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My Healing Journey
We're a happy family in Islamabad, Pakistan.
Probiotics and especially kefir, are a very important part of our lifestyle. Daily we drink milk kefir, water kefir and kombucha. We eat yogurt and sauerkraut, too, and even bake sourdough bread.
I've always been interested in health. Exercise has been a passion from a young age, and especially after having children, I've read widely about wholesome nutrition.
We constantly strive to eat healthy: fresh fruits and vegetables, drinking lots of water, supplements, organic produce as far as possible, raw milk, bone broth, etc.
Recently, there were a lot of challenges in multiple areas of life.
Immediately, I increased my exercise: jogging an hour a day with yoga in the evening.
We also started juicing (especially with beets) drinking lots of freshly squeezed fruit and vegetable juices.
Our Story
This has ALWAYS supercharged me and gotten me through challenging phases. This time, however, all I got was aching joints. My knees and ankles were damaged, my teeth in need of repair. Completely exhausted, I had to drag myself up the stairs by pulling on the banisters. I couldn't think.
Research turned up lots of useful supplements, such as milk thistle, CoQ10, Vitamin C and D in massive doses and a lot of herbal remedies from Hamdard and Qarshi.
Robin Sharma suggested having a weekly massage is vital. So did John Ruskan. I did that.
We became regulars at the local 'pansar' or herbalist, buying all sorts of herbs such as ashwaganda, amla fruit preserves and triphala, and brewing herbal teas at home. I also bought a useful book on Islamic Medicine from Darussalam.
I started detox baths with epsom salts, sea salt, you-name-it salt. Evenings saw me poring over aromatherapy books and websites, as a drawer filled up with essential oils.
Books on ayurveda, nutrition, yoga and pilates started filling up my shelves. Oil pulling became part of the morning routine.
I had hijama (cupping) done, bought my own set of cups, learnt how to do it and started doing it on myself regularly.
What helped me the most was the audible recitation of the Quran with tajweed; surah Baqarah daily, plus other passages. Learning more about my beautiful religion, Islam by reading or listening to the tafseer (exegesis or detailed commentary) of the Quran elevates one's spiritual consciousness and offers wisdom, hope and solutions. Zikr and dua, giving charity as well as adhering to the sunnah. 'The sunnah' is basically the lifestyle and practices of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him), the Awaited Messiah and final Prophet of God. The more I emulate the sunnah, the better I get.
Also very powerful is forgiveness. Another incredible habit is the consistent practice of shukr (gratitude).
I also learnt various visualization and relaxation techniques as well as the energy methodology EFT and kinesiology.
I kept praying, seeking guidance and Allah kept giving me ideas or information about how to get better. And everything helped, alhamdulillah.
My discovery of kefir was a part of this process. I found a lovely lady who sent me some grains. I later ordered more from other sources as well.
The very first time I drank kefir, it was a revelation! Just fifteen minutes after finishing that glass, I actually felt something moving through my gums, sinuses and in my brain. And incredibly, my mind was quiet and calm!!! When you have a constant background noise, it becomes part of you and you don't notice it. I had never realized how much brain chatter or brain fog I had until that first drink of kefir!!! Incredible peace... This may seem incredible to you, as it did to me... until I learnt about the research into the gut microbiome -brain connection.
Alhamdulillah, I can now run up and down the stairs, and feel really great!
And that's why this website exists: To share the blessing of health with YOU. Getting started with something novel like kefir can be confusing at first; so I gathered the information in one place to save you from making the mistakes I did.
In order to thank my Creator Allah for healing me, I decided to share the blessing and give everyone in Pakistan an opportunity to acquire this powerful healing drink to help themselves.
May Allah grant you wonderful vibrant health inshaAllah.
Our Milk Kefir Grains
We strive to maintain the very highest quality grains for you.
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We culture our grains in fresh cow's mik.
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The milk is changed every 12 hours or so.
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We maintain very high levels of hygiene
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Grains are shipped fresh, all over Pakistan.
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We send your grains via TCS.
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Alternatively you may pick them up from G11/2, Islamabad
The Importance of Milk
Milk is a great blessing. As Muslims, we have been given a special dua to say when drinking milk:
During his miraculous journey to the heavens, the Miraj, the holy Prophet chose to drink milk when offered refreshment by the angels.
In this age of commercial mass production and chemical treatments, food products are increasingly adulterated.
Crops are loaded with fertilizers, pesticides, fungicides and other chemicals. The seeds may be genetically modified.
Animals are fed this unhealthy material as feed. They are injected with hormones and steroids and other chemicals to make them grow faster and produce more.
Livestock is kept in cramped quarters without access to free range grazing as is natural. Their unhappiness naturally affects their health and thus the quality of food we obtain from them.
The food produced is then packaged in plastic, which leaches dangerous chemicals into the food.
All of this is against the teachings of Islam. It also leads to unhealthy food products.
The Milk We Use
Raw organic milk is a living food with incredible health benefits. Even some people with lactose intolerance are able to tolerate raw milk when they switch from drinking regular pasteurized milk.
I've searched for healthy milk for a long time. After learning in great detail about how regular processed milk is more a concoction of nice tasting toxins than healthy nutrition, I moved from one milk source to another. Some used hormones, some adulterated the milk with water or other additives. Some couldn't deliver as required.
We use Prema milk free from hormones, steroids and other additives, by At-Tahur. We are also using Farm Fresh and considering JustMilk after customers enthusiastically recommended them.