Re: Why SCD Allows Fruit and Honey

[Guest guest]

Does this mean that raw fruits shouldn't be started until the yeast

is gone, even if there is constipation and no diarrhea? We were

planning on starting raw fruits today, since I read somewhere that

they would be ok when diarrhea is gone. But I'm sure he has systemic

yeast. How do you all decide when to start the raw fruits if there

is no diarrhea?

a H.

>

> If there is an overgrowth of yeast in the bowel, the fruit sugars

> should not be feeding them, especially if the fruits are cooked. It

is

> only the sugars and starches that are not broken down and absorbed

> which get to the lower bowel to feed the microbes (yeast and

> bacteria). The sugars in fruit are contained within a cell

surrounded

> by a " fence " cell wall of cellulose which is rigid. When they are

> given raw, often the milking action of the small intestine cannot

> sufficiently milk out the sugars because of the rigid cell wall and

> they are passed on to the lower bowel to feed microbes.

>

> By softening the cell wall with cooking, we will avoid this. I have

> seen too many children recover with a balanced diet with the

valuable

> nutrients of fruits to outlaw fruits.

>

> If you want to experiment, fine. I find I must prioritize each step

of

> the way and to give up fruit because of the fruit sugar does not sit

> well with me because of what I have said above.

>

> Furthermore, the gurues who suggest this often allow grains which

are

> so bad because the starch is all sugar which is unlikely to be

broken

> down and absorbed and will feed and overfeed the lower bowel

microbes.

>

> INTRODUCING FRUIT

> From Two Posts by Sheila:

>

> If you decide to try fruit you should start with cooked, peeled,

> deseeded fruit like homemade applesauce or pear sauce. Ripe bananas

> (lots of spots on the peel) are also good to start with. When she is

> handling that okay then try peeled raw fruit like apple. The most

> important thing is to go slow adding new things so you can judge if

> she tolerates them well and also in case she does have a reaction

that

> it won't take to long to rebound from setbacks.

>

>

> This may sound a bit weird but since doesn't tolerate any

seeds

> yet if I am going to give him strawberries I actually cut off the

> seeds on the outside and then slice up the rest. I have also been

> known to peel grapes for him. He does okay with raw apple but only

if

> I peel that also. Raw pineapple goes right through but legal canned

> pineapple seems okay.

>

> Sheila

>

> [Every child is different,observe your child carefully]

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>

> HONEY Why can have honey and fruit on SCD despite the yeast?.

>

> There are two reasons for this.

>

> 1)Honey has predigested sugars which are most likely to cross the

> intestinal absorptive surface into the blood steam and thereby be

> inaccessible for intestinal yeast and bacteria.(From Elaine)

>

> 2)The yeast lives in a biofilm inside our intestines.Biofilms are

> comprised of a primary layer of bacteria that provide an attractive

> environment for other bacteria and larger organisms

>

> The yeast cannot flourish in our gut without the other gut pathogens

>

> If we cut down on the other gut pathogens with SCD then the yeast

> cannot do well.

>

> Below are excerpts from this website:

> http://www.mdsg.umd.edu/Education/biofilm/intro.htm#intro

>

> What Are Biofilm Communities? Biofilms are a hot topic in

microbiology

> today. Scientists are studying the ways bacterial colonies form

these

> slimey layers, which can be resistant to antiobiotics and the immune

> system, in hopes that new information will help us understand how

the

> layers form, adhere to surfaces, and how they can be prevented.

>

> Biofilms moved to the forefront of microbiology after a 1994 case

that

> involved the infection of hundreds of asthmatics. It was found that

> all the asthmatics used the same inhalant contaminated with a

> bacterium known as Pseudomonas aeruginosa. This bacterium was able

to

> survive the routine disinfection of the inhalant during

manufacturing

> by forming a biofilm comprised of many colonies. The contaminated

> inhalers contained pieces of the biofilm which were transported

> directly to the lung tissue by the asthmatics. In the lung tissue

the

> Pseudomonas biofilm was able to flourish. One hundred people died

from

> the biofilm infection, a dramatic example of the danger posed by

some

> bacterial biofilms.

>

> Biofilms can be found in many areas of the human body and the

> environment. Teeth, intestines, medical devices, contact lenses,

> drainage pipes, and the bottoms of ships. The common demoniator is

all

> the biofilms are comprised of a primary layer of bacteria that

provide

> an attractive environment for other bacteria and larger organisms.

> Biofilms found on the hull of a ship consist of large organisms like

> barnacles, mussels, and host of other zooplankton and phytoplankton.

> These biofilms slow a ship and are expensive to remove and prevent.

> Current methods to prevent biofilm formation on ships include a wide

> variety of toxic marine paints. However, these paints tend to wear

off

> and biofilms which are resistant form on them without regard to the

> toxins.

>

> More on biofilms

>

> http://www.uib.no/ums/magazine/teaching/Biofilm/biolfilm.htm

> http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/j/e/jel5/biofilms/primer.html

>

> Elaine Gottschall adds the following words:

>

> For those who are terribly worried about honey, I would say, " start

> very slowly " and try it out.

> Love

> Elaine