So for those of you who are avoiding soy, do you have trouble with Perdue chicken? I have always got to that instead of the "store brand" packaged because they say their "water" is gluten free. But for some reason chicken and even worse, chicken soup I make from it (and I make the stock and all when I do it, so I know it's gluten free) doesn't seem to set 100% right in my stomach. I am soy intolerant now and when I contacted them, I got a "we only use natural ingredients in our products". And the chickens eat soymeal...would that be in the meat, or is the protien broken down in the bird's digestion?
Not sure what to eat these days...and it's getting to me.
Thanks,
Katy
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Dear Katy
Not sure that I know what "Perdue" chicken is. But I had noticed two months ago that chicken I used to get at a certain restaurants had a "softish" texture and I seemed to react after eating it. They said it was real chicken, but I stopped eating it. Hope others will have a more precise response for you.
Best, Ant
Not sure that I know what "Perdue" chicken is. But I had noticed two months ago that chicken I used to get at a certain restaurants had a "softish" texture and I seemed to react after eating it. They said it was real chicken, but I stopped eating it. Hope others will have a more precise response for you.
Best, Ant
Katy,
I hate thoughtless responses like that too, because all food intolerances are natural ingredients, as we all know. As far as the feed is concerned, it doesn't matter what a chicken eats, (except for heavy metals, and certain other toxins, of course), because all nutrients are broken down to the amino acid level, before being absorbed into the bloodstream, and subsequently converted into new cells.
Have you tried Sanderson Farms chicken. I think a lot of us have had good luck with them.
Tex
I hate thoughtless responses like that too, because all food intolerances are natural ingredients, as we all know. As far as the feed is concerned, it doesn't matter what a chicken eats, (except for heavy metals, and certain other toxins, of course), because all nutrients are broken down to the amino acid level, before being absorbed into the bloodstream, and subsequently converted into new cells.
Have you tried Sanderson Farms chicken. I think a lot of us have had good luck with them.
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 get a local organic chicken, minimally processed brand, because I don't trust the major manufacturers. Perdue Chicken comes from large factory farms in southern Delaware. I swear that the area is one huge set of chicken barns and I don't trust a huge operation like that not to have put some sort of "flavor enhancers" or other stuff in the water the meat is soaked in. My husband's family is from there, so I've driven by their operations.
These feelings of something not being quite right with certain foods that you think should be OK are troublesome. For example, after I make soup or stew using Kitchen Basics Beef Stock I have minor problems and just don't feel right. According to the label it's gluten, dairy and soy free, and the label doesn't have anything else I would be suspicious of........ The Kitchen Basics Chicken Stock works just fine for me.
Rosie
These feelings of something not being quite right with certain foods that you think should be OK are troublesome. For example, after I make soup or stew using Kitchen Basics Beef Stock I have minor problems and just don't feel right. According to the label it's gluten, dairy and soy free, and the label doesn't have anything else I would be suspicious of........ The Kitchen Basics Chicken Stock works just fine for me.
Rosie
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Hi All,
Sanderson Farms seems to just be located in the southeast quadrant of the USA, but it's probably going to spread into other states. I've never had any that didn't seem very fresh.
Never have any trouble with Sanderson Farms, but I prefer the more expensive free range at Whole Foods if I can get it. Just had some S.F.'s last night -- no problemo!
Reason I like the free range is because it's supposed to have the healthier omega fats in larger quantities.
Kinda like the taste of it as well. We lean toward the dark meet, but eat both.
Incidentally, I have no problems with the Kitchen Basics beef stock. Use it to enhance the flavor in my veggie beef stoup all the time.
Wonder if something else could be the problem for you with either of those??
Anyway, if something bothers you consistently, I wouldn't eat it, at least for a good while, then check it again when you've been eating the same things consistently with no problems. You know the drill by now, I'm sure.
Good luck! Yours, Luce
Sanderson Farms seems to just be located in the southeast quadrant of the USA, but it's probably going to spread into other states. I've never had any that didn't seem very fresh.
Never have any trouble with Sanderson Farms, but I prefer the more expensive free range at Whole Foods if I can get it. Just had some S.F.'s last night -- no problemo!
Reason I like the free range is because it's supposed to have the healthier omega fats in larger quantities.
Kinda like the taste of it as well. We lean toward the dark meet, but eat both.
Incidentally, I have no problems with the Kitchen Basics beef stock. Use it to enhance the flavor in my veggie beef stoup all the time.
Wonder if something else could be the problem for you with either of those??
Anyway, if something bothers you consistently, I wouldn't eat it, at least for a good while, then check it again when you've been eating the same things consistently with no problems. You know the drill by now, I'm sure.
Good luck! Yours, Luce
Lucy wrote:
All best, Ant
I read the same thing in a Paleo newsletter: the corn fed meats increase the Omega 6 in relation to Omega 3. It amuses me when a menu proudly state "corn fed chicken" or "corn fed beef". I like to point out that is like saying it is "factory farmed". The probably think I am a pain in the butt.Reason I like the free range is because it's supposed to have the healthier omega fats in larger quantities.
All best, Ant
Rosie,
Maybe it's the beef. I have "minor" reactions to beef, that were more noticeable before my gut healed. A few hours after eating beef, I would suddenly realize that I didn't feel quite right, and when I would take "inventory", I would discover that I had become a bit bloated. A few hours later, I would have upper body pains, stiff neck, minor headache, etc. No D, just those symptoms, as a rule. The next day I would usually be fine.
Now that my gut has healed, I can still detect the symptoms, but they are very mild, now, and I probably wouldn't even notice them, if it weren't for the memories of my earlier experiences. I've never reacted to any other meat - only beef. There are one or two other members here, who have noticed the same symptoms from beef, as I recall.
Tex
Maybe it's the beef. I have "minor" reactions to beef, that were more noticeable before my gut healed. A few hours after eating beef, I would suddenly realize that I didn't feel quite right, and when I would take "inventory", I would discover that I had become a bit bloated. A few hours later, I would have upper body pains, stiff neck, minor headache, etc. No D, just those symptoms, as a rule. The next day I would usually be fine.
Now that my gut has healed, I can still detect the symptoms, but they are very mild, now, and I probably wouldn't even notice them, if it weren't for the memories of my earlier experiences. I've never reacted to any other meat - only beef. There are one or two other members here, who have noticed the same symptoms from beef, as I recall.
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.