Guest guest Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 could you help me understand why almond milk shouldn't be introduced until 6months while nutbutter and whole almonds can be introduced earlier, since homemade almond milk is simply almonds or almond butter, blended with water, how could adding water make a food harder to digest? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 Hi! I havent dared to try nut butter yet because i still havent triumphed over almond flour. But almond milk and/or yogurt made of almond milk have seemed to work for me and my husband. I would imagine the " milk " is much easier to digest than the nuts. I am a newbie, but just had to put in my two cents. - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 > > could you help me understand why almond milk shouldn't be introduced > until 6months while nutbutter and whole almonds can be introduced > earlier, since homemade almond milk is simply almonds or almond > butter, blended with water, how could adding water make a food harder > to digest? thanks > Nut milk is introduce early in the diet according to The Stages. It is on Stage 2. http://www.pecanbread.com/new/scdfoods1.html Carol F. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 At 04:26 AM 7/26/2007, Ottesen wrote: >Hi! I havent dared to try nut butter yet because i still havent triumphed >over almond flour. But almond milk and/or yogurt made of almond milk have >seemed to work for me and my husband. I would imagine the " milk " is much >easier to digest than the nuts. I am a newbie, but just had to put in my two >cents. Elaine once said that the primary reason she put the nut milks later in the diet (as opposed to yogurt made from nut milk) is because people who are used to drinking regular milk by the glassful will try to do a one-for-one substitution of nut milk for milk, and end up getting too much of one food item. The same thing can happen with people who are used to eating lots of bread and crackers and potatoes -- they try to substitute nut flour goodies for the high carb stuff they ate pre-SCD, and not eat a proper variety of food because they are completely full of nut flour products. — Marilyn New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001 Darn Good SCD Cook No Human Children Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 Hi sf celiac07, <<could you help me understand why almond milk shouldn't be introduced > until 6months while nutbutter and whole almonds can be introduced > earlier, since homemade almond milk is simply almonds or almond > butter, blended with water, how could adding water make a food harder > to digest? thanks>> Elaine was concerned that people would be ingesting a lot of a " concentrated food " . When you make nut milk you are using a lot of nuts to make relatively small amounts. Concentrating all the good stuff from the nuts without all the fiber for digestion can be hard on a damaged gut. Also if people were using a lot of nut goods they would be overloading their system on those nutrients. Some people were also looking for a substitute for illegal milks that they were drinking large quantities of preSCD. Diluted nut milk, started in small quantities and slowly increased can be begun earlier - just look for signs of tolerance/intolerance. Sheila Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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