Guest guest Posted June 23, 2004 Report Share Posted June 23, 2004 > What are everyone's experiences with nut butters? Eggs?? We started > the intro diet with eggs as in the book, but I have always suspected > that they may negatively affect my son. Also, I can't imagine doing > without the cashew butter muffins! Any advice for us out there?? > Thank you, Carol, I was pretty scared of many foods when I started SCD so was pretty excited to find Peanut Butter was fine. Almond Butter made from almonds with skins seemed to irritate. I have yet to try Hazelnut, cahew or walnut butter. Cashew butter should be homemade form raw cashews as the roasted ones usually contain starch and are not legal. Carol F. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 23, 2004 Report Share Posted June 23, 2004 My suggestion is to start VERY slowly. When we added eggs (hard boiled), I gave ONE BITE one day, waited a day or two before the same. After a few days I gave him half of the egg white. After many days I gave him the entire egg white. Later, the entire egg. Now he can eat scrambled eggs daily, whereas last time we tried eggs he was super irritable, angry, obnoxious (called grandma every name in the book for suggesting a game of go-fish!). We had been egg free for over a year. Last week I tried nuts for the first time in I don't know how long. Unfortunately I gave him an entire muffin the first day. We are still dealing with the consiquences of that. My child has no real IG issues that are easy to see from the stand- point of the ever- popular bowel spectator sport, but his behavior says it all as far as health concerns. When he is healty, he is happy. When he is not healthy, nobody is happy! Good luck and good eatin'! Helen, mom to (9 y/o, ASD, SCD 4/04) > What are everyone's experiences with nut butters? Eggs?? We started > the intro diet with eggs as in the book, but I have always suspected > that they may negatively affect my son. Also, I can't imagine doing > without the cashew butter muffins! Any advice for us out there?? > Thank you, > Carol, mom of Owen (5 yo, ASD, 2 months on diet), Elliott (2 yo, NT) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 23, 2004 Report Share Posted June 23, 2004 > popular bowel spectator sport, A pretty exciting one, indeed!!! A lot of cheering!!! > but his behavior > says it all as far as health concerns. When he is healty, he is > happy. When he is not healthy, nobody is happy! I wish I could tell by my son's behavior... There are so many different things that set him off, that I have no choice than to do the toilet watching... if I can catch him before he flushes!!! Coral Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 23, 2004 Report Share Posted June 23, 2004 Carol, Sheila has corrected me in the matter of cashew butter. She says re the commercial butter: I actually think it's okay.... even if the cashews are roasted prior for the manufacturer to make the nut butter. They aren't buying them with the coating and salt on them.... like the public does. They are roasting, them butter-izing, then salting the butter. Not adding the starch coating. That's my understanding of the peanut butter or almond butter, too. Commercial peanut butter IS made from roasted peanuts...... but they aren't coated first. So.... what I'm trying to say is..... cashew butter, whether we make our own or buy commercially made cashew butter, does not necessarily have to be made of RAW cashews. It only applies to the buying of the whole nuts. At least, that is my interpretation of what Elaine has said. Carol F. --------- Toronto , Celiac SCD 2 3/4 years There is no substitute for the right food! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 23, 2004 Report Share Posted June 23, 2004 The post below was written by me.... not by Sheila. But, Tamaro has just told me that she agrees with me on the nut butters. says..... <<Patti - You are correct and I have seen Elaine confirm what you said. >> and she also agrees with the following: Just wanting to clarify the cashew butter issue. The problem with cashews is that, when buying the nuts themselves, we need to make sure we're not buying the roasted, coated ones. Same reason as with mixed nuts. But, we have to use ONLY homemade cashew butter. It's just that we need to buy raw cashews if we're buying cashews, just as we should not buy any other roasted nuts, except in-the-shell peanuts. I have only bought cashew butter a couple of times (I used Maranatha brand).... but I know plenty of other SCD families that use commercial cashew butter. Jody uses it. I think Elaine has meant that we need to buy raw nuts, not roasted/coated, when we're buying nuts..... but that natural (only salt added) commercial nut butters are