inulin

[Guest guest]

Hi Rosemarie;

Inulin is an indigestible set of primarily long chain sugars of different

lengths.The shortest chain sugars (FOS) and the small amount of regular sugars

in it can also be used by the wrong bacteria and yeasts, but the longer chain

sugars in it can only be used by the correct bacteria.

Increasing Inulin intake restores bowel health in many ways by controlling

incorrect bacteria and yeasts in the long run. I've put up a couple of Inulin

pages on my website:

http://members.shaw.ca/duncancrow/

I also have a 110-page scientific review I'll be scanning in shortly.

Native Inulin is easy to get in retail or industrial quantities, on the 'net or

in the health food store. If the product is decribed as simply Inulin, it is

native inulin. It costs about $16 a pound in retail quantities.

Inulin can also be refined to remove regular and the shortest chain sugars for

even more specific feeding of the correct bowel bacteria using only the longest

chain sugars. This is a distinctly different product that costs about $18 a

pound in retail quantities.

Long-chain Inulin is the kind I make available because it will not interfere in

any way with the candida or IBS diet, which often calls for eliminating all

dietary sugars and starches. This Inulin will feed bifidobacteria and

lactobacillus strains to restore bowel flora and little else.

I'm primarily a practitioner but I do off-sales when I have it. I don't have

any left right now but some should be in soon.

Duncan Crow

>

> you mention inulin. this is the second time I've heard of this. what

> does it do and where does one purchase it?

>

> it sounds like something I could use.

>

> thanks for the help. your email was very helpful.

>

> rosemarie

[Guest guest]

Hi Duncan

You say you are a practioner... of what? I might have just misread that. Your

email addy shows that you are in my neck of the woods.. do you find it difficult

to get things here, at decent prices?

Diane

Re: inulin

Hi Rosemarie;

Inulin is an indigestible set of primarily long chain sugars of different

lengths.The shortest chain sugars (FOS) and the small amount of regular sugars

in it can also be used by the wrong bacteria and yeasts, but the longer chain

sugars in it can only be used by the correct bacteria.

Increasing Inulin intake restores bowel health in many ways by controlling

incorrect bacteria and yeasts in the long run. I've put up a couple of Inulin

pages on my website:

http://members.shaw.ca/duncancrow/

I also have a 110-page scientific review I'll be scanning in shortly.

Native Inulin is easy to get in retail or industrial quantities, on the 'net or

in the health food store. If the product is decribed as simply Inulin, it is

native inulin. It costs about $16 a pound in retail quantities.

Inulin can also be refined to remove regular and the shortest chain sugars for

even more specific feeding of the correct bowel bacteria using only the longest

chain sugars. This is a distinctly different product that costs about $18 a

pound in retail quantities.

Long-chain Inulin is the kind I make available because it will not interfere in

any way with the candida or IBS diet, which often calls for eliminating all

dietary sugars and starches. This Inulin will feed bifidobacteria and

lactobacillus strains to restore bowel flora and little else.

I'm primarily a practitioner but I do off-sales when I have it. I don't have

any left right now but some should be in soon.

Duncan Crow

>

> you mention inulin. this is the second time I've heard of this. what

> does it do and where does one purchase it?

>

> it sounds like something I could use.

>

> thanks for the help. your email was very helpful.

>

> rosemarie

[Guest guest]

Duncan Crow sells it and a lot of other stuff, many people on the site tend to

purchase from him.

Amy <Amelia@...> wrote:

What is it?

AND where can I buy it?

Thanks

Amy

> Probiotics restore bowel pH. Candida dosen't survive the correct

(acid)

> pH in the bowel. In addition, probiotics produce toxins that don't

affect

> you but do effect the " bad " bacteria and yeasts.

>

> So the short answer is yes, take the lactobacillus.

>

> But probiotics by themselves don't work exceedingly well. A longer

answer

> is also eliminate sugar, starch alcohol from all sources and take

inulin

> or indigestible starch, or some other fermentable fiber, and eat

foods

> that contain same.

