I take a probiotic supplement vs. live -
culture yogurt because I don't really like the taste and its a easy way to avoid those extra calories.
Not exact matches
The
yogurt recipe which worked best in summer will not work in winter
because cold don't let
yogurt culture grow properly.
This milk is not as healthy
because it's missing most of the
cultures, and to my knowledge, the enzymes as well, making it very hard to digest and virtually of no benefit to the human body... It can't be made into cheese or
yogurt... I imagine it behaves differently in baking as well.
That made me sad
because yogurt is a healthy
cultured food that offers lots of probiotics.
I eat Greek
yogurt for breakfast every morning during the week
because it contains many bacterial
cultures which is excellent for digestion, it is also a good source of protein -LCB- less than 1 cup of greek
yogurt provides 15g of protein! -RCB-
I would feel free to drink the almond milk, but I might refrain from
culturing it
because when you heat it in the
yogurt maker you might end up
culturing bacteria you don't want.
My bad recipe did not call for any sweetener to feed the
culture and only had me heat the
yogurt to 115 *; the instructions did not have me seperate out a portion of cooled milk (110 * according them) to add the starter to, so I'm afraid it may have died
because of hot spots in the pan even though I stirred it well.
Another treatment is to smooth unsweetened, live
cultured, plain
yogurt over their skin after every diaper change — the live bacteria in the
yogurt will help kill the yeast, though you might want to wash the baby more often
because of the smell!
Yogurt is particularly helpful
because it contains live
cultures which can help manage the digestive system.
If the baby eats solid foods you can use probiotic
yogurt as a home remedy
because the
cultures in it are quite useful in thrush treatment.
Mix into sour cream,
yogurt, or even cottage cheese (I use Good
Culture brand
because it is from grass fed cows) for a great veggie dip.
Typically I avoid dairy during a cold
because dairy can increase mucous production, but live -
culture yogurt is a worthwhile exception.
Adding probiotics back in by
culturing the pasteurized milk into
yogurt does not fix the problem
because a wider variety of probiotic strains are found in unpasteurized
yogurt.
Because we tend to eat probiotic foods every day at my house, including raw milk, homemade raw
yogurt and cheese, sauerkraut, kombucha, and
cultured condiments, I don't go out of my way to take or give my family probiotic supplements unless it seems like our tummies or immune systems could use some extra support.
The raw milk
yogurt itself doesn't make a great
culture because it's not pure (there are raw milk organisms in there as well).
You can't use raw milk
yogurt, though,
because it's not a pure
yogurt culture.
In addition to this nutrient diversity,
yogurts with a sufficient number of live bacterial
cultures («probiotic»
yogurts) can provide us with an even greater nutritional diversity
because their bacteria can continue to metabolize food and transform nutrients after the
yogurt has been consumed.
However,
because of the stringent laws involved in bringing processed milk products to market, many of the most popular brands of
yogurt have very little actual live
culture remaining by the time you ingest them.