Re: Day 4 progress, and my first experiment at making yogurt is in progress

[Guest guest]

On Mar 21, 2008, at 1:10 AM, <enginuity4@...

> wrote:

> All is well so far. I have increased my magnesium supplement dose to

> compensate for the lack of fibre in the introductory diet, to reduce

> C. I

> have added beef and zucchini to my diet, with no ill effects. In

> addition to

> chicken soup (lots), I have been eating a lot of cheesecake, but I

> have lost

> 2 or 3 pounds since Monday morning, so I guess the honey in the

> recipe isn't

> harming me too much.

>

> I found a brand of grape juice that is both organic and made

> directly from

> grapes, with no preservatives, sugar, or concentrates. It's called

> Lakewood.

> I didn't get a letter from the manufacturer, as all this information

> was

> printed on the label. I bought only a small (250 ml) bottle to try,

> and I

> drank half of it on each of days 1 and 2, diluted with the same

> amount of

> filtered tap water. I realize that Lakewood is not on the official

> list of

> juices, but I don't really like Welch's or Kedem very much, so I will

> continue drinking Lakewood grape juice.

Kedem organic, which is the one on the list - not regular kedem -

tastes completely different than the regular one, as it has no

extra sweetening. Just FYI.

> Do I absolutely have to use the plastic inner beaker that came with

> the

> machine? I try to reduce the amount of plastic in my diet, and I

> don't even

> drink water from plastic bottles anymore. So I was wondering whether

> I could

> use a 1-litre glass mason jar in the machine instead. I plan to

> transfer the

> fermented yogurt from the plastic container into a glass jar.

I believe glass jars are available for it at Lucy's kitchen shop and

amazon.

I'm not sure about the effect of fermentation on the metal lid of the

mason

jar, if there is reaction or not - maybe someone else will know. But

you

could cover it with plastic wrap and use your mason jar, if it fits.

> The good news is that I am not feeling tempted to eat the foods I

> will have

> to avoid for years. The bad news is that I am impatient to introduce

> more

> SCD-legal foods quickly, so as to be able to rotate my food choices

> more.

That's how I felt. Good luck.

Mara

[Guest guest]

Thanks Mara. I have not seen Kedem organic grape juice in any stores, but I

will try to locate it.

When I got up this morning, the water bath temperature in the Yogourmet was

over 120 F. I've removed the outer lid in the hopes of bringing the

temperature down a bit.

I'm not sure what the higher fermentation temperature means in terms of how

well the lactose is being consumed by the bacterial strains.

Being in Canada, where the machines are made, I would prefer to find a local

source for the glass Yogourmet jars. Does anybody know of one? I bought the

only Yogourmet machine that was currently in stock at Natural Life Health

Food store in Thornhill, north of Toronto, after seeing that store

recommended on the Upper Canada Lower Bowel Society website. But I didn't

think to ask whether they sold accessories. And I would rather not impose on

my husband to drive me back to Thornhill any time soon.

I have to limit my driving to short distances and durations, because of

cognitive problems and fatigue, and Thornhill generally takes longer to

drive to, because of heavy traffic, than I can expect to drive safely.

" Mara Schiffren " wrote:

>

> On Mar 21, 2008, at 1:10 AM,

> <enginuity4@...

> > wrote:

>

<snip>>

>> I found a brand of grape juice that is both organic and made

>> directly from

>> grapes, with no preservatives, sugar, or concentrates. It's called

>> Lakewood.

>> I didn't get a letter from the manufacturer, as all this information

>> was

>> printed on the label. I bought only a small (250 ml) bottle to try,

>> and I

>> drank half of it on each of days 1 and 2, diluted with the same

>> amount of

>> filtered tap water. I realize that Lakewood is not on the official

>> list of

>> juices, but I don't really like Welch's or Kedem very much, so I will

>> continue drinking Lakewood grape juice.

>

> Kedem organic, which is the one on the list - not regular kedem -

> tastes completely different than the regular one, as it has no

> extra sweetening. Just FYI.

>> Do I absolutely have to use the plastic inner beaker that came with

>> the

>> machine? I try to reduce the amount of plastic in my diet, and I

>> don't even

>> drink water from plastic bottles anymore. So I was wondering whether

>> I could

>> use a 1-litre glass mason jar in the machine instead. I plan to

>> transfer the

>> fermented yogurt from the plastic container into a glass jar.

>

> I believe glass jars are available for it at Lucy's kitchen shop and

> amazon.

>

> I'm not sure about the effect of fermentation on the metal lid of the

> mason

> jar, if there is reaction or not - maybe someone else will know. But

> you

> could cover it with plastic wrap and use your mason jar, if it fits.

>

>

>> The good news is that I am not feeling tempted to eat the foods I

>> will have

>> to avoid for years. The bad news is that I am impatient to introduce

>> more

>> SCD-legal foods quickly, so as to be able to rotate my food choices

>> more.

>

> That's how I felt. Good luck.

>

> Mara