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Posted 1/10/2012 12:26 AM (GMT 0)
I'm avoiding all lactose/milk products to see if I can cut down on mucous production (which seems to be the bane of my existence). If I could get a hold of the mucous everything would be under control.

This may seem like a silly question, but can I eat yogurt while avoiding lactose? Won't the good bacteria counteract the mucous formation? Any thoughts?
Posted 1/10/2012 2:08 AM (GMT 0)
Guategirl, yogurt is not free of lactose as far as I know. SCD yogurt is cultured for a very long time and it is close to lactose free. If you can make it yourself, you can control things much more. You could also try buying soy yogurt from the store.

I used to know a lot more about yogurt but I haven't been making it lately, hopefullly the advice I am giving you is correct. :)
Posted 1/10/2012 2:14 AM (GMT 0)
my buddy who is lactose intolerant can eat Yogurt, I forgot the reason. But I tried it and it didn't agree with me. Haven't had cow yogurt in many years.

I enjoy soy silk yogurt, comes in vanilla or plain
Posted 1/10/2012 2:32 AM (GMT 0)
As mentioned, if you make homemade yogurt and ferment it for 24 hours, it will be virtually lactose free. However, the casein protein in milk can also be hard on some peoples digestive system and fermentation will NOT remove that.
Posted 1/10/2012 9:18 AM (GMT 0)
I get gas from yogurt, so it wouldn't be a staple for me.

You would have to try different kinds or make your own to see if it agrees with you.

q
Posted 1/10/2012 1:58 PM (GMT 0)
I was doctor's office tested for lactose and they said I have no problems with dairy. However my colon does not agree, even SCD yogurt did not suit my colon (cranky thing). So I don't know what the problem is, lactose or casein or what but I avoided dairy products of all kinds and got my probiotics in VSL#3.

Now that I am more healed I can have smidgens of milk products without problems: aged Cheddar cheese, vanilla ice cream with no additives, teaspoon of milk in my morning (weak) coffee.

If you are trying to get healed I would strongly suggest removing all milk and milk products entirely so your healing goes faster.
Posted 1/10/2012 3:46 PM (GMT 0)

lactose intolerant here, and i could not tolerate regular yogurt or greek yogurt.

soy  yogurt did not appeal to me

there is one lactose free yogurt called Green Valley.  Its delicious.  I get it from either shoprite or whole foods.  I seem to be ok with it so far. 

i think you have to try yogurt for yourself and see

Posted 1/10/2012 4:16 PM (GMT 0)
There is soy yogurt (which I don't like the taste of but you might) and coconut milk yogurt (I haven't tried this yet). I think there's also yogurt made with almond milk which sounds really yummy but I have yet to see this in stores. I'm sure you could make your own though.
Posted 1/10/2012 8:55 PM (GMT 0)
I have been making yogurt with Lactose free milk in my Yogogourmet
yogurt maker.

I am using the Yogogourmet starter that I order from Amazon and I am using Lactaid 2% milk. I ferment it for about 20-24hours following the SCD guidelines and my husband really likes it.

It may be an option!

They do sell Almond milk yogurt in small containers at Whole Foods.
Posted 1/10/2012 9:22 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks everyone.

Unfortunately since I live in Guatemala I'm severely limited in what I can find. Thanks for the suggestion about making it with almond milk (which we do have). There's no soy yogurt to be found.

I really crave yogurt, but I'm starting to see the results from limiting the lactose, as well as the Remicade.
Posted 1/11/2012 3:47 AM (GMT 0)
Dairy elmination will help with your mucous production thats for darn sure. Almond milk & soy milk are lactose free so those are great suggestions. Culturing a goat milk yogurt for 24 hours, which has healing properties, will eliminate lactose, and goats milk already has less lactose than cows milk. This is what I use, it works well for me, I do terrible with all milks, and commercial yogurts and ice creams.
Posted 1/11/2012 5:28 AM (GMT 0)
I can't take yogurt but I took strong probiotics, 50 million with at least 10 different strains, I reversed my ulcerative colitis in one year! It is possible through diet, I cut out sugar and add the probiotics! My doctor could hardly believe it, there is a study being done in Sweden and they have had positive results from the same.
Posted 1/11/2012 2:23 PM (GMT 0)
Guategirl,

That was going to be my next question to you: are you on any probiotics?

Posted 1/11/2012 7:16 PM (GMT 0)
Some mild ones I can find here (BioGaya) they are for babies, so I take double the dose, but they are the only ones I've been able to find that are refrigerated.

OT:
InSoFla: I found some LDN, but it's in a pill form. They are expired (don't really know the story behind that). What do you think?? Do you know anything about LDN in pill form? Everything I've read here is transdermal.
Posted 1/11/2012 9:40 PM (GMT 0)
You should just get a yogurt maker and make some yogurt. It's really easy, all you need is the incubator, cultures and milk.

I'd be careful taking LDN without knowing exactly where it came from. Is it yours? Someone posted the other day with a website that showed where to get regular Naltrexone. It wasn't LDN though, it was higher dose and you had to mix it yourself. He had a wonderful, instructional blog where he explained how to do this... I don't know if I would take expired LDN, then if it didn't work, you won't know if it was because of the medication or if it was because you didn't repspond. Just my opinion. I have taken my fair share of expired medication in my life and it usually works.
Posted 1/13/2012 12:11 AM (GMT 0)
Guategirl,

I'd be very careful about the expired pills. First, you don't know where they've come from?

Second, you don't know what filler it has? Third, you don't know that they've been compounded properly? Fourth , you can't verify dosage?

I've written alot about transdermal, because it worked for me. There are others on this forum who take oral LDN, and it works for them. I always caution them as to  filler. There are some fillers which are problematic: slow release should not be used, lactose filler is a problem for those who are lactose intolerant, avicel filler has created some bad reactions (i had that). I usually recommend sucrose which is a hypo-allergenic filler.

Let me know what you decide to do.

Posted 1/13/2012 12:44 AM (GMT 0)
I agree with Notsosickly: if it doesn't work I'd always wonder if it was the Ldn itself, or the expired pills.

I'm just amazed it could be found here. It's from a pharmacy in Fla though.

Once I get them I'll send you the name.
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