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FOOD LABEL QUIZ:
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News & Updates

ENVIRONMENTAL UPDATES FROM THE U.S. EPA:

Learning Triggers Key to Preventing Asthma Attacks

SHARING EXPERIENCES:
“ HELP...WE NEED SAFE GARDEN SEEDS!”
By Sandra Strom, CEO of Song of Health

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MAY 2015

 

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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 Mavis, April 25^th:  I must make a comment on a statement in the "Difficult to Digest" section, where you state that iceberg lettuce and opium poppies are related.  This is not true.  They are in different plant families.  They do share the characteristics of exuding a white latex when cut and growing in rosette form.  Iceberg lettuce is simply a variety of Lactuca, as all lettuces are.  If iceberg is related to poppy, then all other lettuces are equally related.  I've grown about a hundred different varieties, and they all are basically the same.

Reply from Sandra:  Hello Mavis.  I have forwarded your email to Dr. Tish for her input.  This is what her father [Dr. Harold Dick], who was my original Naturopath, had printed on the results paperwork to his patients...to avoid it as it paralyzes the digestive system.  The other lettuces are, in fact, related and also contain the paralysis causing substance, though not in near the quantity as does iceberg lettuce.  Iceberg lettuce has no quality nutritional value either.  He suggested eating romaine and spinach, both good for us.  Dr. Tish continues to share this with her patients, also.  When I hear from her, I will pass this information on to you, as well as our other Members.  It is a very good subject to discuss.  In health, Sandra

From: E, potential SOH Member, May 5^th: 

Hi: I've found your website as one of the few, few sources of information that is helping me navigate my new knowledge of my food intolerances.

My Naturopath here in Portland has counseled me that I need not worry about shampoo and soap, given my fruit intolerance, but honestly, I think that's such a weird thing to overlook.

Before I invest in the soaps offered on your website, however, I wanted to check whether a fruit intolerance is the same as a cactus intolerance.  In addition, I also have a grain/potato combination allergy, so I wondered if using a soap positive for grain would mean that I would want to avoid potato products that day.

Thank you so much for your time. This is such a confusing process, but one I feel is saving my life, so it's worth everything I can invest! E

Reply from Sandra:  1) It is not my place to contradict any doctors.  We do, however, believe that using products on your skin with your food intolerances can have adverse effects, as 90% of what is applied on the skin absorbs into the system.  I can personally attest to an incident:  I am potato intolerant and had applied a Vitamin E product to my face around my eyes.  The area around my eyes, and including my eyes, became swollen, red, and very sore.  I sent a sample to our staff physician, Dr. Tish Dick, ND, who evaluated it and found it to contain potato!  I stopped using it immediately and the symptoms all subsided.  I suppose it depends on how sensitive you are and how strong your immune system is, but we choose to stay away from all products containing our food intolerances whenever possible.

2) Fruit intolerance and Cactus are two different categories entirely.  You should be just fine with the soaps containing Cactus (i.e., aloe, jojoba, yucca, etc.).

3) With your grain/potato intolerance (you didn't specify how many hours apart required), that is a great question and may depend on your personal condition; although, if we are to follow the adage that everything absorbs into the system, it may be applied to this case, as well.  You can always purchase the non-scented soaps without essential oils, as the essential oils are what contains a grain base.  Unscented Carrot Ripple, Unscented, Unscented GMB (soap and shaving bar), are all grain-free.  You may want to purchase both an unscented and scented bar of your choice; so, for those days when you are on grain and off potato you can have a scented soap.

I don't see you listed as a Member of .  I highly suggest subscribing, as there is so much information available to help you, plus you have access to all of your questions personally answered, as well as The Forum.  As an SOH Member, you also receive a 10% discount on all your ^TM soap orders.

I hope this helps answer your questions.  I look forward to hearing from you!

In health, Sandra Strom

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Editor’s Note:  I love this story!

From: The Xerces Society, April 22^nd: THE TICKLE BEES OF SABIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Written by Mace Vaughan, Xerces Pollinator Conservation Program Co-Director

In the summer of 2009, my family and I moved into a house across from the Sabin Elementary School in Northeast Portland, Oregon. Our daughter started kindergarten at the school that fall. As other school parents learned of my work in pollinator conservation, they would occasionally ask me if I'd ever seen the "tickle bees." I would respond with a polite "no," unsure what they meant. Still, as the question continued to come up through the December holidays and into the late, wet winter, my curiosity grew. Everyone seemed to know about the tickle bees.

And then St. Patrick's Day arrived. The sun shone and it was warm for a March afternoon. I sat in our dining room, working from home and enjoying the sounds of kids playing in the schoolyard across the street from our house. Every so often I would sneak a peek across the street to see if our daughter was running around, and that was when I spotted a boy, all alone, kneeling on the ground as he tried to catch something. He grabbed and lunged, attempting to seize it from the air. In that moment, it all came clear to me.

I waited until the kids left the field, then closed my computer and walked across the street. And there, to my amazement, were the tickle bees of Sabin Elementary. Not tens, not hundreds, but thousands of gentle, ground-nesting bees were emerging all across the two-acre field. I was standing in a giant aggregation of mining bees, which turned out to be at least two species of the genus Andrena -- christened the "tickle bees" by the students of Sabin.

