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Posted 6/16/2013 7:49 PM (GMT 0)
Has anyone tried Coconut milk while you were flaring??(i'm going more than to the can)

I'm just trying to find something nutritious and caloric dense food while staying on SCD.
I feel dizzy probably due to all the crap that's going out and lack of electrolytes.

SCD manual says to stay away for 6 months?? then try?
And which one would you recommend if I couldn't find one from Trader Joe's?

Order online?

This is all confusing. Today's sunday so can't contact my nutritionist.
Posted 6/16/2013 7:56 PM (GMT 0)
I am dairy-free and use coconut milk in my coffee, dee-lish. I skim the top cream off the can of regular coconut milk (not the 'lite" version) and buy the kind with the fewest chemical preservatives in it. I'm not flaring but don't remember coconut milk ever being a problem for me (and my gut hated a LOT of things--fewer now but still have a list lol).

My local grocery has several kinds so I'm sure your grocery must have it too. Read the ingredients.
I don't buy "lite" because it doesn't have the cream separate from the liquid, just my preference.

Coconut oil is also an anti-inflammatory. I take it by the spoonful and cook with it. Good for your gut, your skin and hair too. Good quality calories, try and add it wherever you can, in smoothies, soup, etc.

P.S. I couldn't drink coffee while flaring and had trouble with even normal de-caffeine tea and coffee.
My fave decaf coffee is Paul Newmans'. I still drink it in the afternoon (can't drink caffeine after AM or sleep is elusive).

Post Edited (imagardener2) : 6/16/2013 1:59:49 PM (GMT-6)

Posted 6/16/2013 7:57 PM (GMT 0)
"Today's sunday so can't contact my nutritionist."


that sounds like a good thing to me - not sure they would know how to spell scd - (except the ones that have gone to school at ucu :-))

i don't think there is probably a big difference between brands, just stick with coconut and water as the ingredients -

Post Edited (soystud) : 6/16/2013 2:10:36 PM (GMT-6)

Posted 6/16/2013 7:58 PM (GMT 0)
coconut water seems a better choice than the milk while flaring. It has such a soothing effect on the GI tract and it hydrates so well, which a huge issue during a flare.
Coconut milk is actually a UC trigger for me, I avoid it completely.
Posted 6/17/2013 12:28 AM (GMT 0)
Actually, my nutritionist is the one that swore by SCD. Leyla from Dr. Hoffman's center in NYC.

dunno whether i should buy coconut milk or not. Hope it's not a trigger food for me.
Posted 6/17/2013 1:26 AM (GMT 0)
can you drink regular milk? I do goat's milk and coconut milk- switch on and off in the kefir grains.
Posted 6/17/2013 3:17 AM (GMT 0)

bananagirl said...
can you drink regular milk? I do goat's milk and coconut milk- switch on and off in the kefir grains.

Nope, I finally realized that I can't even do Whey protein. Because of my own greed, I kept on thinking that I needed cow milk protein while I wasn't even tolerating them.

So, Bananagirl, did you add coconut milk while you were flaring? or in semi-remission sorta?
Posted 6/17/2013 3:55 AM (GMT 0)
I added it while flaring but about 6 months into scd. I figured if scd wasnt gonna gimme remission then i would just use coconut milk regardless.
Posted 6/17/2013 12:14 PM (GMT 0)
Frankly, none of the coconut milk that we get here feels and tastes like coconut milk. When I was little and living in India, my mom used to cook some recipes that called for coconut milk. She used to really squeeze out of coconut flesh, that taste and feel I have never gotten from any product in the market. Trust me, I have tried a tons of them.

The coconut milk that they sell in cans is really synthetic stuff, I have never seen so creamy coconut milk in life.

If you are really into it, get brown coconut from Asian stores, take the flesh out and squeeze it yourself. Although I am expert in that business, I do not have right tools to do that job here in the US, so I do not do it. But in case, anybody wants to try out.


about coconut water, FDA states that whatever coconut water is sold in the US should be pasteurized. That essentially kills all good stuff in there, except the minerals. So all you are getting is, 'mineral water. So again, I stopped that one too.

But if electrolyte imbalance is an issue, why not just use some electrolyte mix? It is quick and will solve the problem..
Posted 6/17/2013 1:07 PM (GMT 0)
I did exactly that: got a coconut, opened it, blender-ed it up with spring water then squeezed the coconut through a strainer. Put it in the fridge to separate out the cream from the water.
Overnight the cream came to the top and hardened.

Was it worth the effort? IMO no.A lot of work for the amount of reward and not superior in taste.
I'm sure people used to the real thing prefer fresh but I'm happy with the canned coco milk that I skim the cream off the top and throw away the water/gel in the bottom. I have a juicer and could have put it through that but thought I'd get even less from it.

I don't drink coconut water because in the past it gave me increased BM's. Coconut cream however is liked by my gut.
Posted 6/17/2013 9:24 PM (GMT 0)
imagardener2,

so what do you have usually? if you have only SOME fruits and mostly meat, where do you get your sugar/carb? Do you eat potatoes?
Posted 6/17/2013 10:45 PM (GMT 0)
I eat only half a Bosc pear (minus skin) per day, no other fruit. Fructose must be a problem for my gut, this kind of pear has little juice.

I started eating potatoes due to the Resistant Starch thread although doubt I'm getting much RS since my potatoes are hot and RS is better cold. Just my excuse to eat french fries and mashed potatoes lol. No UC problems for me from potatoes except gaining a little weight.
Also added rice pudding (cold) but since quit, not because of UC, that was fine. Quit because I ate too much rice pudding and gained 6 lbs. Wouldn't mind except had to buy new skirts. :-( Starch/carbs really adds calories.

When I was on SCD I was very strict on their foodlist but ultimately could not tolerate many legal foods. Moved more toward Paleo-ish.
Posted 6/17/2013 11:46 PM (GMT 0)
Oh i see.
It's cool to find out that some ppl respond to Paleo better than SCD and others respond to SCD better than Paleo.

If you're putting on some weight in the other places except the belly, it won't hurt. Or you can pass it on to me lol, atm I need some...
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