Uncooked L. Reuteri Yogurt Recipe

How you can make L. reuteri yogurt utilizing uncooked milk and with out unhealthy prebiotic fiber that’s inflammatory to the intestinal lining and disallowed on intestine therapeutic diets.

I’ve had lots of inquiries over the previous few years about L. reuteri yogurt.

This specialty fermented meals was popularized by Dr. William Davis MD, the heart specialist turned writer of Wheat Stomach fame. (1)

Whereas it’s definitely superb to ferment L. reuteri yogurt, you will need to perceive the shortcomings of Dr. Davis’ advisable method.

Half and Half Not the Finest Selection

First, Dr. Davis’ recipe makes use of a quart of pasteurized, industrial half-and-half.

Why would you ever use pasteurized half-and-half from Holstein cows whose milk accommodates so little cream, that there’s usually no discernable creamline?

Even worse, the cartons used to bundle half-and-half are poisonous!

The containers are lined with a skinny layer of plastic, so when the recent milk is poured in and sealed, you get microplastics leaching galore!

Whereas I can recognize the necessity for high-fat milk when making yogurt, uncooked milk from Jersey (A2) cows is of course high-fat and a far more healthy and digestible alternative.

As a bonus, shopping for uncooked milk helps native farms and retains your meals {dollars} out of the pockets of the abusive Massive Dairy oligopoly.

L. Reuteri Analysis

Secondly, the analysis on the well being advantages of L. reuteri is attention-grabbing however not significantly compelling to me.

Whereas I don’t doubt that strains of L. reuteri are useful for intestine well being, the claims by Dr. Davis of “smoothing of wrinkles”, “accelerated therapeutic” (to the tune of chopping therapeutic time in half 🤔), and “elevated empathy and need for connectedness with different individuals” appear greater than a little bit suspect…a minimum of to me!

Prebiotic Fiber is Inflammatory

Third, the addition of prebiotic fiber or potato starch in Dr. Davis’ L. reuteri yogurt technique disallows it from intestine therapeutic protocols like GAPS.

Even should you’re not on the GAPS weight-reduction plan, prebiotic fiber is commonly inflammation-producing for these with even gentle digestive issues. I like to recommend the e-book Fiber Menace as a superb learn on the topic.

A number of of my reader pals have been shocked to study this.

They skilled a giant detox response after consuming L. reuteri yogurt (which they thought was good), solely to see their intestine imbalance signs worsen over time, doubtless from the inflammatory results of the prebiotic fiber on their colon.

What should you actually like L. reuteri yogurt? Should you get pleasure from it and are discovering advantages personally, there may be definitely no cause to not proceed.

I don’t imply to dissuade you from the apply!

There’s strong analysis that L. reuteri strains are useful for sure situations, equivalent to infants with reflux or points with spitting up. (2)

Nevertheless, I might counsel that there’s a much better technique for making it than Dr. Davis’ method!

All you want to do to dial up your L. reuteri yogurt to the subsequent degree is to modify from industrial half-and-half (which is poisonous!) to uncooked milk from old style cows that produce a big creamline naturally.

As well as, remember to pass over that gut-inflaming prebiotic fiber or difficult-to-digest potato starch! I substitute gut-healing gelatin which promotes digestion as a substitute.

In essence, my technique for uncooked L. reuteri yogurt is an easy variation on my sluggish cooker uncooked yogurt recipe, which I’ve used for years.

Along with the gelatin, I add one tablespoon of home made kefir made with reside grains (not industrial kefir!).

Kefir made with reside grains naturally accommodates L. reuteri strains. Utilizing a small quantity making yogurt helps to stop competitors between the probiotics within the uncooked milk and the L. reuteri starter.

You may pass over the kefir should you like, however my outcomes have been thicker and extra spoonable utilizing it.

Preparation Tip

L. reuteri yogurt differs a bit texturally from common complete milk yogurt in that the liquid whey is very separated from the curds, virtually like cottage cheese.

Thus, it is extremely straightforward to pour off a cup to a cup and a half of whey with out straining to get pleasure from Greek-style L. reuteri yogurt!

The leftover whey is helpful to make use of as starter on your subsequent batch of L. reuteri yogurt or another cultured dishes that decision for it.

References

(1) How you can make L. reuteri yogurt: A step-by-step information

(2) Lactobacillus reuteri accelerates gastric emptying and improves regurgitation in infants