Re: Re:Re: Honey issues

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Kim, can you tolerate coconut butter? It's the meat mixed back into the oil. Very minute amounts make a huge difference for flavor.  I have not used honey and have never used very much vanilla since I found this in December or around the holidays at Whole Foods.  

 

I also use lots of different spices, fresh and dried for flavor.

 

Debbie houston cd

 

I have pancreas issues in the mix (have Sphincter of Oddi dysfunction, meaning upper GI works very marginally) and honey can trigger all kinds of symptoms, not just digestive. Fruit does the same, which is why I have to sneak fruit into my menu once or twice a day at the most [grin].  I didn’t touch honey for the first four years on SCD.  Instead, I used applesauce or peachsauce, or diluted fruit juice, to add some sweetness to my nut flour muffins.  I just increased the amount of nut flour I used in the batter.

 

Now, at six years on SCD with a more stable upper GI, I can tolerate a small amount of honey in my nut flour muffins – but I can’t have honey plain, all by itself.  I can’t lick the spoon I use to put honey into my nut flour muffin batters, for example. Triggers a cascade of symptoms that I want to avoid.  It’s just the way my body works.

 

I eat well on those foods my body does tolerate.  So I don’t miss using honey.

 

Kim M.

SCD 6 years

Sphincter of Oddi dysfunction 6+ years

neurological & spinal deterioration 3+ years

 

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 It makes my tongue hurt and then I get sick to my stomach and just feel yucky.  Does anyone else here have problems like this?  I was thinking that I might start making my sweets with dates instead of honey.  Are there drawbacks to doing this?  I don't hear much about using dates for sweetener instead of honey.  Why not?

Could it be the honey I use?  I can see through it, but it does have color.  I try to use local and raw as much as possible to acclimate myself to possible allergens that are local.Thanks!