Guest guest Posted September 9, 2009 Report Share Posted September 9, 2009 At 03:07 PM 9/9/2009, you wrote: When using raw milk to make yogurt, any tips I should know from veterans? Milk may only be used if it is fermented as SCD yogurt, turned into butter, or cheese. SCD directions call for milk used to make yogurt to be pasteurized and then cooled before adding the starter culture. After that, it is fermented for at least 24 hours. Some raw milk advocates say that true raw milk is clean, without extraneous bacteria, and that one can just add starter, and ferment it, without pasteurizing it. Back when I was beginning a raw diet for my fur kids, the Dachshund Duo, I was desperately worried about feeding them raw chicken -- salmonella! And who knows what other kind of bacteria! My vet advised me that she had never seen a healthy animal started on raw food who became ill -- in all her years of practice, only one, who was sick when the owner tried the switch, became ill. Raw milk people are doubtless right about their particular passion, and it's certain that we humans have drunk raw milk for far longer than we have drunk pasteurized. However, we who are on SCD are NOT healthy initially. And like that poor sick dog, we don't want to throw more at our systems than they are ready for. It's like the difference between cooked and raw veggies. We eliminate all but the specific bacterial strains we want from the milk we are culturing into yogurt. We starve out the bad bacteria, and introduce (through our yogurt) specific, well-studied strains which we know are beneficial. We let our system adjust to eating human style instead of rumen style. THEN, and only then, do we consider adding things. I feel that raw milk yogurt should be regarded like kefir -- a very advanced food, to be used only after significant healing has taken place. — Marilyn New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001 Darn Good SCD Cook No Human Children Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 Marilyn, Thank you for the clarification and reminder. I'll stick with my pasteurized milk and making legal yogurt. Don't want to upset the digestive apple cart . . . Thanks - Kim > >When using raw milk to make yogurt, any tips I should know from veterans? > > Milk may only be used if it is fermented as SCD > yogurt, turned into butter, or cheese. > > SCD directions call for milk used to make yogurt > to be pasteurized and then cooled before adding > the starter culture. After that, it is fermented for at least 24 hours. > > Some raw milk advocates say that true raw milk is > clean, without extraneous bacteria, and that one > can just add starter, and ferment it, without pasteurizing it. > > Back when I was beginning a raw diet for my fur > kids, the Dachshund Duo, I was desperately > worried about feeding them raw chicken -- > salmonella! And who knows what other kind of > bacteria! My vet advised me that she had never > seen a healthy animal started on raw food who > became ill -- in all her years of practice, only > one, who was sick when the owner tried the switch, became ill. > > Raw milk people are doubtless right about their > particular passion, and it's certain that we > humans have drunk raw milk for far longer than we > have drunk pasteurized. However, we who are on > SCD are NOT healthy initially. And like that poor > sick dog, we don't want to throw more at our systems than they are ready for. > > It's like the difference between cooked and raw veggies. > > We eliminate all but the specific bacterial > strains we want from the milk we are culturing > into yogurt. We starve out the bad bacteria, and > introduce (through our yogurt) specific, > well-studied strains which we know are > beneficial. We let our system adjust to eating > human style instead of rumen style. THEN, and > only then, do we consider adding things. > > I feel that raw milk yogurt should be regarded > like kefir -- a very advanced food, to be used > only after significant healing has taken place. > > > > — Marilyn > New Orleans, Louisiana, USA > Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001 > Darn Good SCD Cook > No Human Children > Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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