Healing the Gut Tribe ~ March - Page 8

[JaneS]

RE: Houston's enzymes

Zyme Prime, No Fenol and AFP Peptizyde here too. Although DS has yet to work back up to Peptizyde... it is quite strong for him.

[JaneS]

Originally Posted by firefaery

Has anyone ever seen the product, "Natural Cellular Defense"? I am reading about it and am completely amazed. It looks like a great option for detox. One report said that in women attempting to get pregnant after seven days on the product the toxin levels in their breast tissue went from 13-16 down to 2! It has been written about by Gabriel Cousens and David Wolfe-two people I really like. People on it are posting pictures because they are detoxing so well their hair color and eye colors are changing-getting darker and clearer. I still have more to read, just wanted to know if any of you have heard of it.

$200 and issued by a MLM... makes me suspicious right off the bat.

I'm too tired right now to do any more research on anything!!

[JaneS]

Originally Posted by Pattyla

I need a better way to make crispy nuts. Do you think it would work to put them in the crock pot w/ the lid off or askew? Making them in the oven just takes over too much space and is a big pain. Thoughts?

That's a good idea! Although I think it was recommended to keep the temp at 150 to avoid killing enzymes with raw nut, but if you are going to cook with them anyways or they are not raw, I say go for it, and let me know how it goes!

[JaneS]

Originally Posted by Pattyla

Is there any point in getting my hair analized since I'm no where near weaning and not willing to put off ttc for several more years? Is there anything that I can do about it if I do have a problem? What about dd?

For minerals issue and also for commitment... if you know for certain there's a problem, you might work harder to correct it? Also to learn more about natural ways of detox thru nutrition.

[JaneS]

RE: hair sample amount

Maybe a 1/2 teaspoon? 1/4 teaspoon? somewhere around there.

[JaneS]

Originally Posted by embens

Ok, I'm on Synthroid. I have an underactive thyroid due to Hashimotos disease/disorder. If I don't take by the 2nd day I can barely get out of bed.

yes diarrhea is my problem. On a good day only once or twice. On a bad day seven to ten bouts. Yes EVERY day.

Yikes, you poor thing!!! SCD is definately worth a try, I think it will help. I've heard several testimonials from people like you.

[JaneS]

Originally Posted by embens

? for ya. I have issues with lactose and eggs. How can I do the diet without using either? I hate my body.

The SCD is lactose free.

You may be able to do eggs when the diarrhea stops... the book actually says to avoid them in this case. The gut will start healing and you might be able to handle just fine.

www.pecanbread.com has some egg free recipes, and maybe the support group lists would have more ideas too.

[Annikate]

Originally Posted by JaneS
RE: Houston's enzymes

Zyme Prime, No Fenol and AFP Peptizyde here too. Although DS has yet to work back up to Peptizyde... it is quite strong for him.

How did you know it was strong for your ds? I gave my 2 yr. old some enzymes yesterday for the first time and BOY! did she have a fussy day (and like 4 bms!)
Today was a whole different story. Good mood, good poopies. BUT, her little bottom is red tonight. Do you think I should cut back?

[Pattyla]

Ok I did the nuts. Not sure if they got too hot or not. They came out a lot like last time when I did them in the oven. They taste cooked to me but what do I know. It certainly was a much less painful way to do it. I did it part of the time on high. I think next time I'll do it on low the whole time to keep the temp down. With the lid off it probably doesn't get much over 150 in there if that. I could still touch them with my bare hands. I just stirred every couple of hours. I think I'll soak some walnuts tonight.

Ok so I'm convinced I need to get my hair done. Anyone have the like for me again ?

I'm switching us to goat dairy for now. It tastes awful Imo but dd doesn't seem to mind. Hoping it doesn't make a difference so I can go back to cow. Anyone have any ideas on how to make it taste less "goaty"? So far it is the uhp stuff from the grocery store. Still trying to get in touch with a local raw seller. I added some fruit to it and I think that was worse.

Oh and can anyone recomend a good cake recipe? I made the banana cake one from btvc and it was ok but not great. I made the marshmallow like frosting for it and that totally was the wrong way to go plus it was so stiff I couldn't spread it. DD has been invited to a b-day party and the host knows about our food issues and was offering to provide something we could eat. I said I would just bring a cake for us, today was the dry run. DD didn't seem to like the cake much but then she had skipped her nap and was pretty much done eating dinner so that could be why (she only eats when she is hungry, smart girl, even when it is sweets being offered)

I know there was something I wanted to respond to but I've lost it now.

