Guest guest Posted August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 Hello, We are following the SCD and are strictly following it and only consuming legal foods. However, a few issues of concern have welled up: there are some new foods that we are not so sure of and we have been wondering if they are legal or not: 1. Acai (pronounced ah-sigh-ee) - it's a Brazilian berry and it is featured in Happy Planet's newest fruit smoothie Extreme Purple. It has reached the spotlight for its remarkable flavour and is also in commercial ice creams (and we don't touch those things). 2. Dates - as explained in Breaking the Vicious Cycle, we understand that only California dates are allowed and they must be loose - not sticking together or anything like that. But there is a kind of snack bar from the States called Larabar and all of the bars contain dates as well as almonds, cashews, walnuts, and the selected fruit for each variety. The question is, are these dates safe to eat? They have a website, www.larabar.com. 3. In most grocery stores, pre-packaged egg whites are being sold in little cartons, and at the most contain about 17 egg whites. All of them contain just egg whites, nothing else, though as is always the tricky question: are these okay to use due to manufacturers' protocols. We've checked the list of legal/illegal food on Elaine Gotschall's website and haven't been able to find these foods on the list. These are the only foods we can think of at the moment. Thank you! Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email the boot with the All-new Yahoo! Mail at http://mrd.mail.yahoo.com/try_beta?.intl=ca Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 >> 1. Acai (pronounced ah-sigh-ee) - it's a Brazilian berry and it is featured in Happy Planet's newest fruit smoothie Extreme Purple. It has reached the spotlight for its remarkable flavour and is also in commercial ice creams (and we don't touch those things). << The fruit should be legal, so long as nothing is added to it -- it looks like it comes from a type of palm, which ought to make it similar to dates. Whatever that Happy Planet thing is... it's not legal. >> 2. Dates - as explained in Breaking the Vicious Cycle, we understand that only California dates are allowed and they must be loose - not sticking together or anything like that. But there is a kind of snack bar from the States called Larabar and all of the bars contain dates as well as almonds, cashews, walnuts, and the selected fruit for each variety. The question is, are these dates safe to eat? They have a website, www.larabar.com. << Oh, here we go again.... <wry grin> The answer is, no, you don't know. Larabar insists certain of their bars are, in fact within SCD parameters. Digestive Wellness sells some of them. Yet I've heard a number of reports of people reacting badly to them. Elaine never cleared these as legal, and we can't. So it's your choice as to whether or not you use them. If you do use them, and if you do not see the progress you would like, I would strongly recommend pulling them at once. Actually, I bought some dates and I have on hand some fruit I dried myself, and I'd rather mix them up myself than take a chance. >> 3. In most grocery stores, pre-packaged egg whites are being sold in little cartons, and at the most contain about 17 egg whites. All of them contain just egg whites, nothing else, though as is always the tricky question: are these okay to use due to manufacturers' protocols. << If there is, in fact, nothing in them but egg whites -- watch for various additives -- then it might be OK, but getting whole, fresh eggs is so much better nutritionally than getting things that have been packaged for however long they've been packaged. If I make a dish involving just egg white, then I also do something like make an egg custard, or use the yolks to thicken gravy or make an eggnog with. Good luck! — 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 August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 Dan, I've seen the egg white products and they always say 99% egg whites or something like that, so you wonder about the 1%. Also, they cost more than buying the equivalent in fresh eggs and throwing the yolks away (not that I would). I think it's best not to use them. mom to -12 SCD 4/23/04 > > Hello, > > We are following the SCD and are strictly following it and only consuming legal foods. However, a few issues of concern have welled up: there are some new foods that we are not so sure of and we have been wondering if they are legal or not: > > 1. Acai (pronounced ah-sigh-ee) - it's a Brazilian berry and it is featured in Happy Planet's newest fruit smoothie Extreme Purple. It has reached the spotlight for its remarkable flavour and is also in commercial ice creams (and we don't touch those things). > 2. Dates - as explained in Breaking the Vicious Cycle, we understand that only California dates are allowed and they must be loose - not sticking together or anything like that. But there is a kind of snack bar from the States called Larabar and all of the bars contain dates as well as almonds, cashews, walnuts, and the selected fruit for each variety. The question is, are these dates safe to eat? They have a website, www.larabar.com. > 3. In most grocery stores, pre-packaged egg whites are being sold in little cartons, and at the most contain about 17 egg whites. All of them contain just egg whites, nothing else, though as is always the tricky question: are these okay to use due to manufacturers' protocols. > > We've