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  1. AliB
    Because gluten-free foods are usually very high in carbs they are best avoided by diabetics. All Diabetics have problems digesting carbs properly - that is why they are Diabetic! I fare a lot better on a low-carb regime with plenty of fresh vegetables. I found that even on insulin I could not control my BS enough and the hbA1c (the average reading taken...
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    Although gluten intolerance is not an allergy, sometimes it helps to use that as an analogy - like, "you know how people who are allergic to peanuts can die from just having a fraction of peanut? Although I may not die immediately from a fraction of gluten, my body reacts in a similar way and it can make me very sick and the build-up of damage can lead to...
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    Definitely you seem to have to cook nut flours at a much lower temperature than 'normal' recipes. Even then they sometimes 'catch' a bit. As far as ground cashews are concerned, I haven't baked with them but I did make some interesting nibbles with them the other day. It is a 'raw' recipe but very nice anyway. I have a dehydrator but I put them...
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    Thought I would post that Apple and Butternut bake recipe that Fig Girl posted. Yum. Butternut Squash Apple Cranberry Bake Recipe Ingredients
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    Mmmm. That apple and butternut squash bake looks good. Almost more of a dessert than a savory!!! I have posted it on the recipe thread. Hi Rinne - welcome to the thread. We love to support each other on the SCD - the more the merrier!!! Ali.
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    If it has been high heat-treated or hydrogenated, there is a possibility it won't support any live culture. That my be why it didn't work. I would give that one a miss and stick to the ones you know work. Ali.
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    Well, I have never had a Vitamix and have heard some pretty good stuff about them but do wonder whether they can really justify the huge price. I have just bought a new blender from Lidl over here in the UK for
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    Dawn, personally I find that goats milk when fresh tastes just like cows milk. It is only as it gets older that it develops the stronger 'goaty' flavor. The pasteurised stuff you get in the supermarket doesn't even seem to do that so whether it is homogenised I don't know. I would always prefer raw goat milk if I could get it. Years ago I used to buy...
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    I am getting fed up of throwing coconuts away because they are rancid. I bought a couple last Thursday, went to use one last night and it was definitely 'off'. They have a not very nice 'perfume-y' flavor, which I suspect is down to some kind of bacteria. I bought 3 more reduced yesterday and opened one of those and the water in that was off too. Yesterday...
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    Mia, this may be too much information, but I am wondering, as the Anti-biotic wiped your digestive tract clean whether it might be prudent to see if your bowel can be 're-seeded' from the other end to get it down there quicker. There is a lady over here who does Colonic Irrigation. At the end of the process she restores bowel flora with probiotics to give...
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    It is also known as Kryptopyrroluria, Pyrroluria or even Pyroluria. There is not a lot of information about it and some seems to be contradictory but I found this thesis interesting. Open Original Shared Link The information that is out there seems good at telling us 'this is what happens' but not why. I would still suspect that bacterial or parasitic...
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    Shay, did it say on the yogurt which bacteria they use in the Greek yogurt? Different bacteria creates different results. Hi Kathryn. So you're over here in good old Blighty! What a pest that you wrecked your Yogurt Maker. They sell them in Lakeland shops if you want one from here. Whether there is one near to you I don't know. I buy the brand...
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    I wonder if it was pulping the coconut flesh with boiling water that affected the outcome of your yogurt, Dawn? Apparently if milk has been super-heat treated it will not sustain the bacteria - perhaps the same thing happened with the coconut. Heating foods above 116 degrees apparently destroys the enzymes. Why not try extracting the coconut milk with...
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    It is very common for people who react to gluten to also have intolerances to other foods, whether they have been diagnosed as Celiac or not. Nearly every day there is another post on just this section alone from those who have removed gluten but are not getting better or are still having issues with other foods. The damage to the gut prevents proper...
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    Before I went gluten-free I was in a lot of pain with my stomach every time I ate. It had been coming on for several months and the doctors weren't much bothered other than offering me things like Omeprazole. What really told me that my Liver was struggling was the fact that my hair was falling out all over the place. My husband was getting fed up pulling...
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    Hi Kristina. I agree with Mia concerning Candida - you have to get the gut into a position where it can no longer support the 'nasties'. Following the SCD is a good way to get going - it is not a 'Candida' diet as such as it is designed to help the gut heal but along with that is the need to get the gut flora 'normalised'. The Introduction Phase is...
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    Well, I have to say that I will be having a green smoothie for breakfast every day I reckon. This evening I walked down the road to a friends' house, nay I actually briskly marched to my friend's house about a quarter mile away, and then later I walked back! Wow. I haven't enjoyed energy like that for quite a while. If I ever have enough energy to do...
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    It could simply be that the damage to your gut is preventing these foods from digesting properly - there may be other undigested foods in your stool that you just don't recognise or that are too small to be obvious. Many of us who are gluten intolerant actually have a problem digesting carbohydrates. As gluten-free foods, namely the baked stuff, typically...
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    Quite a few of us who have had big problems with intolerances and digesting different foods are following the Specific Carbohydrate diet as Shay mentioned. It is having good success. I too, reiterate the point about you needing the fats. The body and particularly the brain needs plenty of fats and if the gall-bladder isn't used enough it will atrophy...
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    I think you have hit the nail on the head - the simpler the better - I know it is boring but it is like anything - you know how you always had to eat your dinner before you got any dessert.............? I actually couldn't cope with chicken soup initially either - I suspect it may have been that the cooking of the bones was actually drawing stuff out that...
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    I was a tinker for quite a while - not giving up chocolate. I was telling myself "it's only a square or two of the very bitterest choc", but it was still too much. I stopped it finally about a month ago and actually I haven't craved it at all. Because I kept a bar going on the side, there was always that handy temptation, but not getting it out or...
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    That is very interesting Ken, especially about the 'fat' bacteria - I must be well-endowed with those! :rolleyes:
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    I just had a message from Scott to say that the SCD recipe thread has to stay in the recipes section - trouble is I can just see it ending up disappearing into the ether................
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    Hi Brenda - good to 'see' you. What do you put in your green smoothies? I too need animal protein every day otherwise I get a splitting headache. I did the Alkalizing diet a couple years back but although it helped several things sort out, I got a very raw stomach and had to abandon it. I don't think for a minute it was the veg - I am more suspicious...
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    Hi. Sorry you are having such a struggle. As you already seem to be on the right track, why not check out the Specific Carbohydrate diet? It cuts out all the long-chain carbs and starches that feed rogue bacteria in the body causing many different problems. Your diet is not far off the SCD but it would remove the rice and potatoes as well but introduce...
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