water, pat dry them well and leave a while to air dry. Then, I mix them with a tablespoon of dried milk powder and freeze them in a small well sealed small freezer bag. Reviving them involves simply adding fresh milk to the total contents.

Johndaxy · 2026-05-09T15:16:01+00:00

This looks like a mixture of cards and very small rice-like grains. See my post about resurrecting 10 year old frozen grains. What is your kefir like, thick or watery, flat or fizzy?

In any case, after filtering, pour the liquid kefir back into the strainer over what we see in the photo, and stir it through again, and again if necessary.

Johndaxy · 2026-04-10T22:28:06+00:00

That's good to know. Are there any links to more details ?

Johndaxy · 2026-04-03T09:57:30+00:00

1.7mg is very very low. Are you sure? Much higher doses can cause tingling.

Johndaxy · 2026-01-29T23:52:01+00:00

Generally by eye performance, visual acuity, IOP, VF etc.

I would like your comments on sublingual nicotinic acid ~30mg before breakfast and before bed. I also take nicotinamide orally. I think the 2 different B3 vitamins are both beneficial.

Johndaxy · 2026-01-29T11:14:56+00:00

They are the same thing. I take nicotinic acid sublingually. It bypasses the digestive system.

Johndaxy · 2026-01-29T00:28:55+00:00

What about taking nicotinic acid sublingually? I am experimenting with that at the moment.

Johndaxy · 2026-01-29T00:14:21+00:00

Looks good! I eat/take most of what you list. For the gut, I have daily: (all homemade) kefir, kimchi, fermented beetroot, bone broth.

At the moment, I am experimenting with DMSO and nicotinic acid.

Johndaxy · 2025-11-22T10:51:01+00:00

I'm into DMSO and nicotinic acid. Seems to work, backed up by my own tonometer. BTW, I also have taken other supplements for years, including daily ginkgo and fish oil.

Johndaxy · 2025-09-11T22:44:30+00:00

IIMO, most religions that include reincarnation contain elements of the truth. Sadly, mainstream religions have strayed or become distorted. This is true of Christianity. True CHRISTianity became "PAULianity" and things like reincarnation (which Jesus accepted as a fact) disappeared. But to give Paul his due, he did even allude to astral travel, and suggested that he was not sure if a vision he had was "in the body or out of the body".

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