Any benefit in store-bought yogurt?

Buy plain yogurt with live cultures and sweeten it yourself. The ones with aspartame are very sweet. You can do this at home!

There are a lot of yogurts out there that don't have aspartame. Just don't get the "light" ones. I really like Chobani brand. I just get plain and either eat it like that with some fresh or frozen berries or sometimes I'll add a small dollop of my homemade low-sugar strawberry jam. I prefer Greek yogurt because it has such a higher amount of protein than regular yogurt.

However, I eat it because I like it, not for the probiotics. I take a probiotic supplement instead.

Oikos organic plain greek as well as Costco's Kirkland plain greek brand (huge tub) for 4 bucks. :)

Buy some raw honey or add blueberries, raspberries or banana and your good to go.

Hi SouthernGirl

A lot of us make 24/hr yogurt to follow SCD protocol. Some don't follow SCD but do it purely to avoid the lactose and sugars in commercial yogurt as well as the benefits of much higher probiotic counts.

I'd initially stick with what kazbern suggested and stick to plain yogurt to see how your system reacts - Plain Organic of any kind would be even better possibly.

There's not really a best kind for everyone to be honest. We all react differently. All yogurt is produced using these two main strains - bulgaricus and thermophilus. Then from there - some commercial brands add other strains or "probiotics"

You could start with something like Astro Plain Balkan Style Yogurt - http://astro.ca/products/astro_original_balkan_plain_750g_family_tub/

As a while ago I wrote to them about what strain are in it - It's only the two mentioned above. So it's SCD legal and has a very mild taste. You could see how your system likes yogurt, then move on from here to one with more probiotics.

Anyway - Just a suggestion.

We SCD'rs mix yogurt with honey and fruit to sweeten it. Some add nuts like Walnuts and Pecans which helps alter the taste as well. Personally I add sliced well ripened banana to mine as I like the flavour.

Keep in mind Plain "Probiotic" Yogurt can be somewhat sour tasting - so you'll have to experiments with how much honey to add. I'm about 1 tablespoon of honey per cup of yogurt.

The longer the "Probiotic" yogurt has been commercially fermented the more sour it tastes. For this reason mild tasting plain commercial "Probiotic" yogurt can be pretty high in lactose. Just caution.

In any case - just go for it. Try it out and see how you feel.

Awesome about the remission!

I like to make my own yogurt because I can make it from fresh raw milk that I can get from a local farmer. The yogurt comes out thick and creamy delicious (at least that's how I remember it, I haven't had yogurt in a few months).

I'd try to at least source your yogurt from an organic dairy and even look for unhomogenized milk as the milk source.

Here in Ontario I've found a pretty decent brand named Saugeen Country Yogurt. The ingredients are: non-homogenized whole milk, and live cultures (acidophilus and bifidus). It's $4.99 for a kg (about a quart). I don't have any reservations feeding this to my family when I don't have time to make my own.

Sugar in your breakfast isn't going to carry you to lunchtime. Increase your protein by using greek yogurt and you will marvel at the way you feel!

I enjoy Chobani greek plain yogurt; recently I've been sweetening with a little agave and cinnamon, and eating with dried cranberries/cherries and some sliced almonds. Also love it with mango!

I use plain Greek yogurt in place of sour cream ... perhaps you have noticed a larger selection of dips made with Greek yogurt? Instead of thinking sweet, think of veggie dip. You can use it in place of sour cream and create your own flavored dips using those easy instant mixes. On a potato or with a spice mix, you truly cannot tell the plain Greek yogurt from sour cream.

Thanks for all of the ideas..cinnamon sounds great, haven't thought of that. I also like the idea of using it with dip mixes, because I carry a lot of those in my shop. I wish organic was a bigger deal around here, but it's not. You're lucky to be able to get it so easily.