Goat Milk vs Kiefer and in relationship to starting the SCDiet

[Guest guest]

Hello....

I am very new to the SCDiet. I have Crohons Colitis (meaning both crohns and

uclertive colitis.) I am currently doing some research and attempting to start

the diet.

I understand the concept of the milk yogurt.

However, I was a the store and picked up the Goat Kiefer...Can I use this

instead? Also what is really the difference btwn Goat Milk and Goat Kiefer.

I apperciate any insight. Thank you.

J

[Guest guest]

>

> Hello....

> I am very new to the SCDiet. I have Crohons Colitis (meaning both crohns and

uclertive colitis.) I am currently doing some research and attempting to start

the diet.

> I understand the concept of the milk yogurt.

> However, I was a the store and picked up the Goat Kiefer...Can I use this

instead? Also what is really the difference btwn Goat Milk and Goat Kiefer.

> I apperciate any insight. Thank you.

> J

>

Though it's not an explicit rule of the diet, one principle you'll do well to

remember is " Make your own. " Store-bought products will often have starch or

sugar added under the cover of " natural flavors " or something like that. Also,

canned goods often have sugar added without mentioning it on the label --

Breaking The Vicious Cycle goes into more detail about the tricks food companies

get to pull that we need to be aware of to succeed on this diet.

Kefir (rhymes with " the fear " not " reefer " ) is a cultured milk drink, similar to

yogurt (the real kind is made with a culture called " kefir grains " (completely

unrelated to cereal grains), but the store brands generally are not. That's

another story, though.) Anyway, it's already fermented (bacteria (and yeasts in

the case of real kefir, though probably not store-bought " kefir " ) have already

digested the lactose), so you can't use it to make yogurt.

Good luck starting the diet!

[Guest guest]

At 09:27 PM 10/6/2010, you wrote:

However, I was a the store and

picked up the Goat Kiefer...Can I use this instead? Also what is really

the difference btwn Goat Milk and Goat Kiefer.

I apperciate any insight. Thank you.

Goat keifer is goat's milk with is fermented with a particular culture,

known as keifer grains. Keifer is not the same as yogurt -- it has a

number of things in it which are not recommended at the beginning of the

diet. Only homemade yogurt which contains s. thermophilus, l. bulgaricus,

and l. acidophilus and/or l. casei is SCD-legal.

In addition, no commercially fermented product, be it keifer or yogurt,

is SCD-legal. I tried commercial keifer and became PHENOMENALLY sick from

it.

—

Marilyn

New

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Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

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