Agave ?, Coconut Oil ? and comments

[Guest guest]

1. I think this has been addressed before and I apologize for the need to

repeat...I know Agave is illegal, so I'm assuming Agave Nectar is illegal too.

But I just ordered online Elana's " The Gluten-free, Almond Cookbook " and learned

that she prefers the agave nectar in her recipes - I'm very bummed out about

that. Has anyone altered her recipes with honey? It's odd too because it is

much lower on the gylcemic index than honey.

2. Coconut Oil - I checked out Tropical Traditions, but which type is best??

Comment: There's been lots of discussion about LDN and other meds, but no one

ever really mentions the probiotic VSL-3 (yes, it's an SCD illegal, but so are

so many of the meds for UC). It's specifically made for UC, IBS & Ileal pouch

patients. It's kept me off meds...I am healing 100% med-free and only eating

SCD, but still in the healing process.

BTW, thank you to the person that shared www.localharvest.org - excellent

website resource!! And through that I found www.beepurehoney.com, another great

resource.

Thanks in advance for any answers!

-

UC 9/09

SCD 11/09

[Guest guest]

At 05:47 PM 4/19/2010, you wrote:

1. I think this has been

addressed before and I apologize for the need to repeat...I know Agave is

illegal, so I'm assuming Agave Nectar is illegal too. But I just ordered

online Elana's " The Gluten-free, Almond Cookbook " and learned

that she prefers the agave nectar in her recipes - I'm very bummed out

about that. Has anyone altered her recipes with honey? It's odd too

because it is much lower on the gylcemic index than

honey.

I don't have Elana's cook book, but yes, Agave is SCD illegal. I will

repost, in a separate message, why.

2. Coconut Oil - I checked out

Tropical Traditions, but which type is best??

It all depends on what you're using it for.

For things which you want to have a faint coconut-y taste, get the extra

virgin.

For things for which you want to have the goodness of coconut oil, but

not the flavor, use the expeller pressed. I use half regular oil and half

expeller pressed coconut oil (melted) in my mayonnaise -- it makes it set

up thicker, and gives me another source of good saturated fats.

Comment: There's been lots of

discussion about LDN and other meds, but no one ever really mentions the

probiotic VSL-3 (yes, it's an SCD illegal, but so are so many of the meds

for UC). It's specifically made for UC, IBS & Ileal pouch patients.

It's kept me off meds...I am healing 100% med-free and only eating SCD,

but still in the healing process.

According to

http://www.vsl3.com/VSL3/healthcare.asp

VSL#3® is a high-potency medical food probiotic consisting of live

freeze-dried lactic acid bacteria. Each dose contains 450 billion live

lactic acid bacteria per packet in defined ratios of lyophilized

Bifidobacterium breve, Bifidobacterium longum, Bifidobacterium infantis,

Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus plantarum, Lactobacillus casei,

Lactobacillus bulgaricus, Streptococcus thermophilus.

VSL#3® comes in a powder that is intended to be mixed with at least 4

ounces of cold water and consumed. VSL#3® has a light lemon cream flavor.

Ingredients -- 450 billion lactic acid bacteria, maltose, natural lemon

flavor, silicon dioxide.

VSL#3® is also available as an unflavored powder that is intended to be

mixed with yogurt, ice-cream, apple sauce or any other cold food and

consumed. Ingredients -- 450 billion lactic acid bacteria,

cornstarch.

According to this, it contains not one, but three forms of Bifido

(Bifidus) bacteria -- and Bifidus is SCD-illegal. There have been many,

many instances of SCDers being thrown into a flare when taking this

because it's supposed to be such a great probiotic. I, myself had a

really bad experience with Bifidus.... NOT one I care to repeat,

thanks!

In addition, the flavored kind has illegal maltose and " natural

lemon flavor " (which might be just lemon oil, but I doubt it). The

unflavored kind has CORNSTARCH!

So even if the bacteria were all legal, the other ingredients make it

completely illegal as a supplement. We have a choice about

supplements. We may not have a choice about prescribed

pharmaceuticals.

—

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]

According to http://www.vsl3.com/VSL3/healthcare.aspVSL#3® is a high-potency medical food probiotic consisting of live freeze-dried lactic acid bacteria. Each dose contains 450 billion live lactic acid bacteria per packet in defined ratios of lyophilized Bifidobacterium breve, Bifidobacterium longum, Bifidobacterium infantis, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus plantarum, Lactobacillus casei, Lactobacillus bulgaricus, Streptococcus thermophilus.VSL#3® comes in a powder that is intended to be mixed with at least 4 ounces of cold water and consumed. VSL#3® has a light lemon cream flavor. Ingredients -- 450 billion lactic acid bacteria, maltose, natural lemon flavor, silicon dioxide.VSL#3® is also available as an unflavored powder that is intended to be mixed with yogurt, ice-cream, apple sauce or any other cold food and consumed. Ingredients -- 450 billion lactic acid bacteria, cornstarch.According to this, it contains not one, but three forms of Bifido (Bifidus) bacteria -- and Bifidus is SCD-illegal. There have been many, many instances of SCDers being thrown into a flare when taking this because it's supposed to be such a great probiotic. I, myself had a really bad experience with Bifidus.... NOT one I care to repeat, thanks!Yeah - it comes in a pill without that - so it's just the illegal bifidus. Mara