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[Guest guest]

I am getting ready to begin the SCD and have a few question regarding some of

the foods I can and can not eat.

First...can I drink Almond Milk. I dont know the specific ingrediants in it, but

was hoping someone might know off the top of their head if its allowable.

Second...is non dairy coffee creamer allowed? This is my biggest area of concern

because I always have 2 cups of coffee every morning with flavored cream. I

dread leaving this part behind worse than any part of this diet. Any

suggestions???????

Thanks,

[Guest guest]

> First...can I drink Almond Milk. I dont know the specific ingrediants in it,

but was hoping someone might know off the top of their head if its allowable.

Yes, if it's homemade. Commercial Almond Milk is not legal.

> Second...is non dairy coffee creamer allowed? This is my biggest area of

concern because I always have 2 cups of coffee every morning with flavored

cream. I dread leaving this part behind worse than any part of this diet. Any

suggestions???????

This is the worst! I was/am a coffee fanatic. First off, you need to be watering

down the coffee- about 50% coffee, 50% water (to make " weak " coffee). I did this

for at least 6 months, as painful and disgusting as it was. If you make almond

milk, you could use this as a sub for your cream? Unfortunately, a non dairy

coffee creamer is not allowed. What I really found that helped me with the

flavor was adding some coconut oil! I still do it everyday- there is something

about it that gives it a great flavor and a bit of richness that cream used to

do for me.

Best

-Joanna

SCD 9/2009, Crohn's 1992, 20mg prednisone

[Guest guest]

>

> I am getting ready to begin the SCD and have a few question regarding some of

the foods I can and can not eat.

>

> First...can I drink Almond Milk. I dont know the specific ingrediants in it,

but was hoping someone might know off the top of their head if its allowable.

>

If you make your own from unroasted almonds (roasted generally means roasted

with starch), then yes. Commercial brands are almost certainly illegal.

> Second...is non dairy coffee creamer allowed? This is my biggest area of

concern because I always have 2 cups of coffee every morning with flavored

cream. I dread leaving this part behind worse than any part of this diet. Any

suggestions???????

>

I've never been a coffee drinker, but I'd say start getting away from it now.

According to Breaking The Vicious Cycle, you shouldn't have it any stronger than

" very weak " anyway, and caffeine is a laxative.

There's no way non-dairy creamer is legal.

I'd suggest reading the diet section of BTVC carefully several times. Though

the basic rules are clear, there are subtleties to this diet, and tripping over

one of them can really set you back. My first, second, and third pieces of

advice are: whatever it is, make your own.

> Thanks,

>

>

[Guest guest]

At 03:06 PM 10/8/2010, you wrote:

First...can I drink Almond Milk.

I dont know the specific ingrediants in it, but was hoping someone might

know off the top of their head if its allowable.

,

Almond milk is legal, if you make it yourself. No commercial almond milk

is legal.

Second...is non dairy coffee

creamer allowed? This is my biggest area of concern because I always have

2 cups of coffee every morning with flavored cream. I dread leaving this

part behind worse than any part of this diet. Any

suggestions???????

Non-dairy coffee creamer typically contains the following:

Partially Hydrogenated Soybean/Cottonseed Oil; Palm Oil, Sugar; Corn

Syrup; Sodium Stearyl Lactylate, Sodium Caseinate, Mono- and

Diglycerides, Dipotassium Phosphate, Carrageenan, Natural and Artificial

Flavors

It's about as illegal as it comes, so no, this is not allowed on

SCD.

What flavors of coffee do you usually drink?

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

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