checked the list of legal/illegal food on Elaine Gotschall's website and haven't been able to find these foods on the list. > > These are the only foods we can think of at the moment. Thank you! > > > Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email the boot with the All-new Yahoo! Mail at http://mrd.mail.yahoo.com/try_beta?.intl=ca > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 Hello Marilyn, I understand what you said and thank you for answering my questions. I am just a bit confused, though, about what you said concerning the acai berry. You said it should be legal, " which ought to make it similar to dates " , and then you say it is not legal. I shall clear up any confusion you may have had about the Happy Planet smoothies. The Happy Planet juices and smoothies are mostly SCD legal, except for a few where there are ingredients such as nettle and chlorella, which we avoid, and those ingredients are only in some of their vegetable smoothies. The smoothies don't have any dairy or whatever added to them, its only fruit purees that are not from concentrate and very nutritious. Happy Planet is also one of the companies that sell pure orange juice that isn't from concentrate, aside from Tropicana. The Happy Planet website is www.happyplanet.com, if you're interested. Thank you, Dan Re: Legal/Illegal Foods >> 1. Acai (pronounced ah-sigh-ee) - it's a Brazilian berry and it is featured in Happy Planet's newest fruit smoothie Extreme Purple. It has reached the spotlight for its remarkable flavour and is also in commercial ice creams (and we don't touch those things). << The fruit should be legal, so long as nothing is added to it -- it looks like it comes from a type of palm, which ought to make it similar to dates. Whatever that Happy Planet thing is... it's not legal. >> 2. Dates - as explained in Breaking the Vicious Cycle, we understand that only California dates are allowed and they must be loose - not sticking together or anything like that. But there is a kind of snack bar from the States called Larabar and all of the bars contain dates as well as almonds, cashews, walnuts, and the selected fruit for each variety. The question is, are these dates safe to eat? They have a website, www.larabar. com. << Oh, here we go again.... <wry grin> The answer is, no, you don't know. Larabar insists certain of their bars are, in fact within SCD parameters. Digestive Wellness sells some of them. Yet I've heard a number of reports of people reacting badly to them. Elaine never cleared these as legal, and we can't. So it's your choice as to whether or not you use them. If you do use them, and if you do not see the progress you would like, I would strongly recommend pulling them at once. Actually, I bought some dates and I have on hand some fruit I dried myself, and I'd rather mix them up myself than take a chance. >> 3. In most grocery stores, pre-packaged egg whites are being sold in little cartons, and at the most contain about 17 egg whites. All of them contain just egg whites, nothing else, though as is always the tricky question: are these okay to use due to manufacturers' protocols. << If there is, in fact, nothing in them but egg whites -- watch for various additives -- then it might be OK, but getting whole, fresh eggs is so much better nutritionally than getting things that have been packaged for however long they've been packaged. If I make a dish involving just egg white, then I also do something like make an egg custard, or use the yolks to thicken gravy or make an eggnog with. Good luck! — 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 August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 At 01:49 PM 8/13/2007, you wrote: >I am just a bit confused, though, about what you >said concerning the acai berry. You said it >should be legal, " which ought to make it similar >to dates " , and then you say it is not legal. I >shall clear up any confusion you may have had about the Happy Planet smoothies. Dan, ACAI should be legal. None of the Happy Planet Juices are -- they all contain commercial apple juice, which is not legal. Juice mixtures are always suspect. Tropicana, Knudson Just Juice, and Kedem are the only legal juices that I am aware of, along with a couple of tomato juices. See the listing here: http://www.pecanbread.com/new/legalfoods1.html. As always, it's your choice as to whether or not you continue to use these juices, because apart from things like the commercial apple juice, and agave, and such, it looks like they would otherwise be high quality. Personally, I wouldn't use them. — 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 August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 marilyn, aren't the welch's white and purple juices legal also (in the jar and not frozen)? i couldn't get your link to come up. bonita Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 At 05:22 PM 8/13/2007, you wrote: >aren't the welch's white and purple juices legal >also (in the jar and not frozen)? i couldn't get your link to come up. Yes, they are. My apologies for the omission. — 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 August 14, 2007 Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 Hi, Dan, The link below will take you to a recipe posted last year by Carol that might do as a substitute for lara bars. http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/pecanbread/message/55054 mom to -12 SCD 4/23/04 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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