Monique,
I read your post with interest. I do not understand how being lactose
intolerant can have an effect when the milk is applied to your skin.
The intolerance is due to the lack of an enzyme in the stomach, which
makes the milk hard to digest. The skin is a different story
altogether.
However, I am allergic to cow's milk. So I cannot drink milk. And if
I put milk on my skin, I get a red rash. Perhaps that is what you
were referring to - an allergy instead of lactose intolerance?
Anyway, try using kefir on the skin - it can often be much smoother
than milk. Also, you can try kefir whey, the product left over when
you make kefir leban. Or, try this: between one batch of kefir and
another, soak your grains in fresh water for 24 hrs. Strain them and
put them to work again. The milky water you obtain from that process
is what Dom calls "kefiraride" - a polysaccharide with many of the
properties of kefir grains. You can use it on the skin, so try how it
feels.
Giacomo
--- In Kefir_making@yahoogroups.com, "Monique Rider"
<monique_rider@m...> wrote:
> Hi Everyone: I wanted to 'talk this through' with the group to see
> if it makes sense. I really enjoy taking milk baths. So much so
> that I make my own milk bath products. Milk has alpha hydroxy
acids
> so it apparently makes a great skin exfoliator. Anyway, I just
> learned that if you are lactose intolerant (like me) then you
> shouldn't use milk baths. I guess that's because it contributes to
> symptoms because it's absorbed into the skin?? Ok, so if I
> shouldn't use the product anymore, then what if I used Kefir? If
> Kefir is made with milk, then wouldn't it still have alpha hydroxy
> acids in it? And, because I'm lactose intolerant, I ferment it
> until the lactose is gone. So would it be appropriate to use in
the
> bath without giving me symptoms? The milk bath recipes I use, say
> to use 'fresh' milk or powdered milk. Kefir, of course,
> isn't 'fresh' milk?
>
> Something else to knaw on - I also like to use home made bath salts
> and epsom salts because it draws out toxins and detoxes the skin.
> However, eating or indesting salt is not too good for the body.
> Because as I understand it, it can kill the good bacteria in the
> gut. So, if that's true, how can it be ok to take salt baths -
> because you'd be absorbing salt into the skin.
>
> One more thing, I'm going on my first Vision Quest later this
month.
> (I'm scared and excited at the same time). Nine days alone on a
> desert retreat. If I'm going to eat, I must take food that can
> survive in the heat. I'm going to take a supply of Kefir and
> fermented veggies. Any other ideas of foods that will sustain me?
> How much Kefir can one drink daily without any side effects?
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