SCD Legal Products

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I am forwarding a post from the LI list by Marilyn Alm,author of a

future SCD cookbook.

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>> I only ask because with " all the rage " of these health food

stores and

" unique grocery stores " like Trader Joe's for instance, it seems

that there

are alot more potentially legal conveinance items available that may

not

have existed when the book was written...I'm not against making my

own

stuff, but as busy as i am, it would be nice to take a few shortcuts

if

available....does anyone have any insight? Thanks.. <<

,

What you choose to use is your business, but unless it's verified by

the

methods we've laid out, ie, get the statement in writing, on the

company

stationery, then a product isn't legal.

We no longer have Elaine with us, and with the exception of Seth

over on

Healing Crow, no bio-trained people.

I can tell you this: people will tell you darned near anything in

email or

on the phone. But ask them to put it in writing, on stationery, and

most of

the time, they'll refuse. This is because signed hard copy is a

legal

document, and if it's wrong, they can be sued. But email can be

edited, and

phone calls aren't supposed to be taped.

Tone's Seasonings, for instance, assured me faithfully that there

was

nothing that could possibly be a problem in their chili powder. But

when I

asked for verification in writing, they refused.

As for there being MORE potentially legal things available, I'd

actually

say there are less.

McCormick's vanilla extract, which I used for years pre-SCD used to

have

vanilla bean and alcohol. Now it's alcohol, high-fructose corn

syrup, and

vanilla bean extractives.

Cream isn't cream any more. It's cream and thickeners, so they can

ultra-pasturize it and keep it on the shelf longer. And those

thickeners,

like carageenan, are illegal.

Meat isn't meat any more. It's meat injected with up to sometimes as

much

as 15% of " solution " which can be anything from plain water to sugar

water

to water with " natural flavorings " or even soy added.

Oh, but they don't do that with ORGANIC stuff, you say? Don't bet on

it.

Check out n Nestle's book FOOD POLITICS. She has a website,

too. Check

out how the Big Companies try to overturn the very definition of

" organic " .

Heck, I got some " fresh ground peanut butter " at the Veterans Blvd

Whole

Food Store in Metairie which made me sicker than a dog this week. I

ground

the stuff myself -- but it turns out the nuts they'd put in the

grinder

were rancid and burned when roasting. They may have had a starch

coating on

them, too.

I've ordered some diabetic test strips to check my iced tea when I

eat out

because I'm tired of getting a mouthful of tea from a jug that used

to have

sugared tea in it and the wait staff didn't bother to wash it out

before

putting unsweet tea in it. " Oh, that little bit of sugar won't

hurt! " YES

IT WILL!

And yes, I do understand BUSY! For the last eight months, I've left

home at

7:45 and returned home around 7p during the week. On weekends, up

until the

last month or so, I've made hundred-mile round trips to get food I

could

prepare and eat. No prep ahead because until last month, I didn't

have a

freezer or a refrigerator, other than a 4.8 cu ft. dorm fridge.

The only thing I can tell people who want to try this kind of stuff

is --

NO, it is NOT SCD LEGAL. But if you want to try it, it's a free

world. If,

however, you do try it, and then find you aren't getting any better,

then

the " short cut " stuff is the first stuff to go.

Do I sound fanatical? You betcha I do! Because fanatical adherance

is the

only way to healing. And, as I've said on more than one occasion,

I've

tested stuff. And regretted it.

-- Marilyn (New Orleans, Louisiana, USA)