coconut flour

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> Hello Bee!

>

> Is not possible to bake with coconut flour either?

==>No, it is too high in carbs.

Bee

[Guest guest]

>

> Thank you. So is coconut flour cheating or should it be ok on the

diet?

==>Coconut flour is not okay on the diet.

Bee

>

[Guest guest]

has anyone cooked with coconut flour? i was wondering if it could be used as a

substitute

for nut flour in some recipes like pancakes etc.

thanks

sam

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Bruce Fife has a couple of books which include lots of recipes using coconut four. I’m not sure, though, if one can sub or not. Please let us know if you try it!

Peace,

On 1/14/08 10:21 AM, " samadamfamily " <samadamfamily@...> wrote:

has anyone cooked with coconut flour? i was wondering if it could be used as a substitute

for nut flour in some recipes like pancakes etc.

thanks

sam

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I made cupcakes this Thanksgiving with it. The only downside for us is that

it requires lots of eggs and both my children tested allergic to eggs, although

one seems to have no reactions anymore. There is a book called Cooking

with Coconut Flour by Bruce Fife which has tons of nutritional information

about coconut flour and lots of recipes. I know you can find it at

www.WildernessFamilyNaturals.com and probably other places too.

I think coconut flour can work like a nut flour, even though coconut is technically

a seed. Coconut is definitely allowed on GAPs so I think it would be fine.

Here's a pancake recipe from the book, obviously substitute out what is not

allowed on GAPS:

2 eggs

2 T coconut oil or butter, melted

2 T coconut milk or whole milk

1 tsp sugar

1/8 tsp salt

2 T sifted coconut flour

1/8 tsp baking powder

Blend together eggs, oil, coconut milk, sugar and salt. Combine coconut flour

and baking powder and thoroughly mix into batter. Heat 1 T of coconut oil in a

skillet. Spoon batter onto hot skillet making pancakes about 2.5 to 3 inches in diameter.

Batter will be thick but will flatten out when cooking. Makes about 8 pancakes.

Katy

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To add to what has already been said... We have done some cooking with coconut flour using the Fife book. The tricky part is that you need very little coconut flour (one bag will last forever!), and lots of eggs. Something like 3 eggs for every 1/4 cup of flour. The things we've made have been tasty but very different in texture from grain-based pancakes or muffins. Also, I believe coconut is considered an "advanced" food group in the SCD framework, although we have been doing some coconut products anyway...

[ ] coconut flour

has anyone cooked with coconut flour? i was wondering if it could be used as a substitute for nut flour in some recipes like pancakes etc.thankssam

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thank you for the suggestions. i think i'm going to use half nut flour and half

coconut

flour next and see what happens. i'll keep you posted to how it turns out.

sam

> To add to what has already been said... We have done some cooking with coconut

flour

using the Fife book. The tricky part is that you need very little coconut flour

(one bag will

last forever!), and lots of eggs. Something like 3 eggs for every 1/4 cup of

flour. The things

we've made have been tasty but very different in texture from grain-based

pancakes or

muffins. Also, I believe coconut is considered an " advanced " food group in the

SCD

framework, although we have been doing some coconut products anyway...

>

>

>

>

> [ ] coconut flour

>

>

> has anyone cooked with coconut flour? i was wondering if it could be used as a

substitute

> for nut flour in some recipes like pancakes etc.

> thanks

> sam

>

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I have been making coconut flour muffins from Bruce Fife's book, using

about the same amount of coconut flour he calls for and also adding nut

flour. I'm sorry, I don't really measure, but I've put in more nut flour

than coconut flour, and I think it improves the flavor and consistency of

the muffins. You can experiment. My understanding of the coconut flour

is that it takes very little because it soaks up all the liquid around it

so you can't use too much. I think the nut flour still has it's own oils

in it and so you can use more.

But, I want to say that my 18 yo son had been on the diet for a week,

when he asked what day we started it. I said " last weekend " and he said

" that's when my bowels started feeling worse " . He asked what he was

eating on the diet that he hadn't been eating before, and the new things

are nuts and coconut flour (and cooked honey). So we have stopped those

for now. So we are back to the challenge of what to eat to fill up this

teenage boy. Meat, veges, fruits, it's tough. He's not interested in

eating spoons of fat to fill him up, although I add " hidden " fat to

everything.

And now for a little bit of levity (without a bit of laughter, well, I'd

don't know where we'd be....), my son is now looking at picture

cookbooks, especially desserts, and planning what he is going to eat when

he gets off this diet!! (which is three weeks from now if it doesn't

give him some improvement).

Sue V.

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> Hi Bee,

>

> Just recently I discovered Coconut Flour. I've been making

delicious

> pancakes using the flour, coconut milk, eggs, & zylitol this makes

a

> filling breakfast and I'm hoping that it's okay, guess I should

have

> checked with you before!! Anyway, there are heaps of things you can

> make out of Coconut flour if it is okay and loads of easy recipes

on the

> net.

==>Hi Suzanne. No, coconut flour is not okay since it contains too

much natural sugar. Only coconut oil is acceptable for candida

sufferers, not the flour, not the cream, not flakes, not milk, etc.