>

> Duncan Crow

>

> > I do have some acidop. in the refridgerator,

> > but am not sure when or how to take it for the candida. Thanks

so much.

> > Connie

[Guest guest]

Hi Tari;

If fiber smart is cellulose, clostridia bacteria can use it and that's

not so good. If it's not broken down as feed by bifidobacteria and

lactobacilli, you'll still need the inulin to feed them.

Here's how to treat irritable bowel, crohn's and colitis yourself

(besides eliminating problem foods for awhile):

Coconut oil (or lauricidin) contains fatty acids that kill lots of

bacteria, many of which can cause or aggravate IBS and IBD; coconut oil

is nown to reduce symptoms in days.

Inulin feeds the good bacteria at the expense of the bad; restoring the

bowel bacteria has been proposed to control Crohn's, UC, and IBS. Doing

so can start to control symptoms in a week to a few weeks. Foods contain

inulin; you can also buy it by itself.

Cold-processed whey isolate plus selenium increases the antioxidant

glutathione, which is severly depleted in Crohn's patients and can be

completely absent at the injured site. A full antioxidant program is

better that taking only one. Low glutathione is linked to many diseases.

All of the above has been part of the research for years.

Probiotics can also be helpful until correct bowel culture is restored.

More information is on my website. There's a lot of research material

there that proves out the valididty of using this approach.

>

> I am starting on the threelac program but I am reading a lot about

> constipation. If I take Fiber Smart, would I also have the need for

> inulin. I have irritable bowel syndrom and don,t know which would be best,

> or both. Tari

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the information Duncan. Fiber Smart put out by Renew life seems to

have the neccesary ingredients. I was wondering if coconut oil would be a good

addition since I have IBS. I don,t want to overdue it, and the fewer products I

have to take I think will be the key as to whether I am successful or not. How

is coconut oil presented, and how do you take it.

Thanks,

Tari

Duncan Crow <duncancrow@...> wrote:

Hi Tari;

If fiber smart is cellulose, clostridia bacteria can use it and that's

not so good. If it's not broken down as feed by bifidobacteria and

lactobacilli, you'll still need the inulin to feed them.

Here's how to treat irritable bowel, crohn's and colitis yourself

(besides eliminating problem foods for awhile):

Coconut oil (or lauricidin) contains fatty acids that kill lots of

bacteria, many of which can cause or aggravate IBS and IBD; coconut oil

is nown to reduce symptoms in days.

Inulin feeds the good bacteria at the expense of the bad; restoring the

bowel bacteria has been proposed to control Crohn's, UC, and IBS. Doing

so can start to control symptoms in a week to a few weeks. Foods contain

inulin; you can also buy it by itself.

Cold-processed whey isolate plus selenium increases the antioxidant

glutathione, which is severly depleted in Crohn's patients and can be

completely absent at the injured site. A full antioxidant program is

better that taking only one. Low glutathione is linked to many diseases.

All of the above has been part of the research for years.

Probiotics can also be helpful until correct bowel culture is restored.

More information is on my website. There's a lot of research material

there that proves out the valididty of using this approach.

>

> I am starting on the threelac program but I am reading a lot about

> constipation. If I take Fiber Smart, would I also have the need for

> inulin. I have irritable bowel syndrom and don,t know which would be best,

> or both. Tari

[Guest guest]

Hey Tari

here, I take coconut oil in the extra virgin form,,,interesting stuff

it is..It becomes a liquid at approx 80 degrees and a solid anything below

77 degrees...You do not have to refrig it....

It has a mild taste of coconut...

From: tari stoeckelmann <tarijo@...>

Reply-candidiasis

candidiasis

Subject: Re: Re: inulin

Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 14:45:02 -0700 (PDT)

Thanks for the information Duncan. Fiber Smart put out by Renew life seems

to have the neccesary ingredients. I was wondering if coconut oil would be a

good addition since I have IBS. I don,t want to overdue it, and the fewer

products I have to take I think will be the key as to whether I am

successful or not. How is coconut oil presented, and how do you take it.

