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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ANNOUNCEMENT
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IN THIS ISSUE
WEBSITE CHANGES AND NOTICES:
No new changes
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:
“THE ANNUAL ANNIVERSARY REFLECTION ~ 9 YEARS!"
By Sandra Strom, CEO of Song of Health
RECIPES:
MAIN DISHES: GRILLED TURKEY PARTS
FOOD RESOURCE UPDATE:
APRIL 2016
is an educational opportunity for Naturopathic physicians and students to further their education in the classical methods of Naturopathy, not otherwise taught in the Naturopathic colleges. This is where physicians and students learn about the Carroll Food Intolerance Evaluation methods, constitutional hydrotherapy and other important methods handed down by Classical Nature Doctors.
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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SUBSCRIBERS SPOTLIGHT
STORIES, COMMENTS,
AND QUESTIONS |
WHAT INFORMATION WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE IN YOUR NEWSLETTER?
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SUBSCRIBERS, PLEASE…help others by sharing your story. When you allow us to publish it in Dragonfly News and Subscribers’ Testimonials, a dedicated section on the 
website, you provide the opportunity to reach out to those who still suffer but are not confident that our dietary lifestyle will work for them. By hearing and reading about how our lives were dramatically changed we can help others to step through the door toward wellness. WE WOULD BE HONORED TO INCLUDE YOUR STORY about how you came to follow the Carroll Food Intolerance way of life. We reserve the right to edit for grammar and spelling correctness, however we will not change your story content. So, DON'T BE SHY!
IF YOU PREFER US TO HELP YOU WRITE YOUR STORY, WE WILL BE HAPPY TO. JUST ASK!
Please email your contribution to manager@songofhealth.com.
Thank you for helping us to achieve our goal of reaching out to as many people as possible in order to provide help, hope and answers. The more we give away...the more we receive!
A note of encouragement: A subscriber was concerned that her story was uninteresting. There is no such thing as a boring, uninteresting story! We are here to support each other and every contribution helps, no matter how small or large the content. Please don't let that stop you! We invite you to check out Subscribers Testimonials to read what subscribers have shared.
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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 has been received from outside our membership; however, we feel it is pertinent information to share with you.
From Norma R., April 4th: Hello Sandra, I used to subscribe to Song of Heath about 10 years ago, when I met Dr. Norman SuHu. My [condition] flared up and I’m back with Dr. SuHu. He tested my favorite protein drink powder and informed me that it was contaminated with potato starch (not listed in the ingredients list)!! I needed to join Song of Health to test products and keep myself flare-free! Dr. SuHu saved my skin (literally) many years ago and Song of Health helped to keep me sane! I’m back on the health band wagon!! Take care, Norma
Reply from Sandra: Hi Norma, welcome back to the SOH Team! So glad to be able to be of assistance to you. Thanks for letting me know Dr. SuHu is your contact.
Oh yeah, I stay away from all pre-mixed drinks, etc. They inevitably have potato in them, as that is how they derive the Vitamin B's. Neither Dr. Tish nor I take multi-vitamins either; same problem. Most all contain potato, even when not listed. I just don't take the chance.
Isn't it amazing, how just removing your food intolerances and eating healthy foods for you keeps your skin, and the rest of the body, maintained!
Please feel free to ask me any questions, comments, whatever you may have. In health, Sandra
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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 02/16:
 INGREDIENTS: Enriched Flour Bleached (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), Partially Hydrogenated Soybean and/or Cottonseed Oil, Leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate), Dextrose, Salt.
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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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~ Each month we bring you articles on a myriad of topics regarding health and environmental issues. The main focus of 
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.
THE ANNUAL ANNIVERSARY REFLECTION ~
9 YEARS!
By Sandra Strom, CEO of Song of Health
April is our Anniversary Month and a time for reflecting on the past year --- what we have accomplished to our satisfaction and where have we missed the mark. I say “we” but in reality, it is “me”! I say this because I am the one responsible for furnishing you updated information, recipes, and soaps, managing responses to your questions and comments, and ultimately making executive decisions. So, if projects aren’t completed successfully, that’s on me. I cannot make happen, though, without our wonderful staff members: Shawn Murphy (Murphy Illustrates), our website and graphics designer, who maintains insight, input, website updates, and specialized ingenious creativity; and Dr. Tish (Windrose Naturopathic Clinic), who seemingly works tirelessly to furnish us updates to The Food Resource List that she personally evaluates, oversees the information you receive to verify accuracy, and strives to teach and help us understand the modalities of Naturopathy and the traditional Nature Cures, including [the Carroll] Food Intolerance Evaluation. Without these wonderful folks, I could not realize my dream and goal of bringing to you this comprehensive information resource!
Without you, our SOH Members, there would be no team, no dream realized. You are what gives us hope, that we are not alone in believing these ways successfully work to maintain well-being; that our quest to help people has reason to survive! For this, if there were nothing else, I express true gratitude for your presence at . To be sure, when you ask questions, we often either learn something new, or are reminded of that which we have overlooked. Sometimes, what may appear as a simple question is more multi-faceted in concept and requires a deeper understanding. We do our best to present the information that will make sense to you; this isn’t always easy, as not only may it be medically complicated, it is also often the exact opposite of what allopathic doctors may tell you. When you continue to delve into the question with us until you understand it, then we know we are doing our job. Many thanks, dear Team Members, for walking with us in a truly intelligible and intellectual way! We commend you, and hope you feel good about your own accomplishments. In the society we live, that is no easy task! We are in the minority and struggle often to legitimize our doctors’ findings amongst an opposition that refuses to accept and cooperate with contrasting modalities.
We have experienced several positive changes in the past year, yet we have also come short on others:
The good news first...As people continue to use 
soaps, word gets out and sales are increasing. We also now have two clinics who carry . The difficulty is that I’m hard pressed to keep up production to meet demand! I ask for your patience, as I am the only one who makes, polishes and packages the soaps at this time. I protect the process guardedly, as I want to guarantee that the quality and purity is maintained. So, until such time when it warrants, no one else is trained to produce your soaps.
The challenges we still face...I was hoping we would be able to transition the physical website into a new format, including a new forum, by now. The holdup is mainly lack of money, as well as time to get it done. So, for now, we must continue along as we are. Remember that you are always welcome to email me with any questions you may have. I take very seriously my responsibility of furnishing you whatever information and assistance I am qualified for, and expect you to take advantage of all the aspects of your Membership!
Thank you again, everyone, for continuing with me on this fine daily walk, dedicated to helping us all achieve…GREAT HEALTH – GREAT LIFE!
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
~ MAIN DISHES: GRILLED TURKEY PARTS
I am not a land meat eater; however, I know many of you are. My elderly parents love meat, so when I was helping them make major transitions in their life last month, I cooked many meat dishes! It is a tricky deal, since I don’t taste test, but either smell or have someone else taste. This one was a favorite of theirs.
Remember, you can omit or substitute food intolerance ingredients in any recipe!
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:
- Enriched Flour Bleached (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), Partially Hydrogenated Soybean and/or Cottonseed Oil, Leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate), Dextrose, Salt.
- Potential Hidden Ingredients: F (citric acid used to preserve grain), P (dextrose, leavening), Sy (oil)
- Obvious Ingredients: G
- The product was evaluated for: ALL
- The results were: F,G,P
- The product is: Bisquick Original Pancake And Baking Mix
- Hidden ingredients are: F,P.
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: Rosemary is a great herb to use in many dishes. Wonderful used in soups, with vegetables, poultry and fish. For those intolerant...It is included in the Lavender family.
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
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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
APRIL 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.