[ShannonCC]

I have a question Can anyone give me a run down (or a list) of die-off symptoms? Or can I PM someone my question?

[Bestbirths]

houstons enzymes can cause die off at first.
Our son takes them with every meal.

Die off can be different for everyone, mostly for our ds it is a feeling of unwellness, more fatigue, more headaches....oh and CRANKY!!!!

During the beginning we sopped up the die off by giving activated charcoal one hour after the Grapefruit seed extract we were giving for yeast. I'd say we gave activated charcoal during the first month of supps and chelation, trying to give the charcoal at least an hour after food and supps. I read that you are supposed to wait two hours, for activated charcoal. The problem is that charcoal absorbs die off but it also absorbs nutrients from food, and given with the chelators, it would absorb them too.

[Bestbirths]

Pattyla-

I haven't braved a cake from scratch but I did purchase from the cloud county tea company and Gluten free essentials their yellow velvet cake and their extreme chocolate cake mix for dd's birthday. I served it to our entire homeschool group, then afterwards told them it was made w/o wheat, and no one noticed. Some even said it tasted lighter and better than real cake.

We've tried a best ever chocolate chip cookie reciepe from The cookbook "Special Diets for Special kids" which was really really yummy. We've made brown rice crispie treats with marshmallows and buttery sticks....all yummy


-----for someone who said mustard isn't gluten free-we use HyVee mustard and it is gluten free.

[zanelee]

OK, couple of quick questions....

-It is safe to take grapefruit seed extract while nursing...right? (Also-does this get rid of other "things" besides yeast?)

-If I take enzymes, do I need to give my nursing 1 year old enzymes? Or would enough good stuff pass through me to her?

I'm really at a loss as to where to start with her. Her main food source right now is still me...because nearly everything we've ever given her to eat passes straight through her unchanged. She's never had normal BM poops, so I always knew something wasn't right.
We are planning on the whole family being on SCD, but financially we just can't swing it all right now.
So, any suggestions?
Thanks!

[Pattyla]

Best births- Thanks. We are doing scd so any grains are off limits for us.

Ok gotta go

[Bestbirths]

Oh....making a cake w/o grains sounds really difficult.

I just read in Andy Culter's hair assessment book that people with weak adrenals do better with grains in their diet....and most of my children and I have weak adrenals...so...we HAVE to eat grains, right? especially, occasionally the grains found in cake and cookies when we aren't on the yeast free diet

[Bestbirths]

If I take enzymes, do I need to give my nursing 1 year old enzymes? Or would enough good stuff pass through me to her?

I would think, only if she was eating table food, or baby food, 20 min before eating. This is an excellent question. I would call the company who makes the enzymes about if you take enzymes, if the baby doesn't need enzymes to breastfeed....if the baby did need enzymes to breastfeed, you could try a chewable, or mix the powder in something and give it to her. You could try a trial of giving it to her and seeing if it made a difference.

On cost, I am exploring buying the powder from houstons in bulk through my hf store, it is $35 and $42 on the afp and zyme prime for the bulk powder, 200 doses...and the A/M yahoo group are teaching children as young as 2 1/2 to swallow vitamins...so we are exploring that. The bulk vitamins that you make yourself with a cap maker looks like what we will try to do for everything.

[Panserbjorne]

Pascalite clay is a much better option than activated charcoal for die off. It will remove toxins and leave trace minerals behind. IT will not take any nutrients out of food. It is high in iron, calcium, magnesium and manganese amongst others.

[Panserbjorne]

We make grain-free cakes all the time! We them. I actually do alot of raw stuff as well-as most all raw recipes are SCD legal. I made an apple crumble the other night that was to die for. I also made a "cheesecake" that was fantastic. My dh tried to eat it all on me! THe raw stuff is super nutrient dense, all you are using is nuts and fruit with maybe a bit of honey. IT's great, and my kids are super happy.
Now I'm just trying to find out if raw, unprocessed cacao beans would be legal!

[Panserbjorne]

Still readin on the NCD. IT is a MLM, but I haven't found a glitch yet and I even have talked (online) to some who have used it with great results...still more reading to do, but we may be trying it.

[Bestbirths]

I've only heard positive reports on NCD, but I am waiting too see more reports because so many natural mlm type things come out to be not up to all of the hype.

Wow! on cooking grain free

....the next thing I am going to try is making yogurt with the yogourmet...and the "d-lactate" free probiotic...I want to try to make yogurt out of that too...

...Pascalite clay: