MARILYN Re: Bio-K

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> I got hold of some bifidus-laced commercial kefir

> last week. Had maybe half a cup. Was it the

> bifidus? Was it residual lactose? I don't know. I

> do know that I had the most unbelievable gut

> cramps for around 36 hours. They eased off after

> I started doing acidophilus and s. boulardii

> (alternating) every two hours for about 12

> hours. But it's experiences like that which

> remind me (if I needed it) to " make my own, make

> my own, make my own, " and to avoid non-SCD

> probiotic strains (especially bifidus) like the

> plague. I would not wish those gut cramps on my worst enemy.

>

I avoid commercial dairy products in general, except for raw, over 3-month aged

cheeses.

Some commercial kefir contains inulin, which is an undigestible cellulose fiber

which is anathema for me.

I buy nearly all my food in bulk raw form directly from an agricultural source,

except from the few things I can get raw, unradiated from the grocer's bulk

bins. Then I process it into the form I need to use all by myself.

When I began the BTVC diet, I was in a really bad way, was not sure I would ever

be rid of the pain of pancreatitis, and be able to take in anything beyond

Pedia-lyte. I graduated from that to broth, raw honey, and ripe banana for a

week. I improved so rapidly that I could move on to the SCD second stage:

mainly for me cooked nut bread, soft-cooked eggs and aged cheeses. I stayed

there for quite a while until I fell ill with a hardened mucus from nose, throat

and mouth throughout my system. I had no easy breathing, great difficulty

swallowing and a very weak voice.

Then I learned that I had an enzyme problem resulting from the damaged pancreas.

So now I am on raw SCD. My health is strong; I have a voice and am in general

very optimistic about my longevity ;-) Forgive my enthusiasm about my way of

eating.....it is not for everyone.

Ann