Re: --hotdogs - MODERATOR??

[Guest guest]

> Does all this " homemade hotdog " talk mean that the turkey hotdogs

by

> Applegate Farms are not legal? I was excited to find them and the

label

> ingredients are turkey, water, salt, spices (I guess that could be

a

> mystery), paprika, fresh garlic, and onions.

>

>

, I've put the Moderator tag on the subject so that someone

who has been keeping up better can chime in..

Spices on a label generally are considered suspect, because you just

never really know what's in it.

However, some time ago some parents checked out the applegate farms

hot dogs specifically, and thought they were OK (wrote to company,

got reply on company letterhead via snail mail, etc). I don't know

if anything has changed since then.

At least one parent did think their child had a problem with them,

but that doesn't necessarily make them illegal.

In my opinion, using any processed food is a judgement call you must

make. Also in my opinion, if you use those things early in the

diet, before you have significant improvements, you'll never know if

you could have gotten better results without them. If you wait some

months, get and maintain some improvements, and THEN choose to try

processed food after you check it out and make the personal

judgement to do it, then you will have some basis on which to know

if your child handles it or not.

Those are not available in my area, and I'm having good results

without processed fooods for now.

Hope this helps.

-- Sue, mom to Adam (6, ASD) and (9, n/t, gut issues)

SCD 7 months

[Guest guest]

Sue, thanks for your insight. As it turns out, nobody in the family will eat

them anyway, so I guess I won’t push the issue. In the mean time, I’m

thrilled to announce that my daughter ate 4 chicken pancakes tonight!!! What

a relief knowing she’s finally getting some protein into her little body.

(ASD, 4 ½ yrs, SCD 11 days)

_____

From: masktharrett

Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 1:23 PM

To: pecanbread

Subject: Re: --hotdogs - MODERATOR??

> Does all this " homemade hotdog " talk mean that the turkey hotdogs

by

> Applegate Farms are not legal? I was excited to find them and the

label

> ingredients are turkey, water, salt, spices (I guess that could be

a

> mystery), paprika, fresh garlic, and onions.

>

>

, I've put the Moderator tag on the subject so that someone

who has been keeping up better can chime in..

Spices on a label generally are considered suspect, because you just

never really know what's in it.

However, some time ago some parents checked out the applegate farms

hot dogs specifically, and thought they were OK (wrote to company,

got reply on company letterhead via snail mail, etc). I don't know

if anything has changed since then.

At least one parent did think their child had a problem with them,

but that doesn't necessarily make them illegal.

In my opinion, using any processed food is a judgement call you must

make. Also in my opinion, if you use those things early in the

diet, before you have significant improvements, you'll never know if

you could have gotten better results without them. If you wait some

months, get and maintain some improvements, and THEN choose to try

processed food after you check it out and make the personal

judgement to do it, then you will have some basis on which to know

if your child handles it or not.

Those are not available in my area, and I'm having good results

without processed fooods for now.

Hope this helps.

-- Sue, mom to Adam (6, ASD) and (9, n/t, gut issues)

SCD 7 months

For information on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, please read the book

_Breaking the Vicious Cycle_ by Elaine Gottschall and read the following

websites:

http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info

and

http://www.pecanbread.com

[Guest guest]

Sue, thanks for your insight. As it turns out, nobody in the family will eat

them anyway, so I guess I won’t push the issue. In the mean time, I’m

thrilled to announce that my daughter ate 4 chicken pancakes tonight!!! What

a relief knowing she’s finally getting some protein into her little body.

(ASD, 4 ½ yrs, SCD 11 days)

_____

From: masktharrett

Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 1:23 PM

To: pecanbread

Subject: Re: --hotdogs - MODERATOR??

> Does all this " homemade hotdog " talk mean that the turkey hotdogs

by

> Applegate Farms are not legal? I was excited to find them and the

label

> ingredients are turkey, water, salt, spices (I guess that could be

a

> mystery), paprika, fresh garlic, and onions.

>

>

, I've put the Moderator tag on the subject so that someone

who has been keeping up better can chime in..

Spices on a label generally are considered suspect, because you just

never really know what's in it.

However, some time ago some parents checked out the applegate farms

hot dogs specifically, and thought they were OK (wrote to company,

got reply on company letterhead via snail mail, etc). I don't know

if anything has changed since then.

At least one parent did think their child had a problem with them,

but that doesn't necessarily make them illegal.

In my opinion, using any processed food is a judgement call you must

make. Also in my opinion, if you use those things early in the

diet, before you have significant improvements, you'll never know if

you could have gotten better results without them. If you wait some

months, get and maintain some improvements, and THEN choose to try

processed food after you check it out and make the personal

judgement to do it, then you will have some basis on which to know

if your child handles it or not.

Those are not available in my area, and I'm having good results

without processed fooods for now.

Hope this helps.

-- Sue, mom to Adam (6, ASD) and (9, n/t, gut issues)

SCD 7 months

For information on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, please read the book

_Breaking the Vicious Cycle_ by Elaine Gottschall and read the following

websites:

http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info

and

http://www.pecanbread.com

[Guest guest]

Hi and Sue,

Yes, the spices do make them suspect. I also wonder about the

onion. The garlic ingredient says fresh garlic but it doesn't say

fresh onion. If it is dried onion it may have starch so that it is

free flowing. Just a thought.

I agree with Sue - the final decision to use is up to use them or

not. If you use them and are not getting the results you'd like

please consider cutting them out for a while to see if that makes a

difference.

Sheila UC, 20 years -- in remission after 39 mos SCD

mom of SCD 24 mos

> label

> > ingredients are turkey, water, salt, spices (I guess that could

be

> a

> > mystery), paprika, fresh garlic, and onions.

> >

> Spices on a label generally are considered suspect, because you

just

> never really know what's in it.

>

> However, some time ago some parents checked out the applegate

farms

> hot dogs specifically, and thought they were OK (wrote to company,

> got reply on company letterhead via snail mail, etc). I don't

know

> if anything has changed since then.

>

> At least one parent did think their child had a problem with them,

> but that doesn't necessarily make them illegal.

>

> In my opinion, using any processed food is a judgement call you

must

> make. Also in my opinion, if you use those things early in the

> diet, before you have significant improvements, you'll never know

if

> you could have gotten better results without them. If you wait

some

> months, get and maintain some improvements, and THEN choose to try

> processed food after you check it out and make the personal

> judgement to do it, then you will have some basis on which to know

> if your child handles it or not.

>

> Those are not available in my area, and I'm having good results

> without processed fooods for now.

>

> Hope this helps.

>

> -- Sue, mom to Adam (6, ASD) and (9, n/t, gut issues)

> SCD 7 months