Gelatin and diarrhea

[Guest guest]

This is in reply to Jane's message of a few days ago, but it might be helpful to

other moms

who are struggling with D. In looking ahead to the day when we'll be ready to

move

beyond SCD, I have been researching, among other things, the ideas of the Weston

Price

foundation, and a cookbook based on Price's findings, called " Nourishing

Traditions, " by

Sally Fallon. It's a fascinating read, especially for anyone familiar with

Elaine's work.

Anyway, the book recommends gelatin as a treatment for D. There is a quote in

there from

another work, " Gelatin in Nutrition and Medicine, " that reviews past medical

literature and

finds gelatin has been clinically proven to treat many diseases of the digestive

system,

including colitis and infant diarrhea.

The preferred method for obtaining gelatin would be the long, slow cooking of

bones with

about a tablespoon of vinegar (or other acid--tomatoes?) per gallon of water to

help

dissolve the nutrients in the bones. Broth has the advantage of delivering the

gelatin

without sugar, if you think sugar might be contributing to the D. So you could

either make

regular legal gelatin with juice, if you think it will be tolerated, or you

could do as the book

suggests and simply add some gelatin to a pot of soup. It can't hurt and it

might help.

P.S.--If you do make stock with vinegar, keep in mind that you won't be able to

cook

beans in it, as they often won't become soft in the presence of acids or salt.

Just cook

them separately and add them later.

[Guest guest]

Sorry, that should be 1/4 cup of vinegar per gallon of water.

> The preferred method for obtaining gelatin would be the long, slow cooking of

bones

with

> about a tablespoon of vinegar (or other acid--tomatoes?) per gallon of water

to help

> dissolve the nutrients in the bones.

[Guest guest]

Hi and all: you wrote:

>

" Nourishing Traditions, " by

> Sally Fallon. It's a fascinating read, especially for anyone

familiar with Elaine's work.

>

> Anyway, the book recommends gelatin as a treatment for D.

I have recently bought the same book - very interesting I agree.

Also our nutritionist recommends using our homemade stock to help us

tolerate other foods. For instance my son and I don't tolerate eggs,

except a little in baked goods, but if we have 1/2 egg each as part

of a larger meal, together with a 1/2 cup stock, we tolerate it. As

you say gelatine is a centuries-old remedy for digestive problems.

I have been told that Jews call their chicken stock, 'penicillin'. I

know my Mum used to make bone stock regularly and it wasn't until I

left home at 18 that my colitis started. Apparently this is a common

age for it to start - maybe this is no coincidence???

I hope this helps someone. I credit using bone stock nearly every

day now with our good rate of recovery on SCD - I keep a bowl in the

fridge for up to a week and dip into it to make soup, casseroles, etc.

W

colitis 25 yrs/CFS 11 yrs

SCD 18 months

7

colitis 3 yrs

SCD 3 months

[Guest guest]

> >

> " Nourishing Traditions, " by

> > Sally Fallon. It's a fascinating read, especially for anyone

> familiar with Elaine's work.

> >

> > Anyway, the book recommends gelatin as a treatment for D.

>

Sally lectured across the street two weeks ago and was booked by my friend and

neighbor Helen McLellan who convenes Total Health 2005 (an annual healthy

lifestyle show at which Elaine will once again be a featured speaker)

Sally is sponsored by the Weston Price Foundation which also advocates the diets

of native peoples and other cultures. Sally is a very poised, dignified and

attractive individual and a persuasive speaker and she lectured for six hours.

(Helen raced off to look for sources of raw milk and could not find anyone who

would sell to her) There are tight provincial regulations in Ontario about raw

milk . Elaine approves of raw milk if the source is reliable. Many on the list

also praise the superiority of raw milk again, the source MUST be reliable.

I disagree with some of what Sally has written. She claims the orange juice that

is legal for us is processed in a way she does not approve of. She also

advocates the use of certain foods that are not legal.

I do think that when we study other approaches, e.g. Dr. Mercola and Sally, we

have to bear in mind that what they advocate may not always be on agreement with

SCD.

Another example- I recently attended a small seminar at Whole Foods, Toronto

where the speaker, a charming young woman who is a natureopath was speaking on

diets for children with behavioral problems. She recommended soy and rice for

their diets. The parents were eating up the lecture. ( until I showed them BTVC

after)

So it's great to be well informed and widen your knowledge of nutrition, but be

sure you know your SCD.

Carol F.

[Guest guest]

Carol,

I absolutely agree with you. Much of what Sally Fallon recommends is

inappropriate

for anyone on SCD, and some of the citations in her book are even contradictory,

so do

read it with care. It is essential to " know your SCD " when considering other

dietary

recommendations. Plain gelatin IS legal, of course, and very easy to obtain, and

as

W. has attested, soups made with bone broth are nourishing and delicious.

> > Hi and all: you wrote:

> > >

> > " Nourishing Traditions, " by

> > > Sally Fallon. It's a fascinating read, especially for anyone

> > familiar with Elaine's work.

> > >

> > > Anyway, the book recommends gelatin as a treatment for D.

>

> I do think that when we study other approaches, e.g. Dr. Mercola and Sally, we

have to

bear in mind that what they advocate may not always be on agreement with SCD.

>

> So it's great to be well informed and widen your knowledge of nutrition, but

be sure

you know your SCD.

>

> Carol F.