Re: Re: I'm sooooo confused!!! Sheila

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Sheila,

Thanks so much. Just two more questions...I hope. How will I know when my

child's gut is sufficiently healed? When die off is complete? Just making sure I

have this straight. Also, where does aged goat cheese fall in as far as when to

introduce? It seems a lot of people use that as well. We have been GFCFSF along

with my son as it's not fair to eat what he can't and my husband is salivating

at the possibility of goat cheese almond crust pizza!

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Sheila Trenholm wrote:

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

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