Can water kefir make you sick?

[ASusan]

Vomiting, diarrhea, about 8 hours after consumption. Then I was fine. Haven't been back for another sip, though.

Is the decadent chocolate rice/soy ice "cream" a more likely culprit? Or the toasted marshmallows followed by tortilla chips? (looking back, it wasn't the best snacking evening)

[kjbrown92]

I wasn't a fan of the water kefir. I just couldn't choke much down. But with all the things you ate, I'd say the ice cream with many ingredients is the more likely culprit, or all the corn.

[MoonStarFalling]

I've never felt bad after water kefir. I have used it for a year or two. Did the ice cream have a sugar alcohol like maltitol perhaps?

[Thalia the Muse]

Anything can make you sick, if it's spoiled. That sounds suspiciously like food poisoning to me.

[ASusan]

I thought food poisoning, too. DH is a little casual in leaving chicken out, but no one else (21-mo-old, 12-yr-old, 17-yr-old, DH) got sick - just me. I am the only one who drank the water kefir or ate the ice cream.

I threw up at 2am, several times. Slept on the closet floor (closest to the toilet so I could get there w/o disturbing DS) for the rest of the night. My tummy was a little woozy in the am, but I made it through the day just fine. No other symptoms.

I'm wondering if the kefir even worked. It was my first time, and it still tasted like old sugar-water, after 72+ hours. We'll see how this batch turns out. Not sure if I want to finish drinking the first batch.

[MoonStarFalling]

I would dump it and start fresh. When I first got my water crystals I had to make a few batches before they "woke up" and started working.

[Chinese Pistache]

Originally Posted by MoonStarFalling

I would dump it and start fresh. When I first got my water crystals I had to make a few batches before they "woke up" and started working.

THat's what happened to me, too. It took about 3 batches for it to turn out. The first batch tasted like sugar water to me, too.

[ASusan]

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