Kitchen experiments with probios, yoghurt, kefir and Boulardii

[Guest guest]

Dear all,

Here are some notes on our kitchen experiments with probios and

yoghurts.

We have been experimenting for quite a long while with making our own

goat's milk yoghurt. We choose to use multi-strain probios and avoid

the strep. therm. strain. But otherwise we are pretty much SCD.

We use a Lakeland yoghurt maker and do 24-30 hour yoghurts (longer

times in colder months).

Custom probios make a really lovely thick cream yog.

We currently use 1 Culturelle and 2 Custom per 1 litre of goat milk

and it is very nice indeed (once you get a taste for the tang of real

yoghurt).

Kirkman's inulin free is also OK (but this contains Strep. Therm).

We now rotate probios and use the above yoghurt and lots of Primal

Defence (which we find really effective) and have just started

Metabolics Comobocillus (another multi-strain without strep therm)

and Metabolics L. Salivarius which we mix with custom probois.

What REALLY DOES NOT MAKE a good yoghurt is Primal Defence!! (We had

to try it) It contains S. Boulardii (the good yeast). And - we now

know - yeast is NOT good at all in a yoghurt maker!! What you get

after 24 hours in the yoghurt maker is a very pungent kitchen and a

really oogey pot of cheesey and watery gloop than needs a good wash

down the drain outside!

However, S. Boulardii is pretty good at fighting (bad) yeast - so we

haven't given up experimenting. We are wondering if we can use it in

baking as a yeast alternative (and Tim is wondering about beer I

think).

We are also a few months into goat milk kefir which mixes well with

pear puree. And have just made a young coconut kefir that seems

pretty nice ! (but we have yet to see if Eddie can tolerate it).

Would love to hear any suggestions about other good probios (that

don't contain Strep Therm or Egg or cornstarch) OR about any cooking

experience with Boulardii.

Best wishes,

Sandy

[Guest guest]

HI,I was having a cogitate on why this strain would be causing you problems with your kids.Now this strain seems to have good oxalate degrading properties and i was wondering if in fact what you were seeing was the movement of oxalates in the body and possibly some oxalate dumping, which can cause problems before improvements are seen. Is this something either of you have considered? Might your kids have oxalate problems?JUst a thought for you to consider if you think it might fit your kid.Nikki - whose ds has problems with oxalates, which i only found out recently but looking back at his history i realise that he has always had but i didn't know!!!

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