Thanks,

Tari

Duncan Crow <duncancrow@...> wrote:

Hi Tari;

If fiber smart is cellulose, clostridia bacteria can use it and that's

not so good. If it's not broken down as feed by bifidobacteria and

lactobacilli, you'll still need the inulin to feed them.

Here's how to treat irritable bowel, crohn's and colitis yourself

(besides eliminating problem foods for awhile):

Coconut oil (or lauricidin) contains fatty acids that kill lots of

bacteria, many of which can cause or aggravate IBS and IBD; coconut oil

is nown to reduce symptoms in days.

Inulin feeds the good bacteria at the expense of the bad; restoring the

bowel bacteria has been proposed to control Crohn's, UC, and IBS. Doing

so can start to control symptoms in a week to a few weeks. Foods contain

inulin; you can also buy it by itself.

Cold-processed whey isolate plus selenium increases the antioxidant

glutathione, which is severly depleted in Crohn's patients and can be

completely absent at the injured site. A full antioxidant program is

better that taking only one. Low glutathione is linked to many diseases.

All of the above has been part of the research for years.

Probiotics can also be helpful until correct bowel culture is restored.

More information is on my website. There's a lot of research material

there that proves out the valididty of using this approach.

>

> I am starting on the threelac program but I am reading a lot about

> constipation. If I take Fiber Smart, would I also have the need for

> inulin. I have irritable bowel syndrom and don,t know which would be

best,

> or both. Tari

[Guest guest]

Hi Duncan,I have been using inulin for about 3 weeks now.At first it caused

me to be quite constipated but now I'm having regular bowl

movements each morning.I have noticed that my stool has what I think are

fine bits of yeast on it,like a scant fur coat(excuse the graphics).Is this

a die off or a sign of something else?Also,I've noticed bits of undigested

food.Any suggestions?Thanks,Donna

[Guest guest]

>

> Hi Duncan,I have been using inulin for about 3 weeks now.At first it

> caused me to be quite constipated but now I'm having regular bowl

> movements each morning.I have noticed that my stool has what I think are

> fine bits of yeast on it,like a scant fur coat(excuse the graphics).Is

> this a die off or a sign of something else?Also,I've noticed bits of

> undigested food.Any suggestions?Thanks,Donna

>

Hi Donna,

Certainly sounds like it may be a wholesale slaughter, a changing of the

guard so to speak, doesn't it?

If you notice undigested food particles it's a sign that you should chew

your food better. Digestion requires it. Inulin reduces transit time in

constipated individuals provided they drink enough water, and increases

fecal bulking somewhat in diarrhea, but digestion itself is the

responsibility of enzymes and teeth. Digestive enzymes do not get very

far into unchewed food.

Really, I'm not making fun... glad to the hear the sugar-free inulin is

working already (we knew it would

Duncan Crow

[Guest guest]

>

> Un fortunately I have asked at a number of healthfood shops both in london and

> in Leeds where I live and it is impossible to get hold of as I have been told

> that the owners can't obtain a license to sell as it is unproven here. The

> only I have come across is an addition to a Lanes week long detox kit they

> sell in Sainsbury's. I am trying to do it naturally by taking artichoke

> tablets & other permissible veg although unfortunately chicory based coffee

> also includes the coffee itself so planning on using dandelion root instead

> hope that helps

>

> dawn

> Hi

Hi Dawn,

Although inulin may be unavailable at the health food shop, it is used in a

large industrial scale in the UK as a proven bifidogenic fiber additive in

bread. Perhaps the Bakery will sell you a sack of it.

To get enough artichoke tablets to be useful as an inulin supplement, bear in

mind the dose you're aiming for is 12-15 grams daily of the inulin component.

Dandelion or chicory root will be fine. To extract the inulin, smash and boil

it, and use the broth, just as they did in ancient Greece. You'll need quite

a lot though.

Perhaps you should consider buying my sugar-free inulin; I've sent several

packages to the UK just fine.