fine. Most " natural " peanut butter, for example, is made from roasted nuts, and is salted later... but the nuts don't have the starch coating put on them prior to being ground..... which is why we don't have to make our own peanut butter (although we can if we want to). Patti Cashew Butter Carol, Sheila has corrected me in the matter of cashew butter. She says re the commercial butter: I actually think it's okay.... even if the cashews are roasted prior for the manufacturer to make the nut butter. They aren't buying them with the coating and salt on them.... like the public does. They are roasting, them butter-izing, then salting the butter. Not adding the starch coating. That's my understanding of the peanut butter or almond butter, too. Commercial peanut butter IS made from roasted peanuts...... but they aren't coated first. So.... what I'm trying to say is..... cashew butter, whether we make our own or buy commercially made cashew butter, does not necessarily have to be made of RAW cashews. It only applies to the buying of the whole nuts. At least, that is my interpretation of what Elaine has said. Carol F. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 23, 2004 Report Share Posted June 23, 2004 > Carol, > Sheila has corrected me in the matter of cashew butter. She says re the commercial > butter: Actually it was Patti who straightened me out on cashew Butter, not Sheila. The important thing is to know the product another Carol asked about is legal. Carol F. --------- Toronto , Celiac SCD 2 3/4 years There is no substitute for the right food! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 23, 2004 Report Share Posted June 23, 2004 Hi, everyone. I want to make sure I am getting this right: Are the marantha nutbutters ok to use? TIA, Debbie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 23, 2004 Report Share Posted June 23, 2004 Yes. Re: Re: Cashew Butter Hi, everyone. I want to make sure I am getting this right: Are the marantha nutbutters ok to use? TIA, Debbie 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 24, 2004 Report Share Posted June 24, 2004 THANKS! D >>> durovchic@... 06/23/04 5:22 PM >>> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 I am new to this list, but seem to recall reading something Elaine wrote about cashews becoming starchy when roasted. Could that be why raw cashews are recommended? - mom to Lukas (12) and Chloe (6), all SCD only 1 week so not that knowledgable yet > The post below was written by me.... not by Sheila. But, Tamaro has just told me that she agrees with me on the nut butters. says..... > <<Patti - You are correct and I have seen Elaine confirm what you said. >> > > and she also agrees with the following: > > Just wanting to clarify the cashew butter issue. The problem with cashews is that, when buying the nuts themselves, we need to make sure we're not buying the roasted, coated ones. Same reason as with mixed nuts. But, we have to use ONLY homemade cashew butter. It's just that we need to buy raw cashews if we're buying cashews, just as we should not buy any other roasted nuts, except in-the-shell peanuts. > > I have only bought cashew butter a couple of times (I used Maranatha brand).... but I know plenty of other SCD families that use commercial cashew butter. Jody uses it. I think Elaine has meant that we need to buy raw nuts, not roasted/coated, when we're buying nuts..... but that natural (only salt added) commercial nut butters are fine. > > Most " natural " peanut butter, for example, is made from roasted nuts, and is salted later... but the nuts don't have the starch coating put on them prior to being ground..... which is why we don't have to make our own peanut butter (although we can if we want to). > > Patti > Cashew Butter > > > Carol, > Sheila has corrected me in the matter of cashew butter. She says re the commercial > butter: > > I actually think it's okay.... even if the cashews are roasted prior for the > manufacturer to make the nut butter. They aren't buying them with the coating > and salt on them.... like the public does. They are roasting, them butter-izing, > then salting the butter. Not adding the starch coating. That's my understanding > of the peanut butter or almond butter, too. Commercial peanut butter IS made > from roasted peanuts...... but they aren't coated first. > > So.... what I'm trying to say is..... cashew butter, whether we make our > own or buy commercially made cashew butter, does not necessarily have to be > made of RAW cashews. It only applies to the buying of the whole nuts. At least, > that is my interpretation of what Elaine has said. > > > Carol F. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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