Homemade Yogurt

1. I am like you, lactose intolerant. Over the past 17 months on SCD I've tried homemade yogurt several times but came to the conclusion that it doesn't work with my gut...yet Too bad because it was dee-lishous, yum. Someday my gut will be healed enough to handle it. Hope you have better luck.

2. I didn't try them but others have with good results.

3. I don't need any more appliances. I used the microwave to sterilize the milk and then put the cooled-to-warm milk plus probiotic mix in an unheated oven with the light on for 24 hours. I made a half-gallon at a time this way in a big pyrex pitcher. Pretty easy after doing it once or twice.

1. I am not lactose intolerant so I can't really answer to #1 except that if there was any yogurt you might tolerate it would probably be the SCD yogurt because it is 24 hr and the bacteria is supposed to eat all or most of the lactose. Commercial yogurt is usually only cultured for 4-6 hrs so there is still lactose left in all commercial yogurt. That being said people can also be casein sensitive and the yogurt wouldn't change the casein that is in milk.

2. I have not had any success using other milks. I know for Almond Milk it is recommended you use homemade almond milk because of the fillers in commercial almond milk, I don't have the time to make homemade milk and yogurt. I could be wrong but I don't think Lactaid would work because the lactose is already removed and I think that is part of the yogurt making process the bacteria eating the lactose. I know some people have had good success using Coconut Milk and say that makes a good yogurt. But I don't do SCD, just make the yogurt so I don't know if Coconut Milk is SCD legal.

3. I have the Yogourmet Yogurt maker. I love it. Although can't compare to any other makers. It is easy for me to get it setup and just forget about it and not have to worry about checking the temp ect for the 24 hrs when it is in the Yogourmet. Depending on the time of year and where you live the temp can run a little high. I bought a $5 light dimmer from a hardware store, plug the yogurt maker into it and have a line marked where my temp stays exactly where I want it.

Good Luck. If you can tolerate it, it really is yummy and very good for you.

I have been making yogurt for years and haven't had any gas issues related to it although I do let it process for 24 hours in my Yogourmet Yogurt maker before moving it to the refrigerator. If I have milk or ice cream then I definitely have gas within a few hours.

hey da

When I was diagnosed with chronic pancolitis in May 2009, my doctor revealed to me I would be lactose intollerant, so to take Lactaid pills when consuming dairy, and to use Lactaid milk for milk. I did not like the idea of taking a pill for something my stomach can't digest, so I resorted to doing soy based stuff. However I discovered that soy, although delicious, is not good for you, especially UCers. So scratch that. (also tried rice, almond (works), hemp)

fast forward 2 years, or to last week... I hear of the SCD yogurt. I was thinking about making it, but so skeptical about dairy! I know and have confirmed it gives me problems. But then I heard that Goats Yogurt is digestible by people with lactose intollerance and sensitivity to cows milk. I was skeptical at first but I was missing out on dairy and missed it a lot. So I went to whole foods and bought

Redwood Hill Farm Goats Yogurt.

Works wonderfully. I can eat a whole bucket of it no problem. Can't believe it. Even tried the vanilla flavor which has maple syrup in it to sweeten it. Works so well cannot believe it. I have concluded, maybe I am not even lactose intollerant but am sensitive to cows milk!!!

The lid says it contains heaps of probiotic bacteria, I believe it, my UC symptoms have been very under control.

Oh! If you have luck with the yogurt, then feel free to try LaLoos icecream... Deeeeelishus.

Good luck