Re: Strep throat comes from lactic acid bacteria group

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Very interesting. Our kefir pretty much always tastes/smells the same,

though sometimes it's thicker than others, depending on the temp of our

home. We use the kefir grains. I always wonder about adding any heat to

milk so I avoid yogurt making, though I like the taste and texture slightly

better.

I don't know that it would be relevent, but I've read repeatedly that kefir

ferments build the gut system up with each ingestion, whereas yogurt

involves live bacteria that are completely digested and gone from the body

within so many hours.

I hope you continue to get to the bottom of things ...

~ Lynn

On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 10:09 AM, BooBoo <eauclaire101@...> wrote:

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> I admit I have probably disregarded many safety concerns in souring milk,

> mostly because I never really experienced any major problems. Now I am

> experiencing a major problem with some types of fermented milk products. It

> seems like some of the milk I sour that burns my throat when I consume it

> has adverse effects. I don't always get a ferment that burns my throat, so I

> would normally consume it, and chalk it up as just another different taste

> from milk souring. But recently, I had a higher number of throat burning

> milk ferments and they really started to make my head more nauseous as well.

> I got a little concerned about that problem and looked it up as best as I

> could.

>

> I found in the beginning of this website

> http://www.homeoint.org/clarke/l/lact_ac.htm

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> that sour milk can cause a kind of, " In these cases the symptoms of

> rheumatic fever were directly traced to the acid. "

>

> This led me to wikipedia and it says that strep throat can come from a kind

> of lactic acid bacteria.

>

> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streptococcus

>

> I think the ferments that cause my throat to burn are the real culprits and

> need to be thrown out. I don't know how to best avoid getting more ferments

> like those in the future. They sprout up from time to time and sometimes in

> larger batches than others.

>

> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rheumatic_fever

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