Re: coconut flour (was nut flour)

[Guest guest]

Hi Shar,I'd like to offer a word of caution about coconut flour. It is very high fiber and my experience is that it causes constipation even in fairly small amounts unless consumed with large quantities of water. Almond flour is also difficult for many folks to digest, myself included. One of the hardest habits to break is expecting to eat baked goods regularly. Maybe some people can tolerate that quantity of nuts and/or coconut, but for myself and my kids we've discovered that we need to limit ourselves to 1 cookie (and who can eat just one cookie?), and a whole muffin might be overdoing it. We have had better success with pecan flour than anything else, but we still have to keep the quantity consumed in any day very small or we have problems. Our best success has been staying away from baked goods for the most part and consuming large quantities of mostly cooked veggies, modest portions of fruit, and small portions of meat/eggs/cheese as tolerated individually. Every person will be different, but my sense from observing comments on the list over the past several months has been that coconut is a very advanced food and not easy on the digestion generally, and nuts should not be overdone. If you think about the quantity of nut flour in a recipe (often 3 cups or more) and then divide that by servings, you start to realize what a large portion of nuts you are confronting your body with when you eat SDC baked goods. Good luck with your experimenting. Be ready for setbacks when experimenting with baked goods. Don't give up, you'll find some things that work for you eventually. in PAlifelong IBSgluten-free 4 1/2 yrsSDC 8 months

--- Re: nut flour

Date: Thu, January 08, 2009 10:32 am

To: BTVC-SCD

I just bought some coconut flour and have almond flour on hand here as well. I have Crohn's and Gastroparesis and have been advised to eat a low/no fiber, low fat diet. Thought I would try coconut flour to make cookies or muffins to see if I can tolerate those. Can we bake with straight coconut flour or mix with almond flour? Shar-NY CD, GP SCD Dec 2007

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the thoughts and ideas and your experience on this.

For some reason I thought I had heard that coconut was good for

Crohn's. Wonder why I thought that....hmm

Shar-NY

> Hi Shar,

>

> I'd like to offer a word of caution about coconut flour. It is very high

> fiber and my experience is that it causes constipation even in fairly small

> amounts unless consumed with large quantities of water. Almond flour is

> also difficult for many folks to digest, myself included. One of the

> hardest habits to break is expecting to eat baked goods regularly. Maybe

> some people can tolerate that quantity of nuts and/or coconut, but for

> myself and my kids we've discovered that we need to limit ourselves to 1

> cookie (and who can eat just one cookie?), and a whole muffin might be

> overdoing it. We have had better success with pecan flour than anything

> else, but we still have to keep the quantity consumed in any day very small

> or we have problems. Our best success has been staying away from baked

> goods for the most part and consuming large quantities of mostly cooked

> veggies, modest portions of fruit, and small portions of meat/eggs/cheese as

> tolerated individually. Every person will be different, but my sense from

> observing comments on the list over the past several months has been that

> coconut is a very advanced food and not easy on the digestion generally, and

> nuts should not be overdone. If you think about the quantity of nut flour

> in a recipe (often 3 cups or more) and then divide that by servings, you

> start to realize what a large portion of nuts you are confronting your body

> with when you eat SDC baked goods. Good luck with your experimenting. Be

> ready for setbacks when experimenting with baked goods. Don't give up,

> you'll find some things that work for you eventually.

>

> in PA

> lifelong IBS

> gluten-free 4 1/2 yrs

> SDC 8 months

[Guest guest]

Perhaps you've heard the " Archway Coconut Macaroon cookies " theory.

Some people think it helps their crohn's/ulcerative colitis. I've

never tried it myself, because I'm a little afraid of coconut. And of

course they're illegal now that I'm on the diet.

Holly

Crohn's

SCD 12/01/08

>

> Thanks for the thoughts and ideas and your experience on this.

> For some reason I thought I had heard that coconut was good for

> Crohn's. Wonder why I thought that....hmm

>

> Shar-NY