Welcome Members, to Dragonfly News. This is our opportunity to share interesting and helpful information with you in our monthly newsletter, which is available to Members only. We first email the Newsletter and Food Resource updates to you directly. Then, in a few days you will be able to access the newsletter on the website. The Food Resource updates will be incorporated into the existing Food Resource List and can be found by clicking on the icon at the left side of most pages on the website. The recipes will be added to the Recipes section, including the Table of Contents and Index.
The current information in Dragonfly News is brought to you by the Song of Health Team:
Sandra Strom, CEO of Song of Health
Dr. Letitia Dick, N.D., Staff Doctor
Shawn Murphy, Song of Health Webmaster and Graphics Designer
TOGETHER WE ACHIEVE…
GREAT HEALTH - GREAT LIFE!
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IN THIS ISSUE
WEBSITE CHANGES AND NOTICES:
See Below
SUBSCRIBERS SPOTLIGHT:
Stories, Comments, Questions Asked
and Answered
FOOD LABEL QUIZ:
Can you guess the food categories of ingredients listed on this label?
SOAP CORNER:
News & Updates
SHARING EXPERIENCES:
“THANKSGIVING MESSAGE 2016” and “THANKSGIVING DINNER SUGGESTIONS” By Sandra Strom
RECIPES:
SOUP AND SOUP GARNISHES: BLACK EYED PEAS AND VEGETABLE SOUP
FOOD RESOURCE UPDATE:
NOVEMBER 2016
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Song of Health and The Carroll Institute of Natural Healing work together to reach as many people as possible in order to educate and help in understanding the importance of avoiding personal food intolerances, applying Classical Naturopathic methods of healing, and naturally restoring the body to health.
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STORIES, COMMENTS,
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QUESTIONS ASKED AND ANSWERED
Email Correspondence:
Song of Health has been given permission by our Subscribers whose names appear, to share the following with you, so that we may all benefit. Some have chosen to stay completely anonymous, in which cases you’ll see the name as “Member” or initial. Other Correspondence are emails received from outside our membership; however, we feel it is pertinent information to share with you.
From Norma R., Nov. 3rd: Hi Sandra! I have a question regarding the nutritional yeast. The website [SOH Food Resource List] states a brand of nutritional yeast that doesn't contain potato: Red Star? I'm so paranoid about products that contains the word yeast. I don't eat meat, chicken, pork; but do eat fish. I would like to try the nutritional yeast for the health benefits but like I say: I'm paranoid.Thanks, Norma
Reply from Sandra: Good morning Norma,
Nutritional yeast was originally a by-product of beer. It is almost always started from sugar (molasses) nowadays, as far as I am aware. I called the Red Star company a number of years ago to inquire what the starter was for their product, and it was molasses. Nutritional yeast is supposed to be high in amino acids and some B vitamins. I stopped using it for myself years ago due to the sugar, but used to sprinkle it on my cats' food when they were alive. It helped to keep them free from flees due to the B vitamins that permeated through their skin! What health benefits are you looking to derive from nutritional yeast? I'm sure we can find something else if you don't feel safe using Red Star brand. Another brand on the list that doesn't include potato is Maxi Nutritional Yeast. Both these products have not been evaluated since 2011, so I can't guarantee if the hidden ingredients have changed.
The only way you can know for sure what a product contains is to have it evaluated, as you have discovered first hand. Unfortunately, we get to learn how to roll with the punches of change, but sometimes it occurs in our favor!
From Christina, Nov. 9th: In the food resource list, if a food has a letter next to it, does that mean that food has the item in it?
Reply from Sandra: Yes Christina, that is correct. Note, the basic groups are represented. The other minor groupings (i.e., lavender/rosemary) aren't listed. If you have any questions about it, please feel free to ask!
Christina: Thanks. I don't see Phillips Lump Crab Meat on the list. The ingredients say crab meat, sodium and acid pyrophosphate (to prevent the formation of struvite crystals). Any red flags with this last ingredient?
Sandra: Sodium pyrophosphate is a chemical produced from sodium carbonate and phosphoric acid. Without actually evaluating the specific product, I would only be guessing as to what hidden ingredients this may contain. Sodium pyrophosphate may also be used to help in a leavening agent such as baking powder. Such products often contain potato.
Additional input from Dr. Tish: The sodium pyrophosphate is a chemical. I don't know how it rests but I don't think it bothers people much.
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From The Forum:
Editor’s Note: Be sure to take advantage of this wonderful opportunity to share with your fellow Members (Subscribers)! Also, ask the SOH staff questions, leave your comments and suggestions. All is appreciated.
FOOD LABEL QUIZ
CAN YOU GUESS THE FOOD CATEGORIES OF INGREDIENTS
LISTED ON THIS LABEL? |
The following list of ingredients is on a label from a product that is dated 08/16:
 INGREDIENTS: Sprouted Organic Whole Wheat Berries, Organic Unbleached Wheat Flour, Filtered Water, 100% Pure Barley Malt, Fresh Yeast, Onions, Sea Salt, Cultured Wheat, Poppy Seeds
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As part of my goal to help you in the quest of eating safely in accordance with your personal food intolerances, this section is another way to help you identify suspicious ingredients and …HAVE SOME FUN!
