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[Guest guest]

Thank you. I'm eliminating cheese immediately. Does

all this apply to yogurt as well? If so, how does one

get the acidophilious bacteria (didn't look up

spelling) that women need?

 

Diana

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Those friendly microflora should also be present in

soy yogurt. And, there are soy kefirs available too,

but unfortunately, my grocery only carries the dairy

kind of that. At least they have the soy yogurt...

I only use it as a starter for making my own anyway.

 

-Erin

www.zenpawn.com/vegblog

 

 

, diana scott

<dianascot_33 wrote:

>

> Thank you. I'm eliminating cheese immediately. Does

> all this apply to yogurt as well? If so, how does one

> get the acidophilious bacteria (didn't look up

> spelling) that women need?

>

> Diana

[Guest guest]

I'm spoiled in Ashland, Oregon. All 5 of our grocers - even the

Safeway and Albertson's - have soy yogurts. Wholesoy is made in a

facility that doesn't process dairy, so it's one of the prefered

brands, but Silk, Nancy's and Stoneybrook Farms also make them.

Wholesoy, Silk and Lifeway makes the soy kefirs - Wholesoy and Silk

call them " smoothies " ....

 

, " Erin " <truepatriot

wrote:

>

> Those friendly microflora should also be present in

> soy yogurt. And, there are soy kefirs available too,

> but unfortunately, my grocery only carries the dairy

> kind of that. At least they have the soy yogurt...

> I only use it as a starter for making my own anyway.

>

> -Erin

> www.zenpawn.com/vegblog

>

>

> , diana scott

> <dianascot_33@> wrote:

> >

> > Thank you. I'm eliminating cheese immediately. Does

> > all this apply to yogurt as well? If so, how does one

> > get the acidophilious bacteria (didn't look up

> > spelling) that women need?

> >

> > Diana

>

[Guest guest]

You've probably seen the other posts about the soy yogurt

alternatives. I would think in terms of safety, organic yogurt would

be one of the safest forms of dairy. Horizon has gotten a bad

reputation for being essentially a factory farming operation that

barely qualifies for an " organic " label - and much of the problem

with dairy stems from the poor treatment of the animals - so I would

be picky if there's a choice of " organic " labels and go for smaller

scale operations that better care for the animals. But I don't know

that protocols for testing for things like the BLV or BIV exist even

on organic dairies. Even fragments of BLV have been shown to cause

disease in humans and chimps with lowered immune systems, like small

children, cancer and AIDS patients. Something like 60% of AIDS

patients in the US get the pneumonia that's been associated with

BLV, and it's presumed by some that they're exposed to the BLV by

dairy products. Would yogurt cultures break down BLV to be harmless?

Maybe....

 

, diana scott

<dianascot_33 wrote:

>

> Thank you. I'm eliminating cheese immediately. Does

> all this apply to yogurt as well? If so, how does one

> get the acidophilious bacteria (didn't look up

> spelling) that women need?

>

> Diana

[Guest guest]

Well, I have several choices of soy yogurts (but again, only use them as

a starter for my own, using unsweetened soy milk). It is the soy kefir

smoothies that we are, unfortunately, lacking in my area. I used to make

my own dairy kefir before going vegan and it is something I miss a little.

But, my homemade soy yogurt gets nice and tart, so I'm happy.

 

-Erin

www.zenpawn.com/vegblog

 

 

, " Tom " <antipreophogistiii wrote:

>

> I'm spoiled in Ashland, Oregon. All 5 of our grocers - even the

> Safeway and Albertson's - have soy yogurts. Wholesoy is made in a

> facility that doesn't process dairy, so it's one of the prefered

> brands, but Silk, Nancy's and Stoneybrook Farms also make them.

> Wholesoy, Silk and Lifeway makes the soy kefirs - Wholesoy and Silk

> call them " smoothies " ....

>

> , " Erin " <truepatriot@>

> wrote:

> >

> > Those friendly microflora should also be present in

> > soy yogurt. And, there are soy kefirs available too,

> > but unfortunately, my grocery only carries the dairy

> > kind of that. At least they have the soy yogurt...

> > I only use it as a starter for making my own anyway.

> >

> > -Erin

> > www.zenpawn.com/vegblog

> >

> >

> > , diana scott

> > <dianascot_33@> wrote:

> > >

> > > Thank you. I'm eliminating cheese immediately. Does

> > > all this apply to yogurt as well? If so, how does one

> > > get the acidophilious bacteria (didn't look up

> > > spelling) that women need?

> > >

> > > Diana

> >

>