good news about Ghee!

[Guest guest]

hey all, after having issues with consuming my own homemade butter i

started converting my butter to ghee. my stomach got happy again:)

then i thought about purity ghee, the one that im guessing most of

your healthfoodstores carry. its around by me, anyway. i contacted

them regarding the animals whose milk they use. here is the copy and

pasted mail i got (seems very sincere to me):

" Thanks for writing to us! Our Ghee comes from cows raised on small

family farms-60 cows or less. The calves stay with the

mothers-we feel this is very important. The cows are grass fed on

large expanses of land that is certified organic....and they have

access to deep well water. Grain supplements are not necessary. Happy

Cooking! Kathy, Purity Farms, Inc. "

[Guest guest]

Makes sense that you can tolerate ghee even if you cannot tolerate butter.

In the GAPS diet, Dr. -McBride has a plan for reintroducing dairy

(after the strict intro diet which includes no dairy).

The first reintroduction phase is ghee which lasts about six months. If it

is not tolerated, wait six more months then try again. Once ghee is

tolerated for a few months, then you try a small amount of organic butter,

watching for reactions. Then after a few months, yogurt -- this is normally

at about a year on the GAPS diet. After yogurt is tolerated, the next step

is cheese. Next is sour cream/creme fraiche. Next is milk and cream --

normally around 2 years on the diet -- she says most (not all) GAPS people

can enjoy these occasionally.

Of course you have to follow the rest of the diet as part of this plan (no

sugar except raw honey), no gluten, etc.

But for people with food intolerances, it is a way out.

Ann Marie

On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 7:32 AM, benyokohama <hungjury@...> wrote:

> hey all, after having issues with consuming my own homemade butter i

> started converting my butter to ghee. my stomach got happy again:)

[Guest guest]

Interestingly enough, I had a phone consultation with Dr. -McBride and

what she

suggested in terms of dairy / fermented food introduction is significantly

different than

what she wrote in her book. I have Crohn's disease and she views that as a

serious

derangement of gut flora, so I don't think her modifications were a result of

feeling that

my problem is less severe. Perhaps her thinking has evolved since she wrote the

book -

I'll have to ask her.

Anyways, she said I could start right away with raw butter, which surprised me.

She also

wants me to start immediately with 1 tsp. of kefir per day, adding another tsp.

every 3-5

days (or longer) until I reach 2 cups. Along with that I am supposed to add 1

tsp. of

sauerkraut juice per day, and when that is tolerated at higher amounts, begin

with

sauerkraut itself. I won't go into the whole schedule, but she has me

introducing hard

cheese by the end of the 7th week.

So I guess it can vary a lot by person. But in her presentation at the WAPF

conference she

suggested 30-days with no dairy, then starting with ghee and following the

phases of

dairy intro in her book. What you describe below seems like it would be the

schedule for

only the most severe cases.

K.

>

> > hey all, after having issues with consuming my own homemade butter i

> > started converting my butter to ghee. my stomach got happy again:)

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Very interesting! Thanks for posting this.

It is encouraging to know that one can heal the gut a lot faster than 2-3

years. I suppose you have to just try and see if you can tolerate the food,

then continue to introduce foods slowly.

When did you have this phone consultation? How long have you followed the

program she suggested? How is it working for you? Do you have symptoms from

eating dairy/grains?

Ann Marie

On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 8:37 AM, chriskjezp <chriskresser@...> wrote:

> Interestingly enough, I had a phone consultation with Dr. -McBride

> and what she

> suggested in terms of dairy / fermented food introduction is significantly

> different than

> what she wrote in her book. I have Crohn's disease and she views that as

> a serious

> derangement of gut flora, so I don't think her modifications were a result

> of feeling that

> my problem is less severe. Perhaps her thinking has evolved since she

> wrote the book -

> I'll have to ask her.

>

> Anyways, she said I could start right away with raw butter, which

> surprised me. She also

> wants me to start immediately with 1 tsp. of kefir per day, adding another

> tsp. every 3-5

> days (or longer) until I reach 2 cups. Along with that I am supposed to

> add 1 tsp. of

> sauerkraut juice per day, and when that is tolerated at higher amounts,

> begin with

> sauerkraut itself. I won't go into the whole schedule, but she has me

> introducing hard

> cheese by the end of the 7th week.

>

> So I guess it can vary a lot by person. But in her presentation at the

> WAPF conference she

> suggested 30-days with no dairy, then starting with ghee and following the

> phases of

> dairy intro in her book. What you describe below seems like it would be

> the schedule for

> only the most severe cases.

>

> K.