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Posted 8/27/2007 8:17 AM (GMT 0)
pb4, honey IS allowed on SCD (much to my relief).

Point well taken on eating slowly, etc.
Posted 8/28/2007 8:28 PM (GMT 0)
killerzoey,
I asked you in an earlier post how do you use this heating pad while making your yoghurt, and how about the temperature while you're doing it?
Another question: Don't find the link where they write about what the brand was as for the honey, it's a special honey that is allowed I am sure I have red, but don't remember where.,.....enlighten me, please? ;-)

Have a nice evening,
from Ingrid :-)
Posted 8/28/2007 8:38 PM (GMT 0)
kim123,

be sure you buy the right youghurtmaker, because so many of them do not stay at the correct temperature. I know that they have a shop where you can buy it at scdiet.com. If you don't buy it from this place, learn about what temperature that is needed, because if the you can't regulate the right temperature, the probiotica will not be working at all, and the whole idea by using a yoghurtmaker is worthless. At the link that I wrote, they garantee that the temperature is right.
Remember to find the right yoghurt that contains good probiotica, and use whole milk. If you need more help, just ask, will be glad to help :-) good luck

from Ingrid
Posted 8/30/2007 9:43 PM (GMT 0)
This is exactly my philosophy too, pb4! :-) ....

The yoghurt maker, go to www.scdiet.com or www.scdiet.org they have a yoghurtmaker that keeps the same temperature all the time, which is of great importance for the quality of the yoghurt, it's a pity I can't order it, the tolls, taxes and shipping will cause me problems :(. My yoghurtmaker is not too stable in temperature, so I'm working on the issue...

I'd like to have stevia, but it's actually forbidden to use here in my country!!!! Isn't that really something!! stevia is a herb, it sweetens your food without making ANY harm to the body, if you have diabetes it doesn't highten your bloodsugar level, and if you have other health issues it doesn't create problems at all, why can't they forbid the white sugar instead? White sugar is a poison, but they force you too eat it!

;-)

From Ingrid
hope we continue to follow this thread

Post Edited (Skjura) : 8/30/2007 3:48:25 PM (GMT-6)

Posted 8/30/2007 10:32 PM (GMT 0)
Honey and saccharin are allowed on the SCD. I've never heard whether stevia was allowed or not. Stevia was pretty much an unknown back when I tried the diet.

I made my yogurt in the oven with just the heat from the appliance bulb. Amazingly, it turned out great. I didn't want to invest in a yogurt maker until I figured out whether or not I could tolerate the yogurt.
Posted 8/31/2007 1:32 AM (GMT 0)
Goodness Ingrid!!! Where do you live?

There are many benefits to Stevia, it doesn't make you fat, a tiny bit goes a loooong way, it doesn't rott your teeth or the rest of you either.

:)
Posted 8/31/2007 4:17 PM (GMT 0)
Well, pb4,

I live in Norway, Scandinavia, but I have to tell you, Stevia was forbidden in the US untill some years ago. So I red in an article some days ago. Maybe it has been on and off. Yes, there are many benefits, but the best of all, you don't use sugar when you use Stevia. I have no trouble in configuring that Stevia must be the Sugar Industry's worst enemy, it's healthy, it's unexpensive, you don't need much to sweeten your food, so when you buy it, it will last for a long time. (It's some hundred times sweeter than sugar). And it don't make ppl fat. Which leads to that it don't make ppl. sick. How fun is that?

From Ingrid
Posted 8/31/2007 4:21 PM (GMT 0)
princesa,

be sure that the temperature inside the yoghurt will stay at the correct level all the time. At the SCD diet sites they write about what levels. If you don't do it, the probiotics will not be within and stay there during the process. It's because of the probiotics the yoghurt is valuable for us.

Ingrid

Post Edited (Skjura) : 8/31/2007 10:27:49 AM (GMT-6)

Posted 9/1/2007 2:17 AM (GMT 0)
Hi

Here is where I learned to make the SCD yogurt with a heating pad:

http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info/beginners_guide/yoghurt/heating_pad_yoghurt.htm

HOWEVER I have learned that there is one correction that must be made to these instructions. Once the milk has been brought to a simmer you are supposed to cool it to room temperature, NOT 100 degrees as the above instructions say. I use 73 degrees. Then I introduce the yogurt starter as shown. I use ProGurt powdered yogurt starter which is available via giprohealth.com.

