Guest guest Posted June 23, 2007 Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 Hi All, Sorry if I keep posting one question after another, but it seems just when I think I've got it, I get confused over something else. I received a list of others in NY who have been on the diet and are willing to help, but I am nowhere close to any of them (I am waaaaay upstate). Since the website, the book, and you all are my only resource, please bear with me. At any rate, my most recent confusion is about yogurt and butter. We have been GFCFSF for five months with great improvement. So, I never thought I'd even consider introducing dairy again. I know pecanbread is the dairy free version of SCD, but it seems everyone uses the homemade yogurt and butter. Is it realistic to introduce these things even though being CF has helped us so much? If so, should I only introduce the yogurt or butter too? When can I consider introducing these things? I found no mention of introducing these things in the " stages " section of pecanbread. We are currently in the very early stages of the intro so I know it's a ways off, but I would like to have some idea of where we are headed with this. Thanks so much! mommy to 4 yrs pdd-nos/asd (almost fully recovered) and 8 months SCD as of today --------------------------------- Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 23, 2007 Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 , If you come to SCD dairy free, it is advised that you wait a couple of months before trying the SCD goat yogurt. Once you do make a batch, you will want to introduce it very, very slowly...like 1/8 tsp. per day or every other day to see if it is tolerated. Meleah I'm sooooo confused!!! Hi All, Sorry if I keep posting one question after another, but it seems just when I think I've got it, I get confused over something else. I received a list of others in NY who have been on the diet and are willing to help, but I am nowhere close to any of them (I am waaaaay upstate). Since the website, the book, and you all are my only resource, please bear with me. At any rate, my most recent confusion is about yogurt and butter. We have been GFCFSF for five months with great improvement. So, I never thought I'd even consider introducing dairy again. I know pecanbread is the dairy free version of SCD, but it seems everyone uses the homemade yogurt and butter. Is it realistic to introduce these things even though being CF has helped us so much? If so, should I only introduce the yogurt or butter too? When can I consider introducing these things? I found no mention of introducing these things in the " stages " section of pecanbread. We are currently in the very early stages of the intro so I know it's a ways off, but I would like to have some idea of where we are headed with this. Thanks so much! mommy to 4 yrs pdd-nos/asd (almost fully recovered) and 8 months SCD as of today --------------------------------- Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 24, 2007 Report Share Posted June 24, 2007 Should you use butter? It depends if you want to experiment with your child to see if he/she tolerates the small amount of casien in the butter. Butter is mostly fat. Many of us clarify the butter to remove the casien. Clarified butter is called ghee. You can buy it in the health food stores, but homemade tastes and smells better. You can search old posts or google for methods of making ghee. Many who came from GFCF are still wary of ghee, but many are not. Hope this helps, , mom to > > Hi All, > > Sorry if I keep posting one question after another, but it seems just when I think I've got it, I get confused over something else. I received a list of others in NY who have been on the diet and are willing to help, but I am nowhere close to any of them (I am waaaaay upstate). Since the website, the book, and you all are my only resource, please bear with me. > > At any rate, my most recent confusion is about yogurt and butter. We have been GFCFSF for five months with great improvement. So, I never thought I'd even consider introducing dairy again. I know pecanbread is the dairy free version of SCD, but it seems everyone uses the homemade yogurt and butter. Is it realistic to introduce these things even though being CF has helped us so much? If so, should I only introduce the yogurt or butter too? When can I consider introducing these things? I found no mention of introducing these things in the " stages " section of pecanbread. We are currently in the very early stages of the intro so I know it's a ways off, but I would like to have some idea of where we are headed with this. > > Thanks so much! > > > mommy to 4 yrs pdd-nos/asd (almost fully recovered) > and 8 months > SCD as of today > > > --------------------------------- > Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 25, 2007 Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 Hi , <<At any rate, my most recent confusion is about yogurt and butter. We have been GFCFSF for five months with great improvement. So, I never thought I'd even consider introducing dairy again. I know pecanbread is the dairy free version of SCD, but it seems everyone uses the homemade yogurt and butter. Is it realistic to introduce these things even though being CF has helped us so much?>> It depends on your individual situation. Many (I'd even say most) have found that introducing the yogurt has given a huge jump in healing. The thing is you have to be ready to try it - both mentally ready to try it and your child healed sufficiently to be ready for it. << If so, should I only introduce the yogurt or butter too? When can I consider introducing these things?>> Again it depends on a number of factors. For those who were CF preSCD it is a good idea to get established on the diet first and get over the initial die off symptoms. This prevents people from confusing die off associated with the yogurt with general die off that can happen with starting the diet. For some people the initial die off takes a long time, for others it is a short period of time. So, if you are not experiencing many die off symptoms and if you have good bowels you could consider trying a small amount of yogurt (1/8 -1/4tsp). Some people start with ghee (commercial or homemade). The differences between traditional dairy (t.d.) and SCD yogurt: 1. t.d. has lactose and casein in its' harder to digest 3- Dimensional state. SCD yogurt is virtually lactose free and its' casein is denatured to a substantially easier to digest 2-Dimensional state. 2. t.d. is pasteurized destroying the natural enzymes, SCD yogurt has helpful enzymes in it made by the good bacteria. 3. t.d. : no good bacteria, SCD yogurt full of good bacteria that actively heal the bowel and body. The good bacteria are protected by the dairy and travel farther in the body to do more healing than probiotics. Since SCD yogurt has very large amounts of good bacteria even tiny amounts can deliver millions of good bacteria to lower parts of the bowel. 1/8 tsp of SCD yogurt has about 2 billion CFU's of good bacteria. 4. You have the option of goat yogurt which has an even smaller milk protein for those who don't tolerate the larger milk proteins in cow milk. 5. The calcium in SCD yogurt is more bioavailable so you'll get more calcium out of SCD yogurt than T.D. Please also see http://www.pecanbread.com/new/yogurt1.html#goatfaq Hope this helps clear it up Sheila, SCD Feb. 2001, UC 23yrs, PCOD 22yrs mom of and Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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