Vegetable oils?
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amberlink09
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Vegetable oils?
One thing I haven't cut out from the paleo diet is canola oil, because it's a far cheaper option than coconut oil and the like. I've heard that vegetable oils are terrible for you, but just don't quite believe it, so I was wondering if anyone has seen good results from cutting them out?
Amber,
If at all possible, cut out the canola oil. If you have a Costco near you, they have the Nutiva Coconut oil ( a huge tub) for around 20 dollars. A great deal! Besides cooking/eating, it is fantastic for skin and hair, so you have a multi-purpose use!
My daughter cannot stomach canola oil - literally. Gives her bloating and pain, and she is in her early twenty's , like you.
Google coconut oil to see the many benefits!
Blessings,
Mandy
If at all possible, cut out the canola oil. If you have a Costco near you, they have the Nutiva Coconut oil ( a huge tub) for around 20 dollars. A great deal! Besides cooking/eating, it is fantastic for skin and hair, so you have a multi-purpose use!
My daughter cannot stomach canola oil - literally. Gives her bloating and pain, and she is in her early twenty's , like you.
Google coconut oil to see the many benefits!
Blessings,
Mandy
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amberlink09
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Okay, I'll definitely be experimenting with cutting out canola oil then! I'm trying to eliminate all possible secret offenders at the moment. Thanks for the tip about Trader Joe's, I don't have a costco card but I am in San Antonio at the moment where they just got a Trader Joe's so I'll probably stop buy to pick up some coconut oil before I leave. This does mean I should start making my own mayo too, what's the best option there? Light olive oil?
Which brings me to two more questions:
1) I use only cage-free chicken eggs, but shouldn't I be concerned about eating raw egg? Perhaps the vinegar is acetic enough to kill off any bacteria?
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2) I would like to try rice or hemp milk because I am allergic to tree nuts and coconut (though I use it on my very dry skin, just can't ingest it) and I've noticed every carton of rice milk I've looked at has vegetable oil in it. Is there a particular brand to look for?
I'm with the others--I only use olive oil and sometimes peanut oil, and rarely safflower oil.
1) I use only cage-free chicken eggs, but shouldn't I be concerned about eating raw egg? Perhaps the vinegar is acetic enough to kill off any bacteria?
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2) I would like to try rice or hemp milk because I am allergic to tree nuts and coconut (though I use it on my very dry skin, just can't ingest it) and I've noticed every carton of rice milk I've looked at has vegetable oil in it. Is there a particular brand to look for?
I'm with the others--I only use olive oil and sometimes peanut oil, and rarely safflower oil.
Jane
Diagnosed with Lymphocytic Colitis 12/19/12
"When it gets dark enough,you can see the stars."
Charles A. Beard
Diagnosed with Lymphocytic Colitis 12/19/12
"When it gets dark enough,you can see the stars."
Charles A. Beard
Jane,
I switched from Rice Milk to Almond Milk because part of the manufacturing process for Rice Milk involves a malting process that is started with barley. The company claims that all but a tiny amount of the barley is removed during processing, so that the finished product contains less than 20 ppm of gluten (which is the accepted standard in most countries), but I don't like the idea of intentionally eating any amount of gluten. We get enough accidentally, because of cross-contamination. Furthermore, malting is not necessary for making rice milk. There is a recipe on this forum that tells how to make rice milk at home, without any malting process, and the finished product is at least as good as the commercial offering. And, of course, "vegetable oil" usually means soy oil.
Concerning raw eggs, we have at least one member who runs marathons as a hobby. She is a founding member, and she soon achieved remission by following a modified paleo diet. She struggled for a long time and finally did some detective work and discovered that the chocolate bars she was eating were mislabeled, and actually contained soy lecithin. After that, she had smooth sailing. She hasn't posted in years, but she regularly ate raw eggs in her smoothies, and as of the date of her last post about the subject, she never had any problems with salmonella. As far as I know, she is still eating raw eggs and running marathons.