Duncan Crow

http://members.shaw.ca/duncancrow/

[Guest guest]

Here is some Inulin info that someone from the Leaky Gut forum posted:

Chris

Bucking the System

Health Sciences Institute e-Alert

December 15, 2003

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Dear Reader,

When I sent you an e-Alert last June about the nutritional

value of buckwheat as a possible prebiotic (a carbohydrate

that prompts the growth of " friendly " bacteria in the

digestive tract), I didn't imagine that I'd have more to say

about buckwheat just a few months later.

Now a new study shows that buckwheat may also help diabetics

lower blood glucose levels. And when you consider that

buckwheat is also rich in omega-3 fatty acids, B vitamins,

minerals, and essential amino acids, then you've got a food

product that's primed and ready to become the next health-

food superstar.

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Something in the mix

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As I told you in the e-Alert " To the Waffle House "

(6/18/03), buckwheat is not a type of wheat or even a grain.

In fact, technically it's a fruit. And because previous

studies have shown that buckwheat may help increase insulin

sensitivity, researchers at the Department of Human

Nutritional Sciences at the University of Manitoba (UM) in

Canada devised a study to examine the effects of buckwheat

on elevated blood glucose levels.

The UM scientists chemically induced type 1 diabetes in

about 40 laboratory rats. The rats were fed either buckwheat

extract or a placebo. When their blood glucose

concentrations were measured, the rats given the buckwheat

had glucose levels that were reduced 12 to 19 percent. There

was no reduction of glucose concentration in any of the rats

that received only placebo.

The next step for the UM team will be to duplicate the test

in rats induced with type 2 diabetes. The researchers

predict that buckwheat will also lower glucose

concentrations in the type 2 test. This prediction is based

in part on previous studies that have shown how a component

of buckwheat called chiro-inositol may prompt cells to

become more insulin-sensitive.

In a news release issued by the American Chemical Society,

the lead author of the study, Carla G. , said their

research demonstrates that buckwheat may provide diabetics

with a " safe, easy and inexpensive way to lower glucose

levels and reduce the risk of complications. " But until

research can be done with human subjects, the researchers

can't yet estimate just how much buckwheat would need to be

eaten to create a beneficial effect on glucose levels.

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Helping the good guys

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Whether you eat buckwheat products to help with glucose

concentrations or to reap the benefits of B vitamins and

omega-3 fatty acids, there is another potential health

benefit to eating buckwheat. As I said in the June e-Alert,

researchers in Madrid, Spain, used a trial with rats to

demonstrate that buckwheat may act as a prebiotic,

encouraging the growth of probiotics - or friendly bacteria -

in the digestive tract.

At HSI we've written many times about the necessity of

probiotic organisms. In a healthy individual, these

beneficial bacteria inhabit the digestive tract in massive

numbers, crowding out harmful bacteria, aiding digestion,

and supporting immune function. This healthy " gut flora "

produces valuable nutrients (including certain B vitamins

and omega-3 fatty acids), digestive enzymes like lactase,

and immune chemicals that fight harmful bacteria and even

cancer cells.

But this critical ecosystem is fragile and can be easily

disturbed by any number of factors, including poor

nutrition, stress, surgery, parasitic infestation, and

synthetic drugs. When the number or activity level of your

good bacteria drops too low, it opens the door for harmful

bacteria to proliferate, allowing the opportunity for

diseases to develop.

Sufficient amounts of intestinal flora can be maintained

through dietary sources such as cultured products like

yogurt and kefir, and lignans such as flaxseed, carrots,

spinach, cauliflower, broccoli, millet, and... buckwheat!

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The way of the buckwheat

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I asked HSI Panelist Allan Spreen, M.D., for his opinion on

buckwheat, and he reminded me of the acronym " BROW, " which

can help us remember which grains pose potential problems

for diabetics. Dr. Spreen said: " Barley, rye, oat, and wheat

(BROW) are the high-gluten grains, so buckwheat would be

fine in their stead, as it is not a gluten-containing

product. Buckwheat is a good flour to use for lots of

purposes because it is difficult to refine, so to my

knowledge they don't bother.

