Kefir Kommunity

 In the October issue of Health Magazine, we spotted a smart article on the many faces of milk. Take a look and let us know which one’s your fave (though we know you’re going to pick #5!)

 During the “Models and Mortals" episode of Sex and the City, Season One, our favorite foursome debates the physical merits of models:

CHARLOTTE: "You know, no matter how good I feel about myself, if I see Christy Turlington, I just wanna give up. "


Most women of childbearing age know they need to take a prenatal vitamin to give their future baby the best chance at being born healthy. But according to a new study, moms-to-be might want to add a prenatal probiotic to their daily routine.

Researchers from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology found that children born to women who drank probiotic-enriched milk from 36 weeks of gestation to 3 months postnatal during breastfeeding were half as likely to have eczema  at age 2 than those whose mothers drank milk with no probiotics. And of the children in the probiotics group who did develop eczema, they demonstrated less severe symptoms.

Two of the strains of healthy bacteria found in the milk used in the study -- Lactobacillus rhamnosus and L. acidophilus – are also found in Lifeway kefir. Over and over, we hear from pregnant women and new moms who love our kefir and feed it to their kids, almost from Day 1.  One mom even used it to ease her child’s formula-to-milk transition. We say, if there’s a simple, healthy step you can take that will slash your baby’s risk of being born with this itchy, irritating skin condition…why not?

We have a friend who has eaten the same exact thing for lunch for the past 12 years or so: A can of salmon, a Natural Ovens bagel, and a slice of Laughing Cow cheese. It never wavers. She doesn't add an apple on Mondays or a bag of Sun Chips on Fridays. She's never tempted by Chipotle or McDonalds and she never gets sick of her special triple combo.

Move over, cosmopolitans – there’s a new drink in town!

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.

Looking for a last-minute Valentine’s Day gift for your Sweetie? Word on the street is, chocolate is too cliché, jewelry too pricey in this economy…but a bottle of Lifeway kefir just might help you score. Surprised? We’re not: It can be sweet or tangy, with just a hint of champagne-like effervescence. It feels silky and cool on your tongue and puts an extra spring in your step. It even improves your kissing by fighting bad breath – a surefire mood killer. We spoke to a few female fans about why they’d swoon over a February 14 bottle of kefir…read on and then tell us why we put YOU in the mood, too!

Numbers are all around us: The number of emails in your inbox, the number that pops up when you hop on the scale, the amount of money in your wallet. But we’re willing to bet that while you know how much you weigh or what you spent on sushi last night, you don’t know your LDL cholesterol or your Body Mass Index - the numbers that truly matter most.