Kefir Kommunity

Party Favors!

LifeWayKefir LifeWayKefir — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:12:00 GMT

Who doesn’t like a good birthday party? Candy and cake, making a wish and blowing out the candles, opening presents. But imagine our delight when we heard about a Chicago woman’s 85th birthday party: The giveaways were Lifeway Probiotic Wellness bars, wrapped with homemade labels that read, “Happy Birthday Jean!”

A New Pill For Mommies-To-Be?

LifeWayKefir LifeWayKefir — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:46:00 GMT

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?

Do You Eat the Same Thing Every Day?

LifeWayKefir LifeWayKefir — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 22:35:00 GMT

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.

Lifeway Kefir Hits the Big Screen in ‘Sex and the City 2’

LifeWayKefir LifeWayKefir — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 21:48:00 GMT

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

Lifeway Goes Red For Women

LifeWayKefir LifeWayKefir — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:59:00 GMT

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.

Girls Go Wild (For Kefir!)

LifeWayKefir LifeWayKefir — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 19:34:00 GMT

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!

Are You Wearing Red Today?

LifeWayKefir LifeWayKefir — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:03:00 GMT

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.

Be a Bombshell

LifeWayKefir LifeWayKefir — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:45:00 GMT

Eating Double-Stuffed Oreos and Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup ice cream might make you feel all beautiful and glowy on the inside (temporarily at least), but those fat bombs won’t do your body and good. To help yourself look beautiful on the outside, you’ve got to feed yourself clean, whole foods. And according to the January issue of In Style Magazine (Whitney Houston is on the cover), kefir is one of the best ways to do just that.

Cool!: Cold Kefir Plus Dry Skin Equals Soothing Comfort

LifeWayKefir LifeWayKefir — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:59:00 GMT

In the summer, our skin is soft and dewy and tan and gorgeous.

But come winter, our skin turns on us like an evil monster, drying up like the Sahara and becoming so pale we might as well be an extra in Twilight.