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Old Fri, Mar-18-11, 00:25
Doug78 Doug78 is offline
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Originally Posted by jem51
my confusion re yogurt (& peat did not address) is that the digestive process of milk=lactic acid. so it seemed that eating yogurt was just bypassing that step.



Just out of curiousity, did you ever get a response from Peat to this question?


I eat yogurt instead of milk and I'm reluctant to go back to milk because of digestability issues. I've read some interesting points about casein and it's glue-like qualities which make it completely indigestable for simple stomach creatures like humans. Apparently the 'glue' adheres to intestinal villi which over time blocks nutrient absorption which is obviously not good.

Apparently the only thing that breaks this glue down is a period of fermentation hence why I opt for yogurt over milk, but now I read about Ray's concern over lactic acid and now I'm concerned. You can read more about the casein-glue issue here


Also, I don't understand why he recommends cheese but not yogurt? Is this because there is no lactic acid in the former? I gather fermenting cheese is a bit different to fermenting yogurt?
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