eileen- a question about MassRe: future thought

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I've been going up and crossing my arms for a special blessing at Mass since

last aug I think - sheila is able to receive a dry wine scd legal but here in

NY my pastor was told we have to uise altar wine so I haven't been receiving -

sad but maybe our new archbishop in nyc will hook me up with special

circumstances ??? i'll keep you posted

eileen

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> > > > > Hi Eileen. As I understand it, the reason we don't eat commercial ice

cream

> > > > > on SCD, is that it is made from non-SCD ingredients, including milk,

milk

> > > > > solids, and sugar. I don't know of any commercial ice creams made from

SCD

> > > > > yogurt. So the commercial ice cream, at a minimum, includes lactose

and

> > > > > sugar. There may also be illegal thickeners, chocolate, and who know

what

> > > > > else in the commercial product?

> > > > >

> > > > > I have been making frozen berry yogurts since last summer, and they

are at

> > > > > least as good as any commercial fruit ice creams I have ever tasted. I

use 2

> > > > > cups plain SCD yogurt made from whole milk, 2/3 cup pasteurized clear

honey,

> > > > > and 1 cup pureed berries, liquefied and blended in a blender, then

frozen

> > > > > and aerated in a Cuisinart ice-cream/frozen-yogurt/sorbet machine.

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> > > > > Other people make SCD ice cream from dripped higher-fat SCD yogurts,

such as

> > > > > SCD yogurt made from cream.

> > > > >

> > > > > My understanding of SCD is that we eliminate virtually all

hard-to-digest

> > > > > carbohydrates, including those in commercial ice cream, regardless of

> > > > > whether we reacted to individual components in the past, so as to

avoid

> > > > > feeding microorganisms the incompletely digested products. We have to

avoid

> > > > > those products for at least one year after being completely healed.

> > > > >

> > > > > I for one, enjoy SCD foods so much, that I am not in any rush to try

non SCD

> > > > > foods. The only times I wish I weren't on SCD are when people want me

to go

> > > > > out to restaurants with them. I have not yet found any SCD-compatible

> > > > > restaurants, or any restaurant foods I can eat here in Toronto. Then

again,

> > > > > I rarely went to restaurants before starting on SCD, because of my

multiple

> > > > > chemical sensitivities. There are no fragrance-free or chemical-free

> > > > > restaurants in Toronto, as far as I am aware, and I would have to wear

my

> > > > > half-face respirator to enter any restaurant, thus making it

impossible for

> > > > > me to eat.

> > > > >

> > > > > Hope this helps.

> > > > >

> > > > > Ellen in Toronto, Canada

> > > > > SCD 1 year, 3 months

> > > > >

> > > > >

> > > > > " blackguitarmaker " wrote in BTVC-SCD >

> > > > > Saturday, June 20, 2009 11:17 AM

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> > > > >

> > > > > > just curious -when we avoid foods legal or non - are we causing our

body

> > > > > > to never be able to tolerate them ? say icecream for example -

gluten-free

> > > > > > and I never had dairy issues - so if 1 day in the future I ever want

to

> > > > > > get a lil bit wil I not be able to tolerate it???

> > > > > > thanks eileen 17 months scd

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