Re: Full Fat Cheeses versus Reduced Fat ones

[Guest guest]

Yes.  It's hard to find low or reduced fat anything without a lot of additional ingredients that are illegal.

 

 

Debbie 41 cd

scd 12/05

ldn 3/'10

cd dx'd 3/02

 

Hi... I've introduced a little cheddar cheese into my diet recently, and notice something interesting.I've used two brands (Organic Valley and Cabot Cheese). When I used the full fat cheese, I noticed that I didn't have any reaction. I used Cabot Cheese's reduced fat cheddar (aged more than 3 months) which uses 1 percent milk in the process... and I noticed really, really bad reactions to it. (This even before the first initial introduction of the yogurt into my diet, because I read on www.ccccibs.com that cheese could be introduced at any stage as long as you could tolerated.)

The full fat cheeses: no reaction, (and I was expecting a violent one..but no. ) The reduced fat cheddar (really bad bloating and ickiness.) Could it be the addition of ingredients not listed on the label that's causing the problem?

[Guest guest]

At 08:56 AM 4/24/2010, you wrote:

The full fat cheeses: no

reaction, (and I was expecting a violent one..but no. ) The reduced fat

cheddar (really bad bloating and ickiness.) Could it be the addition of

ingredients not listed on the label that's causing the

problem?

Yes. Low fat cheeses typically have something added (not an ingredient,

a processing aid!).

Basically, ANY " low fat " food usually has starch or thickening

of some kind to make up for the texture and mouth-feel of the fat

they removed.

So the whole " low fat eating craze " of the last 50 years has

probably contributed tremendously to the upswing in gut issues.

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

Babette the Foundling Beagle

[Guest guest]

I didn't know they added starch to process the low fat cheeses. Will be more

careful.

> >The full fat cheeses: no reaction, (and I was

> >expecting a violent one..but no. ) The reduced

> >fat cheddar (really bad bloating and ickiness.)

> >Could it be the addition of ingredients not

> >listed on the label that's causing the problem?

>

> Yes. Low fat cheeses typically have something

> added (not an ingredient, a processing aid!).

>

> Basically, ANY " low fat " food usually has starch

> or thickening of some kind to make up for the

> texture and mouth-feel of the fat they removed.

>

> So the whole " low fat eating craze " of the last

> 50 years has probably contributed tremendously to the upswing in gut issues.

>

>

> — Marilyn

> New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

> Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

> Darn Good SCD Cook

> No Human Children

> Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

> Babette the Foundling Beagle

>