Uncooked L. Reuteri Yogurt Recipe

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 quite a lot 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 creator of Wheat Stomach fame. (1)

Whereas it’s actually fantastic to ferment L. reuteri yogurt, you will need to perceive the shortcomings of Dr. Davis’ really useful strategy.

Half and Half Not the Greatest Alternative

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

Why would you ever use pasteurized half-and-half from Holstein cows whose milk incorporates so little cream, that there’s typically 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 new 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 fascinating 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 reducing therapeutic time in half 🤔), and “elevated empathy and want for connectedness with different folks” appear greater than just a little suspect…at the least to me!

Prebiotic Fiber is Inflammatory

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

Even if you happen to’re not on the GAPS food plan, prebiotic fiber is commonly inflammation-producing for these with even delicate digestive problems. I like to recommend the e book Fiber Menace as a superb learn on the topic.

A number of of my reader buddies had been stunned to be taught this.

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

Briefly, if you happen to want to make L. reuteri and are discovering advantages personally, there’s actually no purpose to not proceed.

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

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

Nonetheless, I’d recommend that there’s a much better methodology for making it than Dr. Davis’ methodology!

All you must do to dial up your L. reuteri yogurt to the subsequent degree is to modify from half-and-half 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 methodology for uncooked L. reuteri yogurt is a straightforward variation on my gradual cooker uncooked yogurt recipe, which I’ve used for years.

Along with the gelatin, I add one tablespoon of do-it-yourself kefir made with reside grains (not business kefir!).

Kefir made with reside grains naturally incorporates 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 if you happen to like, however my outcomes had been thicker and extra spoonable utilizing it.

Preparation Tip

L. reuteri yogurt differs a bit texturally from common entire milk yogurt in that the liquid whey is very separated from the curds, nearly 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 in your subsequent batch of L. reuteri yogurt or some other cultured dishes that decision for it.

References

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

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