peanuts

[Guest guest]

Some

shelled peanuts may be OK, but it depends on the processor/manufacturer.

It is usually safer to purchase peanuts in the shell and do your own

shelling.

Here’s

the reason. Many processors add a few ingredients to the shelled peanuts

to keep them from developing mold, or to add flavorings, or to keep them loose

and dry (like cornstarch). Nut mixtures that include peanuts nearly

always have illegals added to them. Sometimes these unwelcome ingredients

are added to the brine (salt) mixture if you purchased shelled and salted peanuts.

Quite often these extra ingredients are not listed on the packaging label.

Processing aids are often used (cornstarch again) even in shelling machinery,

and they don’t have to be included.

I

make my own peanut butter, and used to purchase roasted, in-the-shell peanuts

or just plain in-the-shell peanut and do my own roasting. But after

talking with one of the sources I found I liked the best, I learned not only

did they do their own shelling, and that they didn’t add anything after

the shelling process, but they were also the grower. So I began to

purchase roasted, shelled peanuts from them. I proceeded very cautiously

at first, just in case, but haven’t had any difficulties with this

source. But I know this isn’t true of all sources, and I won’t

be surprised if something changes with this business in the future. I may

end up going back to in-the-shell peanuts and do my own shelling.

So

it is safest to purchase raw peanuts in the shell, or roasted in the shell, and

do your own shelling and processing.

Peanuts

are considered an advanced food. I happened to tolerate peanut butter

within the first 2 months on SCD, in tiny amounts – but I can’t

touch nut butters or any other legumes. Some do well with peanuts and

peanut butter, others have problems. So proceed cautiously.

Kim M.

SCD 6+ years

Sphincter of Oddi dysfunction 7 years

neurological & spinal deterioration 4 years

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I

was looking at the legal/illegal list on the BTVC website and was confused by

this: Peanuts in the shell may be tried cautiously after 6 months on the diet

if diarrhea is gone. Shelled peanuts are illegal. What is the difference

between peanuts in the shell and shelled peanuts?

[Guest guest]

Why is it I can eat peanuts in the shell but cant eat peanut butter?-- Jodyscd 5 years

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