Re: QUESTION for MARILYN: Finding legal cheeses, juices, and ground meats

[Guest guest]

> Marilyn,

>

> I want to make sure that I'm following SCD fanatically, so I have a

> few questions for you:

>

> 1) Is parmesan cheese that is made from part-skim milk, cultures, and

> enzymes legal? I read in the BTVC book that parmesan cheese should

> be used sparingly, and this particular brand is so cheap (< $3) and

> made by a big name (DiGiorno) that I'm worried that it might be

> illegal. Is there a good way of telling?

>

> 2) Is Tropicana OJ now illegal? I noticed in the grocery stores that

> Tropicana is advertising a juice that contains 50% less sugar than

> the premium brand, which leads me to wonder..why does the premium

> brand have sugar to begin with, other than the natural fructose of

> the oranges, if it is allegedly legal? For that matter, can Welch's

> grape juice still be trusted, since it contains juice from

> concentrate?

>

> 3) Do you avoid ground meats as a general rule? Following an SCD

> cookbook, I had been buying ground turkey and ground chicken somewhat

> naively. Only today did I notice that " natural flavorings " had been

> added to the ground poultry products. Really disturbing! Can ground

> beef be trusted?

They generally only do that to turkey, IME. Not chicken or beef.

Although some of our members that are super sensitive grind

their own meat and find they react better to that - or enjoy the

control and the surety of what they are getting - probably among

other things, higher quality meat control.

Mara

[Guest guest]

>

> Marilyn,

I'm not Marilyn but I'll chime in anyway :-)

> 1) Is parmesan cheese that is made from part-skim milk, cultures, and

> enzymes legal?

I don't know how to judge its legality other than it's on the legal

list. That said you're probably better off buying blocks of it and

grinding it yourself. It's waaaaaay better tasting. And use

sparingly.

> 2) Is Tropicana OJ now illegal? I noticed in the grocery stores that

> Tropicana is advertising a juice that contains 50% less sugar than

> the premium brand, which leads me to wonder..why does the premium

> brand have sugar to begin with, other than the natural fructose of

> the oranges, if it is allegedly legal? For that matter, can Welch's

> grape juice still be trusted, since it contains juice from concentrate?

IMHO you want to avoid juice as a general rule. Fruit juices are very

sweet, contain a ton of fructose and I guess you never really know how

it's produced. If anything make your own but you really shouldn't be

drinking much of it anyway.

> 3) Do you avoid ground meats as a general rule? Following an SCD

> cookbook, I had been buying ground turkey and ground chicken somewhat

> naively. Only today did I notice that " natural flavorings " had been

> added to the ground poultry products. Really disturbing! Can ground

> beef be trusted?

You have to research each one thoroughly but there are brands that

don't have additives. Check Trader Joe's if you can. Whole Foods

probably carries good brands but I don't really like WF -- very

expensive.

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Cheers,

DF in MA

UC June '07

SCD Nov '08