It takes a bit of practice to use the heating pad method. I now know how long it takes to warm up to the fermenting temperature (100-110 degrees) and let it ferment 24+ hours from there. And I know that where I live, it cools slightly at night so I need to wrap a blanket around the pot at night and loosen it during the day. I check the candy thermometer often to make sure I'm in the right range and the bacteria are happy.

I am sipping a banana yogurt smoothie right now - MMMMMMM!

Oh and I don't know about the honey needing to be a certain kind. I thought I read that as long as it was the clear kind we were fine. I'd like to know if that's not the case. Take care - Jamie
Posted 9/1/2007 2:42 AM (GMT 0)
Hi, I believe it is tupelo honey that was mentioned here before. I found it in Whole Foods and I think in the regular supermarket. It is made in Florida mainly and one of the purest forms.
Posted 9/1/2007 2:04 PM (GMT 0)
killerzoey: I have red a site in Netherland about the honey, and yes, I remember that it should be a clear one. The site wrote the name of it, and it wasn't tupelo, but I'm convinced there are some brands that will be ok, sorry that I don't remember the name.
And, yes, I now have been reading the heating pad way of making yoghurt. If my yoghurtmaker won't cooperate next week I have to go and buy a heating pad, cause I need to have the homemade yoghurt every day ;-) It's tasting sooo good and it's doing a good work with my health.
pb4:
....and correct, stevia don't rott neither your teeth nor you....;-) then you are able to smile with beautiful teeth because you have a healthy unrotten body.... yeah
from Ingrid
Posted 9/3/2007 8:41 PM (GMT 0)
Hi killerzoey,

Oh its been a a busy week and I feel like I haven't posted forever. Its funny, we were talking all about carbohydrates today in microbiology and how they break down. I think the diet is helping. I still have lrq pain but I don't have to take the anti-spasmotics as much so I think that is a good sign.  I have to say my mom has been doing almost all my baking and if it weren't for her and my dad being only 15 minutes away I would have a lot less to eat!

Yes, we have been ordering almond flour from the internet and it tastes good. Also, there is a Whole Foods in Pittsburgh so we got some stuff there (the flour is actually cheaper online though).  I think the I was supposed to wait longer to start with the flour but I can't afford to lose weight and I can't tolerate the peanut butter or some of the other fats.

Vanilla sounds good and i have been using honey, and that's good to hear that the yogurt should be bitter. (though my mom froze some for me and I think that probably kills the bacteria)

I see that you are on Entocort, I was just wondering how long were you on 9mg? I am starting into my third month on that dose.

Abby :)

 

Posted 9/3/2007 9:25 PM (GMT 0)
I was on 9mg Entocort for 3 weeks. I wasn't sure it was helping, to be honest, and I couldn't afford to keep going. I tapered down and am now off it. I do feel better in my LRQ now but I am doing so many things I am really not sure what is helping.

Now if I could just get rid of this right hip/low back pain...
Posted 9/4/2007 12:13 AM (GMT 0)
oh wow, my sentiments exactly. I have had bad lower back pain for about 2 years now. My orthopedic diagnosed it as a pars defect in my L5 vertebrae. My doctor now says it has to be from the crohn's/arthritis. I am going to a new orthopedic soon but the one thing that helps is a stimulation machine that my physical therapist prescribed. It is only temporary relief but I can keep it on for up to 4 hours and it really helps. You might want to look into that because it could help with the hip pain too.
Posted 9/5/2007 12:09 AM (GMT 0)
My daughter was on SCd but not able to tolerate anything made with almond flour. She has a stricture, and almond flour caused her to become bloated.

So we were glad to find Jennies coconut macaroons, which are "Maker's Diet Approved." They seem to have only unsweetened coconut, honey and egg whites so they might be SCD legal.

No synthetic color, no artificial flavor, no chemical preservatives, no sufites, no wheat, no lactose, no gluten and no soy. 

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