Re: Re: Coconut milk:

[Guest guest]

Jodi,

If you're prepared to err on the side of caution, that's a good thing.

There are many people who wouldn't feel that way -- including some

MDs!

The thing which makes SCD both incredibly flexible and incredibly

frustrating is the variability in the people eating the SCD foods.

Trouble is, sometimes you don't know until you try whether a person will

need a relatively high fat diet (like me) or a relatively low fat diet

(like KimM) or if one will absolutely have to have fresh pastured meats

and organic vegetables (like you) or if they can sometimes hedge it like

the majority of us, and eat as much high quality food as we can while not

landing in debtor's prison for the expense.

When I'm in doubt about ANYTHING, I follow what Elaine wrote, and don't

beat my head against the wall trying to second-guess the hows and the

whys.

This doesn't mean I don't / can't / won't think for myself, or extend

what Elaine wrote to my own situation. If I'd insisted on eating carrots

because she wrote about eating carrots at the beginning, I'd've not

stayed with SCD long at all.

There are fortunate people who can do the intro diet, and clear their

systems, and dive into eating whatever is SCD legal.

There are people who, rather than going cold turkey, find it easier to

gradually remove all the illegals from their diet, which can reduce the

initial die-off. (These are often people whose symptoms are currently

under control, and so they have a bit of time to begin getting results

with diet.)

Then there are the vast majority of people who need results, who do the

intro, and then, slowly and ploddingly, add foods back in.

With the coconut milk, my feeling is a mix of puzzled thoughts. For

instance, if fresh vegetable juices are OK, even of veggies which

are more advanced, and raw, rather than cooked, then why wouldn't coconut

milk, which is a sort of veggie juice, also be OK at an earlier

stage?

Then it occurred to me: the majority of the calories in coconut milk come

from the coconut oil -- and coconut oil has been known to create die-off,

especially when candida is an issue. So a possibility exists that coconut

milk should not be consumed at the start of the diet because it will

exacerbate an already significant die off from the dietary changes.

I'm not sure how this reasoning would apply to almond milk or pecan milk

or other nut milks, except that it's a matter of moderation in all

things. Keep in mind that it's much easier to drink more than you intend

than to eat it, and Elaine did put a limitation on the number of nut

goodies it was reasonable to consume in a day. It may, as far as these

nut milks are concerned, simply be a matter of not over-doing any one

food, like I mentioned in an earlier discussion.

None of us here are medical practitioners (well, except for the one

dentist who identified herself!) and as a consequence, we can't prescribe

for anyone, or give medical advice. What we can offer is suggestions,

based on our own personal experiences, predicated on the thought that if

you have a receptive practitioner, it's always worth discussing things

with him/her.

Don't panic, Jodi... I think you do know where your towel is! <g>

(A line, for those shaking their heads in bemusement, from '

Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy.)

—

Marilyn

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

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