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Hello,

I want to start making my own 24h fermented yogurts, to introduce good bacteria in my gut, however I'm a bit lost as to which lactic ferments to use. All the ones I've seen so far seem to contain either FOS, which according to someone on this forum is bad for us, or maltodextrine.
Any tips ??
Thanks in advance,
Marion

Certain forms of FOS in certain foods (like agave) have been reported to feed klebsiella, BUT that doesn't mean all FOS is out (at least not in my opinion) - as FOS is naturally occurring in foods like garlic, onion, asparagus.

Have you ever heard of the SCD or GAPS diet for healing the gut? They have yogurt cultures that are approved for those diets, and that is where I would get mine cultures back when I was experimenting with making the homemade 24 hour yogurts.

Here is the company I have purchased yogurt starters from yeas ago when I did the SCDiet. http://www.giprohealth.com/

http://www.giprohealth.com/giprostart.aspx

And in Europe I would assume you could find yogourmet which has been approved by the SCD diet too - http://www.amazon.com/Yogourmet-Freeze-Y...words=yogourmet

If you ever run out of yr own homemade, Stoneyfields is one that has high a recommendation here on KA. Have fun making -

I currently use a local grass fed plain yogurt as my starter. But before I found that, I used stonyfields full fat plain. It worked great - and the resulting yogurt if soooo good!!!
MaryCay

Andrea, you're a star, the yogourmet seem perfect !!
You know everything it's brilliant !!
I have actually just received some healthy goodies i've ordered, like chia seeds, raw cocoa powder, coconut sugar... and I'm going to try and be "Betty rawker" !! I hopefully i'll be able to make more than just a mess in my kitchen !!
I'm so chuffed about starting to eat proper healthy and how much better i'm feeling for it...

Oh, glad that will work for you!! I made lots of homemade yogurt a few years ago - but my body still didn't like it even after 24 hours - though others report very positive experiences with it for sure. (even though I wasn't getting the normal dairy bloat/gut pain, I still noticed joint pains and the feelings of ulcers forming for me - but that is just my own personal experience - I am very, very intolerant of dairy - might as well say allergic)

If you really want a treat - use heavy cream for the base of your yogurt - and you will end up with a rich heavy whipping cream for putting on desserts & eating with berries and honey -truly divine! Or you can also "drip" your normal yogurt for a few hours through a coffee filter to separate out the whey and thicken it up - but I found half & half milk/cream to be truly decadent. I only wish I could recreate the same textures with almond or coconut milk - so far not so much.

I hope you enjoy the chia and raw cacao as much as I do. I very highly recommend the chia pudding - I have the recipe on my website - a very satisfying dessert with berries also.

I have been at this alternative diet stuff 7 years now - anything I can do to help people shortcut the learning curve, I am more than happy to do - it was a very long and bumpy road for me, that is for sure!

xo