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is to avail you of expert information on the Carroll Food Intolerance dietary methods. This – DIET - is the first step to getting and staying well. We feel there are also many other interesting and important issues to be aware of, so we share our findings with you, on what may have a cause and effect on our health and lives. This month…
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SHARING EXPERIENCES:
Remember that eating our food intolerances can have a dramatic effect on our moods as well as other symptoms we discuss, ad infinitum.
THANKSGIVING MESSAGE 2016
By Sandra Strom, CEO of Song of Health
As we approach the holidays, I find this a good time to share important thoughts and changes with you. First, as you have no doubt noticed, fewer newsletters have been published this past year. It is NOT because my interest or care has lessened! Life’s circumstances have added additional challenges, namely that I am now responsible for my elderly parents ~ their well-being and safety and all of their affairs that they are no longer able to handle themselves. So now, I am responsible for two households! Please understand that I am not making excuses. I truly am doing my best to serve you while meeting responsibilities that I’ve been charged with. To compensate for the changes and to be what I consider only fair to you, I have thus reduced the cost of your SOH Membership renewal to $139.95/year (less if 2 or more years are ordered). Also understand, if important information comes up that you should be aware of immediately, I will post it on the Members home page on the website and email to you, as well.
THANKSGIVING DINNER SUGGESTIONS:
If you’ve been following your food intolerance diets for a long time, then the holiday season should have become much easier for you by now. If you are new to the challenges of the “big meal”, then hopefully I can help make things easier for you.
- Remember to check the Food Substitutions Page to adjust recipes easily. For example, if you must avoid egg, the page offers 9 variations of substitutes.
- Dressing (stuffing) can be a challenge for a variety of reasons. You may not be able to have yeast bread (potato or sugar). Use homemade corn bread (also gluten-free), biscuits, rice, wild rice, or vegetables to make a delicious dish. My favorite method for cooking dressing is in a crock-pot. It turns out wonderfully moist! Check the Recipes section for suggestions.
- Yuca root, fleshy winter squash such as butternut or sweet meat, or mashed cauliflower are yummy substitutes for potatoes.
- Fruit intolerant? Pumpkins are fruit-free, and pumpkin pie flavored with ground ginger is the treat of the season! Tangy rhubarb sauce can be a nice replacement for cranberry sauce.
- If you need to avoid pie crust, you can make a delicious pie without it. Especially good is pumpkin pie and other custard-type fillings.
- I don’t eat land meat, so I enjoy fresh salmon, if available, which is the honored delectable of the Pacific Northwest! There is generally so much available on the holiday table, including fresh green or vegetable salad, that I don’t miss having that high protein dish when not there.
Whatever you serve, be assured ~ there will be plenty to eat even if a certain traditional food isn’t served in the “traditional” way. Enjoy yourself with family and friends, and by all means...do not stress! Remember the meaning of Thanksgiving and what the original meals signified, as shown in this newsletter’s picture. It was a time of feast after the summer and fall harvests, of that which was grown and gathered from the local grounds, and shared with family and neighbors of all backgrounds and ethnicity. In this age of uncertainty and concern, it is good to remember the tradition of these American roots!
From The Song of Health Team,
we wish you a very blessed
Thanksgiving season!
To All My Relations, Sandra and The Song of Health Team
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“Every dis-ease known to humans is created in our digestion system”
(Dr. Harold Dick, N.D.)
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NEW RECIPES
Each month new recipes are published in the Recipes section at 
. In the newsletter they are listed and linked so you can easily go to them in the Recipes section.
The ingredients for all the recipes are coded for food intolerance items.
From time to time you may find an existing recipe has been slightly corrected from the original, in order to make it easier to follow, or to update new findings of ingredients for food intolerances.
~ REMEMBER TO EAT ORGANICALLY GROWN (NON-GMO), LOCAL FOODS
WHENEVER POSSIBLE.
~ We recommend you use Celtic sea salt, which is Neutral and pure...and delicious!
LIST OF NEW RECIPES
Click on the recipe link to go directly to it in the RECIPES SECTION, or copy and paste the "url". Remember to log in first!
NEW RECIPES
~ SOUP AND SOUP GARNISHES: BLACK EYED PEAS AND VEGETABLE SOUP
Black Eyed Peas and Vgetable Soup ~
A Hearty Fall Dish! |
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Remember, you can omit or substitute food intolerance ingredients in any recipe!
BE BRAVE!!
Check out the Recipes category in The Forum for recipes that fellow Members have been gracious enough to share!
Plus, cooking and baking questions are asked and answered.
Is there a recipe you would like to have, or need help adapting? I'm happy to help! Contact me at manager@songofhealth.com.