>

> I am taking the supplements and still feeling really good, I've not

had

> any die-off symptons for a couple of weeks now. I am still on the

Nilstat

> and taking Coconut Oil. I am however having a little bit of

diarrhea, I'm

> not having any pain and it's usually short lived, do you know what

could

> be causing it.

==>Could your body be retracing previous episodes with diarrhea? See

Hering's Law of Cures on my website to find out more.

>

> I'm taking Vitamin E, 2 tabs each 500IU, Vitamin C (Calcium

Ascorbate 1000 +Bioflavonoids) 2 tabs a day, Calcium Complete with

> Hydroxapatite & Boron, 2 tabs a day, B Complex which includes 2500

> IU Vitamin A and Methylsulfonylmethane (not sure why, but my Doctor

> prescribed it) My question is - I'm not currently taking CLO since

I was

> worried about overdosing on Vit A, I read that more than 2500IU

each day is toxic to the body, am I taking everything I need?

==>No, you wouldn't overdose on vitamin A unless you took the

synthetic form. The " true " vitamin A is called retinol. Even then

you'd have to take over 50,000 IU per day for over 6 months steady in

order to get any toxicity. The normal dose of " true " vitamin A is

30,000 IU per day, and sometimes more. I took 100,000 IU per day

many years ago, but it is only taken in that amount for a month, and

then stopped for 2 days to allow the body to level out, and so on.

==>It is better to take B complex without vitamin A and

Methylsulfonylmethane. Methylsulfonylmethane is MSM, which is

basically a source of sulphur used to treat arthritis, however you

get plenty of sulphur on this diet, that is natural and not

processed, so it isn't required.

>

> I'm leaving for my 6 week holiday in Europe in 3 weeks, I'm

planning on

> coming off the Anti Fungals, including nilstat and will try to

stick to the

> diet as much as possible, with a few sneaky drinks and a meal here

> and there, I know I will have fall out from this but will deal with

it when I

> get back, should I take Probiotics while I'm away, I want to keep

my

> immune system strong.

==>It won't hurt you to take probiotics, but they will also cause die-

off symptoms, so it depends upon whether you are used to them or not.

The best, Bee

[Guest guest]

Thanks for your reply Bee,

I love getting your advice, you make me feel so in control of what is

happening to my body. I'm feel so informed and I'm really beginning to

understand the whole " Natural Healing " business. I haven't been back to

the doctor yet about my Candida, I'm thinking I won't bother, all the info,

advice & support is need is right here with you and the rest of the group.

It's a shame about the Coconut Flour, but since I haven't had any die-off

symtoms I guess that's a sign I'm improving!

> > I'm leaving for my 6 week holiday in Europe in 3 weeks, I'm

> planning on coming off the Anti Fungals, including nilstat and will try

to

> stick to the diet as much as possible, with a few sneaky drinks and a

meal here and there, I know I will have fall out from this but will deal with

> it when I get back, should I take Probiotics while I'm away, I want to

keep my immune system strong.

>

> ==>It won't hurt you to take probiotics, but they will also cause die-

> off symptoms, so it depends upon whether you are used to them or

not.

Would you suggest I start taking the Probiotics now, before I leave,

while I'm still on the Nilstat, just to see how I go? I still have 4 weeks

supply of Niltsat which will take me up until the time I leave, or would

you suggest I stop the Nilstat now?

Many, many thanks Bee

Suzanne x

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>

> Thanks for your reply Bee,

>

> I love getting your advice, you make me feel so in control of what

is happening to my body. I'm feel so informed and I'm really

beginning to understand the whole " Natural Healing " business. I

haven't been back to the doctor yet about my Candida, I'm thinking I

won't bother, all the info, advice & support is need is right here

with you and the rest of the group.

==>Thanks Suzanne! You being " in control of your own body " is what

this is all about. I believe you should know and understand more

about how to stay healthy than doctors, nutritionist, etc. Then you

are wise enough to know when anyone tries to dissuade you or you run

across false or incomplete information.

> It's a shame about the Coconut Flour, but since I haven't had any

die-off symtoms I guess that's a sign I'm improving!

==>Yes, sorreee!

>

> > > I'm leaving for my 6 week holiday in Europe in 3 weeks, I'm

> > planning on coming off the Anti Fungals, including nilstat and

will try to stick to the diet as much as possible, with a few sneaky

drinks and a meal here and there, I know I will have fall out from

this but will deal with it when I get back, should I take Probiotics

while I'm away, I want to keep my immune system strong.

> >

> > ==>It won't hurt you to take probiotics, but they will also cause

die-off symptoms, so it depends upon whether you are used to them or

> not.

>

> Would you suggest I start taking the Probiotics now, before I

leave, while I'm still on the Nilstat, just to see how I go? I still

have 4 weeks supply of Niltsat which will take me up until the time I

leave, or would you suggest I stop the Nilstat now?

==>Stay on Nilstat on your trip, and start on probiotics now and take

it on your trip too. It will help you a lot to take at least 4,000

mg vitamin C per day on your trip; also on your trip drink plenty of

fresh parsley tea and also get enough ocean sea salt. Those few

things will help you have a better vacation, but I cannot guarantee

you won't have some problems. If you do, take time to take an Epsom

Salt bath and take more vitamin C.

The best to you, Bee