Guest guest Posted April 22, 2006 Report Share Posted April 22, 2006 We used cultured veggies extensively for 6 months when we tried the BED diet prior to starting the SCD. I fully believed it was the best way to get large doses of probitics into my son's gut. While I fully believed the theory behind this, it didn't seem to do him a lick of good. He's done much better on the SCD. I think there are some ways to incorporate certain CVs into the SCD, but I have never tried. Some day I will. I still have about 16 jars of CVs (representing days of labor) in my fridge and would hate to toss them. I would consider them a raw vegetable, even though they are supposed to be fairly pre-digested by the bacteria, so I would'nt try them until fairly far along in the SCD diet. Someone here has suggested to me that the CV juices are safe to drink, though. One issue that someone, maybe the moderators could address is the specific probiotics that are cultured. At first, we let the veggies ferment in their own native enzymes and flora - they always tasted great and weren't rotten (following the BED method of shredding them, making a brine slurry with blended veggies, seasalt and water to pack them in and sit for 5-7 days). But we never knew what probiotics this method yielded. After my son was diagnosed with a D-lactate condition, we grew nervous about what kinds of probiotics we might be feeding him, so we switched to using his regular probiotics to " seed " the fermenting veggies to ensure he got the right bacteria. My personal opinion is that the right kind of CVs, grown and administered carefully can be a great form of gut tonic full of probiotics. It didn't help us when we used it though, and my son's gut isn't healed enough yet that I'm ready to go back and try it again. I would love to hear the moderators' opinions on this. Suzanne Tom 3, ASD, SCD 2 months > > At the DAN conference there was mention of culture vegetables. Is anybody trying these and having positive results? Are they difficult to culture? > > Tara > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 22, 2006 Report Share Posted April 22, 2006 Suzanne, To get the best input on this topic, I would recommend Healing Crow. I have to admit that I have never cultured any vegetables. So, I am not much help on this particular topic, but I know Seth is VERY knowledgeable. I would ask him and tell him that you want to make SCD legal cultured veggies. Jody mom to -7 and -9 SCD 1/03 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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