" As an aside, for those who are trying to go 'gluten-free,'

oat seems to not bother gluten-sensitive people that much,

though it's in the BROW group. Personally, I've seen lots of

people allergic to wheat but able to tolerate both barley

and oat. Unprocessed forms are better, of course. "

A search on the Internet will quickly turn up several

sources that sell buckwheat. And many of those web sites

also provide buckwheat recipes that go beyond pancakes,

waffles, and noodles; the three food items that buckwheat is

most well known for. But if you do whip up some buckwheat

waffles, you might try sweetening them with buckwheat honey,

which happens to have much higher antioxidant levels than

typical lighter honeys.

It seems you just can't go wrong when you go with the

buckwheat.

[Guest guest]

About the buckwheat article, which says correctly enough that buckwheat is a

prebiotic.....

Sure it's a prebiotic, but natural prebiotics contain a lot of natural sugars

and starches that the yeast and unwanted bacteria will thank you for, very

much! Not only that, but most prebiotics also contain enough short-chained

FOS that many unwanted bacteria can use.

Following advice like " eat buckwheat " leads into the trap of continued bowel

dysbiosis, the double whammy you want to avoid, that a lot of practitioners

don't know about yet. If you use these foods at all, which is unwise for a

candida patient, you'd have to use sugar-free inulin to try and provide a

preponderance of prebiotic that only the bifidobacteria and to a certain

extent, lactobacilli, can eat.

Duncan Crow

[Guest guest]

Duncan,

I think (I'm not trying to speak for you) might be a little

frustrated about the wealth of information found here and probably

just wants to start feeling better! I can sympathize with her on

that. But I also would like to say that I appreciate all of your

free advice. I know that you reference your website about some

products that you sell, but I also know that your website offers

general knowledge about products, too, and that you almost always

offer other places to find similar items (in other words, you're not

just pushing your product!).

Thanks again -

> >

> > Isn't buckwheat a grain? So we cant eat grains now either?

Surely we're

> > not meant to subsist solely on doses of inulin we buy from you?

> >

>

> , of course you can't use grains. That's what booze is

brewed from,

> using yeast, which uses starches and sugars.

>

> There still remain 200 vegetables that you can use safely even if

you have

> candida. Just remove the bulk of the starch and sugar from your

diet. How

> hard could it be?

>

> Help everybody, I think is picking on me ... Please,

,

> just take a look at the information the rest of the group has

posted. I can

> assure you I'm not making anything up.

>

> Duncan Crow

[Guest guest]

Jeanne, see our files for the article " Prebiotics FOS & Inulin Not

Recommended " . Adding them to products seems to be the latest greatest

marketing ploy.

Bee

[Guest guest]

> I decided to use Glucomannan other than Inulin, to help reseed the

> gut, but have seen no real results.

> http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info/knowledge_base/kb/inulin.htm

Yeah, that link has been kicking around the health groups for a long

time... ly I think it's a lot of non-science and emotionally

charged junk opinion. It's a poor piece, Imo.

I'm sure the scd pundits would be against anything

that promotes any microbial activity in the gut in any way including

glucomannan. I don't think you would see much difference in prebiotic

activity between the various long chain oligosaccharides.

> All the Glyconutrients have so much hype attached to them that I am

> leery of even the " research " they refer to.

> Ambrotose ka$$ching. Open to better info on this one.

Glyconutrients are another area of interest, they are essential sugars

that the body needs and can't make. They are involved with the immune

system and the healing of autoimmune disease. This is a good

site: www.glycoscience.org

Bruce

> --Terry

>

>

[Guest guest]

Huh. That was interesting, Bruce. There were several long threads about

inulin on some other lists and I don't think I saw your viewpoint

represented.

Off to see Sandor Katz in Pennsylvania....

Ron

> > I decided to use Glucomannan other than Inulin, to help reseed the

> > gut, but have seen no real results.

> >

> http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info/knowledge_base/kb/inulin.htm

>

> Yeah, that link has been kicking around the health groups for a long

> time... ly I think it's a lot of non-science and emotionally

> charged junk opinion. It's a poor piece, Imo.

>

> I'm sure the scd pundits would be against anything

> that promotes any microbial activity in the gut in any way including

> glucomannan. I don't think you would see much difference in prebiotic

> activity between the various long chain oligosaccharides.

