Probiotics vs. goat yogurt

[Guest guest]

Hi!

I have spent some time looking for this info, can you help me locate

it? I am sure it is obvious and I am just missing it.

We love the idea of the goat yogurt but don't want to push him too

fast. Also, I am just not ready to make it! The food conversion is

taking a bit of my time, and the learning curve is as well.

He seems a bit subdued to me but am unsure if this is adjustment

after the holidays, company, etc.. While he is an active

and " talkie " Asperger's, he is still a teenager. Sweet kids they

turn out to be!

Lorraine

P.S. We added 4 new SCD foods to our diet yesterday. He was feeling

a bit deprived--keeping him full is key. Keeping a 6'1 " teenager

full is: 4 pancakes (great BTW--better than GFCF) a banana, ground

turkey, applesauce (bowl) and...whatever else he got. Then

snacks...and, what is there to drink? And, there is nothing to eat.

[Guest guest]

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> Hi!

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> I have spent some time looking for this info, can you help me locate

> it? I am sure it is obvious and I am just missing it.

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It's on the www.pecanbread site.

For hundreds of years, goat milk has been regarded as the closest milk to human

milk.

While at the gross compositional level the amount of fat and protein is similar

to that in

cow milk, there are significant differences between the types of fat, protein

and minor

components present. When compared with cow milk, goat milk is considered to

provide

advantages due to the following factors:

The fat in goat milk is in smaller globules. Smaller fat globules provide a

greater surface

area for enzymes to break down the particles, enabling easier digestion. In

addition, goat

milk lacks 'agglutinin', a factor present in cow milk that makes fat globules in

milk clump

together.

Goat milk fat contains a significantly greater proportion of short and medium

chain

triglycerides (MCTs) than cow milk fat, which contributes to more rapid

digestion. Goat

milk is higher in caproic (C6), caprylic (C8), capric (C10), which total 16% in

goat milk

(compared with 7% in cow milk). They have been used to treat malabsorption

symptoms,

intestinal disorders, premature infant feeding etc.

Goat milk forms smaller, softer, more easily digested curds in the infant

stomach, which

eases the digestive process. Goat milk, due to absence or low levels of

alpha-s1-casein,

produces curds that are weaker and less firm than cow milk.

Goat milk has better buffering capacity than cow milk at the pH-temperature

conditions

that exist in the stomach. This can be very useful for those with gastric

ulcers. Goat milk

contains bio-active factors such as insulin-like growth factor.

Carol F

[Guest guest]

Lorraine,

If you can make a box of macaroni and cheese, you can make yogurt.

It's really that easy.

Heat milk, cool milk, add starter, stir, pour in yogurt maker, leave

on for 24 hours, refrigerate and presto- yogurt.

Nothing tricky, nothing hard. Just takes time.

As for the nothing to eat part. At the beginning, he'll just have to

have more of the same foods. As you add new foods, his choices will

expand. If he's not incredibly picky, there are lots of choices.

But the yogurt really isn't hard to make and it is a really great

ingredient in a lot of dishes. The peanut butter swirl brownies are

fabulous. The yogurt makes a great addition to quiches, creamy soups,

and other things.

Just remember the story of the little engine that could...

" I think I can, I think I can, I think I can. "

Jody

mom to -7 and -9

SCD 1/03

[Guest guest]

I'm not sure where to find this info. but, I have read it here before. I

believe the casein in the milk protects the probiotic in the stomach until

it reaches the intestines so that it can be more effective treatment. Jenn &

Kali 7 months scd.

Probiotics vs. Goat yogurt

> Hi!

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> Thanks for all the answers and info.. I had already read the cool

> stuff about goat--looking forward to adding it. I'm sold on that!

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> Time and timing is my issue regarding the yogurt. I used to make

> regular yogurt--I am not intimidated by it--though I used to be when I

> made cow milk yogurt. I am concerned that we are early into the diet

> and it can hold a bit while we make all of these other changes. There

> are four of us, it is quite a bit of food. My husband is the only one

> not affected--sooooo much food. While we are all virtually GFCF, this

> is another step. I have a business, I am trying not to get slammed

> again in regards to my time. I am doing a bit of something new every

> day.

>

> My question that I cannot locate the answer to is: Why not just take

> probiotics? I have heard opinions etc. over time. I think that food

> bringing the probiotics into the body sounds wise, more enjoyable

> etc.. And it is clear that goat yogurt is good for you. I am for it.

>

> But is there info on the net regarding why we use goat yogurt to

> deliver the probiotics? Is there a synergistic affect? I know they

> don't survive well on their way down, in pill form, so how does the

> goat yogurt help this process?

>

> Does anyone know where I find this?

>

> Thanks again for the input!

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> Lorraine

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> For information on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, please read the book

_Breaking the Vicious Cycle_ by Elaine Gottschall and read the following

websites:

> http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info

> and

> http://www.pecanbread.com

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[Guest guest]

Hi Lorraine,

> My question that I cannot locate the answer to is: Why not just

take

> probiotics? I have heard opinions etc. over time. I think that

food

> bringing the probiotics into the body sounds wise, more enjoyable

> etc.. And it is clear that goat yogurt is good for you. I am for

it.

>

> But is there info on the net regarding why we use goat yogurt to

> deliver the probiotics?

With yogurt you will also get minerals, enzymes and far more good

bacteria than probiotics.

Is there a synergistic affect? I know they

> don't survive well on their way down, in pill form, so how does

the

> goat yogurt help this process?

The dairy portion encapsulates the bacteria and they can travel

farther down the GI tract where there can " work " their magic.

There were some reports that may have made there way to list but I

am not sure. You could try searching the yahoo files for this group

or using a search engine like google with key words like encapsulate

bacteria yogurt etc.

Sheila, SCD 59 mos, 22 yrs UC

mom of Em and Dan