Kefir Kommunity

We recently heard from a mother about her success with weaning her two-year-old off of formula. Well, at first, there was actually zero success. Her little boy fussed and cried when she tried to hand him a sippy cup full of milk, and was forever reaching for the bottle. She was almost at the end of her rope when another mom told her her secret for a smooth formula-to-milk transition: Kefir!

You love our strawberry-banana whipped into a smoothie, crave our low-fat pomegranate by the bucket-full and can’t enjoy your oatmeal without a little vanilla mixed in. Now we’ve got a new product for you to get hooked on: Fruit-flavored Green Kefir with Phytoboost. Available in mouthwatering Kiwi Passion Fruit and Pomegranate Acai Blueberry,Green Kefir features a special blend of Phytoboost phytonutrients that give you the disease-fighting antioxidant power of 10 green vegetables, plus green tea extract.

Let’s be real here: Everybody toots.

But that doesn’t make it any less embarrassing or uncomfortable. Fortunately, science backs up what Lifeway consumers have been telling us for years: Probiotics can help you live a less-gassy life.

If you’re having a difficult time sticking to your New Year’s resolution to lose 10 pounds, there might be someone – or some thing – to blame, other than your penchant for late night snacking. New research out of Emory University, Cornell University and the University of Colorado at Boulder suggests that intestinal bacteria called gut microflora may be conspiring against you, making your store excess fat when all you want is to be thin.

We were watching Unwrapped on the Food Network last night and our stomachs were growling from the crazy-delicious treats profiled. The theme of the show was “Crazy Containers,” all sorts of tempting and uber-creative goodies like Cupcake in a Jar, Pizza in a Cone, Sushi Poppers, Pez and more.

Antibiotics are a powerful tool in any CD patient’s arsenal, whether they’re used to treat bacterial overgrowth, secondary infections, fistulas, abscesses and post-surgery infections. But antibiotic therapy can result in a mixed bag of side effects, including antibiotic-associated diarrhea and yeast infections, as healthy microflora in the gut are destroyed by the bacteria-seeking drugs.

Today, surrounded by a sea of red, seven of your favorite Lifeway employees gathered in the Grand Ballroom of the Palmer House Hilton in downtown Chicago for the sixth annual Chicago Go Red For Women Event. ABC7 Chicago news anchor Cheryl Burton emceed the event, which was attended by over 500 women and men and generated $50,000+ in donations. Chicago Bears left cornerback Charles Tillman was the keynote speaker, and he shared his very personal story of how heart disease has impacted his life. In May of 2008, his then-three-month-old daughter, Tiana, was diagnosed with a condition called Dilated Cardiomyopathy; by July 2008 of that same year, after spending months in the hospital hooked up to tubes and machines and awaiting a transplant, Tiana received a heart transplant. She, her parents and siblings just celebrated her second birthday this month.

Hey all you sinus infection sufferers out there – sick of trekking back and forth to the pharmacy to fill pricey prescriptions that don’t work too well? Check out this letter from Lifeway kefir devotee Linda, from Rock Island, IL:

Environmental Specialist Paul Day from Denver's CBS4 reports on how EcoMetro Guide helps shoppers beat the recession and save the planet. Although this clip is Denver-specific, EcoMetro Guide is now in Portland, Seattle, Minneapolis, San Francisco, and Santa Cruz. Look for our coupons in all of their books (as well as our cameo in the segment)! Here's a link to the video.

First Lady Michelle Obama is on a mission to help reduce the growing number of overweight and obese children in the United States. Among the “shocking statistics” driving her in this initiative: “One in three kids are obese in this nation,” she told Matt Lauer on the Today Show in early February. “And the numbers go up when you’re talking about the African-American and Hispanic communities. The most shocking sort of reality that really hits you is that, because the young generation is on track for the first time in this nation’s history of being less healthy, having a shorter life span than their parents.”