>

> > All the Glyconutrients have so much hype attached to them that I am

> > leery of even the " research " they refer to.

> > Ambrotose ka$$ching. Open to better info on this one.

>

> Glyconutrients are another area of interest, they are essential sugars

> that the body needs and can't make. They are involved with the immune

> system and the healing of autoimmune disease. This is a good

> site: www.glycoscience.org

>

> Bruce

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

> > --Terry

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

> That was interesting, Bruce. There were several long threads about

> inulin on some other lists and I don't think I saw your viewpoint

> represented.

I weighed in early to mixed reviews. ;-)

I do think the scd diet can be a useful method of treatment for

inflammatory bowel disorders. I have recommended it to people in the

health food store where I used to work. I just don't think it is a good

management strategy for long term bowel health.

Bruce

[Guest guest]

Would " He " be the infamous Duncan Crow?

[Guest guest]

On Aug 12, 2005, at 10:05 PM, theindiancreek@... wrote:

> Would " He " be the infamous Duncan Crow?

Yes. It is Duncan Crow. A lot of people seem to have something against

this guy. What is the deal with him and inulin?

[Guest guest]

> On Aug 12, 2005, at 10:05 PM, theindiancreek@a... wrote:

>

> > Would " He " be the infamous Duncan Crow?

>

> Yes. It is Duncan Crow. A lot of people seem to have something

against this guy. What is the deal with him and inulin?

Dear Mark & ,

I've had many disagreements with Duncan Crow and his ideas/product

pushing. When I had more time I was a regular contributor on the

Candidiasis Group, but when I started working full time I couldn't keep

up with both groups. So I am very familiar with Duncan Crow.

A number of my articles are posted in the Candidiasis Group files - see

Bee's Folder. The moderator and I have had many discussions off-line,

and she initally requested my articles for the group.

I went to Duncan's website and found that some of the products he

pushes he also sells. Interesting no?

Bee

[Guest guest]

InSulin??? Or what is Inulin?

[ ] Inulin

To Bee or anyone else:

There is quite a debate raging on another candida group about the

benefits or lack thereof

of inulin. Specifically, there is a wholistic practitioner on the

group who believes that the

body needs inulin as a prebiotic in order for probiotics to flourish.

His belief is that inulin

is an important part of the natural diet, and that it is lacking from

the modern diet. He

goes on to say that most people who believe that inulin feeds yeast

have not realized that

it is often confused with and/or mixed with FOS, and/or sugars. His

belief is that only pure

isolated inulin works if it cannot otherwise be obtained from natural sources,

and that it is an

important supplement in returning the natural balance of flora to the

intestines.

This all sounds very logical to me, but there are some people on the

list who are very vocal

in their ciriticsm of this belief and of the practitioner who

preaches it.

I have heard that

probiotics are useless if there is no prebiotic in place and that

most of the probiotics don't

make it past the stomach. I have also heard that the probiotics are

already there, but need

to be fed. If this is true than maybe inulin would be helpful. If not, then I

would likke to

hear that.

I would be very interested to hear what you, Bee, and anyone else on

the list thinks about

all this.

-MM

[Guest guest]

Dear Caroline - it's not insulin, it's inulin. See the article I

posted above to find out what it is.

Bee

> InSulin??? Or what is Inulin?

>

[Guest guest]

Bill-

scroll down this link about inulin and allergic reactions for a list

of foods that naturally contain inulin:

http://allergies.about.com/cs/inulin/a/aa051500a.htm

g

> Anyone tell me what the natural sources (food?) are for inulin?

>

> gracias

>

> Bill

[Guest guest]

> scroll down this link about inulin and allergic reactions for a list

> of foods that naturally contain inulin:

>

> http://allergies.about.com/cs/inulin/a/aa051500a.htm

>

> g

G wrote today that he dislikes the very idea of inulin, then he

identifies for us this article which is emotional, speculative and

with little substance. The similarity did not escape me.

The article listed just a few veggies although ALL vegetables contain

inulin. SOME vegetables produce allergic reactions, but this may not

have anything to do with the inulin.