By the way, she was the originator of the phrase, "Never leave home without a pork chop in your handbag". In case you want to search the archives for some of her posts, her username back in those days was moremuscle.
Tex
I switched from Rice Milk to Almond Milk because part of the manufacturing process for Rice Milk involves a malting process that is started with barley. The company claims that all but a tiny amount of the barley is removed during processing, so that the finished product contains less than 20 ppm of gluten (which is the accepted standard in most countries), but I don't like the idea of intentionally eating any amount of gluten. We get enough accidentally, because of cross-contamination. Furthermore, malting is not necessary for making rice milk. There is a recipe on this forum that tells how to make rice milk at home, without any malting process, and the finished product is at least as good as the commercial offering. And, of course, "vegetable oil" usually means soy oil.
Concerning raw eggs, we have at least one member who runs marathons as a hobby. She is a founding member, and she soon achieved remission by following a modified paleo diet. She struggled for a long time and finally did some detective work and discovered that the chocolate bars she was eating were mislabeled, and actually contained soy lecithin. After that, she had smooth sailing. She hasn't posted in years, but she regularly ate raw eggs in her smoothies, and as of the date of her last post about the subject, she never had any problems with salmonella. As far as I know, she is still eating raw eggs and running marathons.
By the way, she was the originator of the phrase, "Never leave home without a pork chop in your handbag". In case you want to search the archives for some of her posts, her username back in those days was moremuscle.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
Thanks for the info. I am sure that I can find Hain's Mayo around here--all three of the health food stores carry the full like of Hain's. I will look for the rice milk recipe, Tex. That is good to know. I am trying to avoid soy, because I do think I have a sensitivity to it. I have added rice back into my diet yesterday and today and though I have had no D, I just really don't feel good at all today. My energy level is nil and as I said in another posting, I have some spectacular cramping/spasming this afternoon. I feel best in the fetal position of sitting up bent over. 
I don't know if the rice could be doing that to me or not.
Jane
I don't know if the rice could be doing that to me or not.Jane
Jane
Diagnosed with Lymphocytic Colitis 12/19/12
"When it gets dark enough,you can see the stars."
Charles A. Beard
Diagnosed with Lymphocytic Colitis 12/19/12
"When it gets dark enough,you can see the stars."
Charles A. Beard
Jane,
Here's a link to the recipe that I mentioned for making rice milk:
http://www.perskyfarms.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=8519
I'm sorry that you're having those symptoms. Sensitivity to rice is extremely rare, but it's certainly possible. It pays to check the labels carefully, because some brands of enriched rice use gluten in the enriching process.
Tex
Here's a link to the recipe that I mentioned for making rice milk:
http://www.perskyfarms.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=8519
I'm sorry that you're having those symptoms. Sensitivity to rice is extremely rare, but it's certainly possible. It pays to check the labels carefully, because some brands of enriched rice use gluten in the enriching process.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
I had some rice cakes and the ingredients say that it consists of organic whole grain brown rice...BUT then it says that they were "manufactured in a facility that produces milk and soy products and may contain trace amounts of these ingredients."
Would I be so sensitive to even trace amounts? If so, I hope that it is true only during a flare. This is what makes it so hard to decipher what causes such awful symptoms. I understand what you mean, Amber by just trying to do the best you can to figure it out. This is when I think I would be better off not to wait--to just go ahead and use Enterolab's testing.
Would I be so sensitive to even trace amounts? If so, I hope that it is true only during a flare. This is what makes it so hard to decipher what causes such awful symptoms. I understand what you mean, Amber by just trying to do the best you can to figure it out. This is when I think I would be better off not to wait--to just go ahead and use Enterolab's testing.
Jane
Diagnosed with Lymphocytic Colitis 12/19/12
"When it gets dark enough,you can see the stars."
Charles A. Beard
Diagnosed with Lymphocytic Colitis 12/19/12
"When it gets dark enough,you can see the stars."
Charles A. Beard
