Re: How safe are macademias, brazil nuts, chestnuts?

[Guest guest]

>

> Hello,

>

> Just wanted to check with the group...

>

> My 5 yo daughter has severe allergies/sensitivities to

> almonds/pecans/cashews/peanuts/pistachios/sesame/all

> beans/gluten/caesin/eggs/lot of veggies etc. Has issues with protein

> overall.

>

> The lab suggests brazil nuts, sunflower seeds, macadamias and

> chestnuts in the rotational diet schedule. I guess because they're

> from a different family. But I'm still scared to try them, given her

> other results.

>

> Any opinions?

>

> Thanks,

> Gayathri

People with Latex Allergy should not eat chestnuts. Cashew is actually a fruit

and can be

harder to digest than other nuts. Elaine advises when buying only use raw cashew

as

roasted cashew may be dusted with a starch. Cashew can be roasted at home with

or

without the addition of oil.

Seeds are not to be used until three months after the last symptom is gone.

Macadamias

are usually well tolerated. Pecans are easier than almonds and out group is

named after

them.

Carol F.

SCD 6 years, celiac

[Guest guest]

Please be careful with chestnuts. Below is the info from Elaine's website.

Mimi

http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info/knowledge_base/kb/chestnuts.htm

Elaine writes:

When you have progressed quite a bit on the diet and are on your way

towards recovery, you can try them. Chestnut flour is not legal.

However, if you buy dried chestnuts, soak them and cook them until soft.

You can then use them for stuffing and other things. Rabbi Rosenbaum in

Jerusalem who published my book in Hebrew was so particular that he had a

full 3-4 pages of analysis on cooked, raw, roasted, etc. chestnuts. It is

just common sense to realize that once you boil something which has some

starch in it, it will become so water-soaked that the weight will be

mostly water and the tiny bit of starch is diluted way down.

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>

> >

> > Hello,

> >

> > Just wanted to check with the group...

> >

> > My 5 yo daughter has severe allergies/sensitivities to

> > almonds/pecans/cashews/peanuts/pistachios/sesame/all

> > beans/gluten/caesin/eggs/lot of veggies etc. Has issues with protein

> > overall.

> >

> > The lab suggests brazil nuts, sunflower seeds, macadamias and

> > chestnuts in the rotational diet schedule. I guess because they're

> > from a different family. But I'm still scared to try them, given her

> > other results.

> >

> > Any opinions?

> >

> > Thanks,

> > Gayathri

>

> People with Latex Allergy should not eat chestnuts. Cashew is actually a

> fruit and can be

> harder to digest than other nuts. Elaine advises when buying only use raw

> cashew as

> roasted cashew may be dusted with a starch. Cashew can be roasted at home

> with or

> without the addition of oil.

>

> Seeds are not to be used until three months after the last symptom is gone.

> Macadamias

> are usually well tolerated. Pecans are easier than almonds and out group is

> named after

> them.

>

> Carol F.

> SCD 6 years, celiac

>

>

>

>

>

> For information on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, please read the book

> _Breaking the Vicious Cycle_ by Elaine Gottschall and read the following

> websites:

> http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info

> and

> http://www.pecanbread.com

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Gayathri,

> My 5 yo daughter has severe allergies/sensitivities to

> almonds/pecans/cashews/peanuts/pistachios/sesame/all

> beans/gluten/caesin/eggs/lot of veggies etc. Has issues with

protein

> overall.

>

> The lab suggests brazil nuts, sunflower seeds, macademias and

> chestnuts in the rotational diet schedule. I guess because they're

> from a different family. But I'm still scared to try them, given

her

> other results.

How long has your daughter been on the diet? How are her symptoms

now? Did you start with the intro diet and gradually add in foods

that she tolerated?

Sunflower seeds are a more advanced food item and chestnuts are even

more advanced than sunflower seeds because the chestnuts have some

starch.

The macadamia nuts are a good oily nut, very nutritious. Before

suggesting she try it can you tell me how her GI symptoms are

presently?

Sheila, SCD Feb. 2001, UC 22yrs

mom of and

[Guest guest]

Hi Gayathri,

> Sheila...We did a IgG and IgE test and we started a rotational diet.

> We've temporarily stopped all the foods that showed up on the IgG

> panel.

>

> Her GI issues include dry intestinal lining, burps, stomach cramps

> that build up every 3-4 months.

> Eliminating the foods that she is sensitive too has helped with the

> burps and gassiness. We're working on the intestinal lining with

> supplements thru' our nutritionist. We're also workimg on her fluid

> intake.

Are you giving her any probiotics or yogurt?

Sheila, SCD Feb. 2001, UC 22yrs

mom of and

[Guest guest]

Hi Sheila,

She's on probiotocs. We rotate the strand.

She doesn't get yogurt since she allergic to cow's milk. Can't do

nut or soy yogurt either.

She has a moderate IgG reaction to goat's milk. We were thinking of

maybe trying some in a 4-day rotation.

Thanks

Gayathri

>

> Hi Gayathri,

>

> > Sheila...We did a IgG and IgE test and we started a rotational

diet.

> > We've temporarily stopped all the foods that showed up on the

IgG

> > panel.

> >

> > Her GI issues include dry intestinal lining, burps, stomach

cramps

> > that build up every 3-4 months.

> > Eliminating the foods that she is sensitive too has helped with

the

> > burps and gassiness. We're working on the intestinal lining with

> > supplements thru' our nutritionist. We're also workimg on her

fluid

> > intake.

>

> Are you giving her any probiotics or yogurt?

>

> Sheila, SCD Feb. 2001, UC 22yrs

> mom of and

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Sheila,

She's on probiotocs. We rotate the strand.

She doesn't get yogurt since she allergic to cow's milk. Can't do

nut or soy yogurt either.

She has a moderate IgG reaction to goat's milk. We were thinking of

maybe trying some in a 4-day rotation.

Thanks

Gayathri

>

> Hi Gayathri,

>

> > Sheila...We did a IgG and IgE test and we started a rotational

diet.

> > We've temporarily stopped all the foods that showed up on the

IgG

> > panel.

> >

> > Her GI issues include dry intestinal lining, burps, stomach

cramps

> > that build up every 3-4 months.

> > Eliminating the foods that she is sensitive too has helped with

the

> > burps and gassiness. We're working on the intestinal lining with

> > supplements thru' our nutritionist. We're also workimg on her

fluid

> > intake.

>

> Are you giving her any probiotics or yogurt?

>

> Sheila, SCD Feb. 2001, UC 22yrs

> mom of and

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Gayathri,

> She's on probiotocs. We rotate the strand.

Elaine recommended that in a probiotic (bacteria) SCDers stick with

only Lacobacillus acidophilus.

She also approved of Saccharomyces boulardii as a probiotic (a

beneficial yeast)

> She doesn't get yogurt since she allergic to cow's milk. Can't do

> nut or soy yogurt either.

Have you considered goat yogurt? The milk proteins are smaller than

cow milk proteins. The 24 goat yogurt is lactose free. The casein

in yogurt is denatured and has a 2-dimensional structure instead of

the harder to digest trouble causing 3 dimensional casein structure

found in dairy milk.

>

> She has a moderate IgG reaction to goat's milk. We were thinking

of

> maybe trying some in a 4-day rotation.

Awesome Another source of good probiotics is home fermented

foods. Sauerkraut (pretty easy to make) kimchi etc...

Sheila, SCD Feb. 2001, UC 22yrs

mom of and