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- Listed Ingredients: Sprouted Organic Whole Wheat Berries, Organic Unbleached Wheat Flour, Filtered Water, 100% Pure Barley Malt, Fresh Yeast, Onions, Sea Salt, Cultured Wheat, Poppy Seeds
- Potential Hidden Ingredients: May contain F (Citric Acid to preserve, but not listed in ingredients); potato or sugar (yeast)
- Obvious Ingredients: G, Garlic/Onion Grouping
- The product was evaluated for: ALL
- The results were: F,G
- The product is: Alvarado Street Bakery Sprouted Wheat Onion & Poppyseed Bagels
- Hidden ingredients are: F
Wasn’t that fun? How did you do?
I personally do not recommend any prepared foods of this nature. No viable nutrition, contains hidden ingredients, just plain bad for us! This is a great example of what NOT to eat! For quick, easy, and great biscuit recipes go to THE FOOD INTOLERANCE COOKBOOK (RECIPES section), BISCUITS, BREADS AND CRACKERS. |
REMINDER: IMPORTANT! Per the request of Dr. Zeff, we will continue to print this message in every newsletter from now on. It is an important issue that we believe needs to always be addressed:
On occasion, a Subscriber will ask our doctors a food intolerance question and their responses will slightly differ. This has sometimes caused confusion and has been expressed directly to one of our doctors by several patients.
Per our doctors: “…most likely, we are not evaluating foods for, e.g., potato content. We are evaluating a food for a person with a known potato intolerance…” Results for one patient to a food can vary from another patient, even though they are intolerant to the same food category. So, one doctor may determine a different result than any of the other doctors who competently perform this analysis, because they are evaluating for a patient’s specificity to a specific food sample. “It is one of the peculiarities of the methodology.”
For this reason, we constantly emphasize throughout the Song of Health website that the information found on the website is a guide only. If you have any personal issues with a product, in other words, an evaluation shows that a food should be OK for you to eat, yet you have a reaction to it anyway, we suggest you refrain from consuming it until you have it evaluated for you personally.
Always, always, always consult your physician with any medical issues you may be experiencing, any drugs you have questions about, or your medical care. Our purpose is to help you to determine what foods are included in food intolerance categories. All other information, including articles, are for educational purposes and is not meant to replace your doctor’s care for you. We are set up as a support team for doctor, patient and Subscriber. There are many questions Song of Health can answer for you, and we encourage you to ask us first, in regards to food and food intolerances. All other medical discussions should be directed to your physician.
If you have any questions or comments, please contact us. We are here to support you and your efforts to claim and maintain great health by refraining from your food intolerances. In Health, Sandra Strom |
*About this month’s picture: An artistic view of the First Thanksgiving, reminding us of the beauty and blessings when sharing with all our neighbors, and to revere our differences!
FOOD RESOURCE LIST UPDATES
THE FOOD RESOURCE LIST ON THE WEBSITE IS AVAILABLE IN PRINTABLE VERSION. JUST GO TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE AND CLICK ON "SOH RESOURCE LIST PART 1 OR PART 2" FOR THE VERSION IN .PDF FORM.
Use the codes
below to translate the Results Column.
KEY
FOR RESULT CODES |
All
= |
Bad
for All |
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M = |
Meat |
C = |
Cactus |
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Ms
= |
Mine Salt |
D = |
Dairy |
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N = |
Neutral
for All |
E = |
Egg |
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P = |
Potato |
F = |
Fruit |
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Sf = |
Seafood |
G = |
Grain |
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S = |
Sugar |
H = |
Honey |
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Sy = |
Soy |
HOW TO READ THE FOOD RESOURCE LIST AND USE THE KEY:
As items are submitted and analyzed by our staff doctors, they are then added to the Food Resource List on the Song of Health website. We compile the updated lists to email to you as well.
The items are listed per category.
By listing the “Date Evaluated” you can be assured of the most recent updates.
Under the “Evaluated For” column, “ALL” signifies that the product has been analyzed for all food categories included in the Carroll Food Intolerance Evaluation Method.
In some cases, you will see ingredients listed in the “Results” column that are ot included in “Evaluated For.” This is due to: 1) the ingredient has been listed on the packaging; 2) or it is obviously in the stated category; 3) or our doctors evaluated for more than what was asked for. For example, results for milk will be “dairy (D).”
Under “Purchased At” we no longer furnish where the product was purchased; however, if the product was purchased outside the Pacific Northwest area, the region will be noted. Sometimes, I will be able to locate a place to purchase a product for you, if requested.
If you have any questions, please contact us at:
manager@songofhealth.com. We are happy to help!
SHOPPING SUGGESTION: Do you have a smart phone? You can log on to Song of Health.com, The Food Resource List, and look up items while you shop!
FOOD RESOURCE LIST
NOVEMBER 2016
NOTE: The RESULTS column will show the "basic" food intolerance categories: Cactus, Dairy, Egg, Fruit, Grain, Honey, Meat, Potato, Sugar, Seafood, and Soy. Be aware that the less common categories are not shown.
Wishing you a Blessed Thanksgiving time!
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