The article is titled " Inulin May Trigger an Allergic Reaction " to

capur the audience and add drama. The story however does not live up

to the drama because the article itself says " ...there are no other

reports on inulin reactions.... " , referring to the only anaphylaxis

case ever documented in what has been five millennia of continual

use. Anaphylaxis is a potentially fatal allergic reaction, not a mere

food sensitivity.

We know that anaphylactic shock is rarely due to the inulin itself

because obviously if all vegetables contain it (even wheat, albeit at

trace amounts), if a person ate any vegetables at all, particularly

the higher inulin-containing foods, he'd have a serious reaction.

Nevertheless, the article charges on and recommends labeling based on

the single inulin allergy. I doubt labeling will not save many more

than one life in the next millennia or so.

Duncan

[Guest guest]

Duncan-

so the individual cited had a reaction appears to be a simple fact,

funny that it would bother you. the page does indeed have the foods

listed and a good general discription of inulin. not sure why you

would have a problem with that.

besides, my beef with inulin has nothing to do with allergies, just

that it doesn't work to clear a candida overgrowth. Where is an

article that says it will? or even a real person who says so? My

recollection of being on this forum for a few years was that not a

single person claimed that inulin helped them overcome candida. that

sums up my problem with it. your sales tactics are what they are.

thankfully with google, anyone who does want to experiment with

things like inulin does not have to pay your outrageous prices.

so back to a point I raised earlier, since you are here to help,

where is your plan for overcoming candida? with all the posts you do

here about inulin, whey and other products, surely you have time to

lay out a simple strategy for overcoming candada? a book? you could

even sell that. maybe its just me, but some might find that helpful.

john g

> > scroll down this link about inulin and allergic reactions for a

list

> > of foods that naturally contain inulin:

> >

> > http://allergies.about.com/cs/inulin/a/aa051500a.htm

> >

> > g

>

> G wrote today that he dislikes the very idea of inulin, then he

> identifies for us this article which is emotional, speculative and

> with little substance. The similarity did not escape me.

>

> The article listed just a few veggies although ALL vegetables

contain

> inulin. SOME vegetables produce allergic reactions, but this may

not

> have anything to do with the inulin.

>

> The article is titled " Inulin May Trigger an Allergic Reaction " to

> capur the audience and add drama. The story however does not live

up

> to the drama because the article itself says " ...there are no other

> reports on inulin reactions.... " , referring to the only anaphylaxis

> case ever documented in what has been five millennia of continual

> use. Anaphylaxis is a potentially fatal allergic reaction, not a

mere

> food sensitivity.

>

> We know that anaphylactic shock is rarely due to the inulin itself

> because obviously if all vegetables contain it (even wheat, albeit

at

> trace amounts), if a person ate any vegetables at all, particularly

> the higher inulin-containing foods, he'd have a serious reaction.

>

> Nevertheless, the article charges on and recommends labeling based

on

> the single inulin allergy. I doubt labeling will not save many more

> than one life in the next millennia or so.

>

> Duncan

[Guest guest]

> Duncan, could you please comment on this infprmation? it comes from an

> article on the westonprice-site. thank you, Andreea

> " Of course all table sugar should be avoided as well as high fructose

> corn syrup. (Fructose is a monosaccharide, but high fructose corn

> syrup also contains sucrose, which is a disaccharide.) Also a problem

> for those with digestive prolems are potatoes and corn—considered

> vegetables, but, when cooked, are really starches. One of the worst

> foods for those with digestive problems is the Jerusalem artichoke

> (tubers from the sunflower family). These contain complex

> carbohydrates called inulins, which are extremely difficult to break

> down. "

The passage is either out of context or misses the point. From a

digestive standpoint mentioned in the piece, inulins are supposed to

be difficult to break down, as mammals do not produce the specific

enzymes required to do it.

Inulins are a class of indigestible soluble fiber that feeds

probiotic bacteria that correct bowel problems. As the inulin is

fermented by bacteria they produce short chain fatty acids,

bacteriocins, acetic and lactic acids, and anti-cancer enzymes.

Duncan Crow