For the next two months I watched as more and more bees emerged from the ground. Scattered across baseball diamonds, the bare dirt under park benches, and all across the soccer pitch were mounds of soil the bees had excavated from underground. They seemed to deepen their tunnels mostly at night; walking across the grounds in the morning you would see freshly dug dirt hiding the holes underneath. By the afternoon, the dirt was pushed aside as the females emerged to fly to the flowering maple trees, dandelions, and cherry and plum trees around the neighborhood. On an especially warm day, you couldn't run across the field without bumping into these amazing insects.

As someone who has worked hard to convince people worldwide that insects are not a bunch of biting, stinging, crop-killing animals, but rather the drivers of healthy ecosystems, I was touched by the reception these bees received. For the two months the bees were active, parents and students regularly approached me with questions. I helped dozens of people discover what, for them, was a whole new world of ephemeral bees, with their golden stores of food and developing brood buried below soccer and kickball games.

Tickle bees are not unusual or uncommon. Every spring we receive calls at the office starting in early March from people wondering about the bees that are showing up in their lawns -- whether they are safe, or just wanting to know what they are. Across the rest of the country, as spring comes on after this harsh winter, look for holes in the ground and bees flying. If you want to find your own tickle bees, go out on a warm spring day and watch sunny, south-facing slopes around your neighborhood. You might find your own aggregation of mining bees.

As for Sabin, five years later the tickle bees are going strong. As kids get older, they may lose interest. But each spring, a new group of kindergartners gets to meet the tickle bees and share something unique that their older classmates have cherished for years.

If you'd like to learn more, we worked with a local television station last year to produce an excellent video that you can watch here. Happy spring!

THIS MONTH IN YOUR POLLINATOR GARDEN

Spring wildflowers are a welcome sight for tickle bees and other early-emerging pollinators at a time when nectar and pollen sources can be scarce, and many species would be happy to find them blooming in your garden. Plus, they add a beautiful burst of early-season color to your yard. Click here to read more.

From Environmental Working Group, April 29^th:  Sandra, did you know Quaker Oats' parent company, PepsiCo, is spending millions to keep you and your family in the dark about what’s in your food?

Quaker is one of the many Big Food companies using their deep pockets to lobby against GMO labeling. They’re supporting a bill in Congress we call the DARK Act – because it would deny Americans the right to know whether our food has been genetically engineered.

Click here right now to urge Quaker to join us and support mandatory FDA labeling of GMOs!

GMO crops have led to huge increases in herbicide use, which contributes to an array of threats to the health of people and the environment. And in case you missed it, the World Health Organization recently labeled the main herbicide used on GMO crops as a probable cause of cancer.

People all across the country are fed up with being kept in the dark. That’s why we’re gearing up for one of our biggest battles yet – to urge Big Food companies like Quaker to support our right to know what’s in our food.

We're teaming up with parents, chefs and food experts nationwide, plus organizations like Just Label It to bring the fight to Quaker's doorstep. But we need your voice, too.

Sign the petition: Ask Quaker to support mandatory FDA labeling of GMOs, stop funding anti-labeling efforts, and stand up against the DARK Act!

Thank you for taking action, Sandra. 

EWG Action Alert

From OANP, May 1^st:  Dear Sandra, great news! Your help sending emails to Oregon Legislators worked! HB 3301 passed out of the House of Representatives yesterday afternoon on a vote of 48-8.

HB 3301 gives Naturopathic Doctors who practice primary care in Oregon - and who can meet the insurer's usual contracting and credentialing requirements - the right to choose whether an insurer categorizes them as "PCP" or "Specialist."

 

Your help with this action alert generated over 500 emails to legislators and we can't thank you enough!

The bill now moves on to the Oregon Senate and we'll keep you posted when the bill reaches its next important juncture.

Laura Farr, Executive Director, Oregon Association of Naturopathic Physicians

From EWG, May 6^th:  DuPont is putting corporate profits ahead of human and environmental health, with disastrous consequences.  Help us hold the chemical giant accountable for its actions. Sign EWG’s petition today and tell DuPont to keep its promises to the victims of C-8.

We can’t let DuPont get away with this. 

After spearheading one of the most extensive cover-ups in recent history, the chemical giant is now trying to shield itself from liability and escape its responsibilities to the thousands of victims left ill by its neglect.

Here’s what you need to know:

In 2005, the Environmental Protection Agency fined chemical giant DuPont a record $16.5 million for a decades-long cover-up of the health hazards of its product, C-8, also known as PFOA. One of a family of perfluorinated chemicals, or PFCs, C-8 was a key ingredient in making Teflon, the non-stick, waterproof, stain-resistant “miracle of modern chemistry” used in thousands of household products.

DuPont knew that C-8 caused cancer, poisoned drinking water in the Mid-Ohio River Valley and polluted the blood of people and animals worldwide – but it never told its workers, local officials and residents, state regulators or the EPA!

Today, 10 years after the EPA took action, DuPont has failed to clean up water supplies, is shirking its promise to monitor the health of the communities it poisoned and is gearing up to fight in court against paying damages to its victims.

While C-8/PFOA will no longer be used in the U.S. by the end of this year, DuPont and other companies continue to use related chemicals that may not be much – if at all – safer. These next-generation PFCs are used to make greaseproof food wrappers, waterproof and stain-repellent clothing, and countless other products.

We must put a stop to this secrecy right now and bring justice to the victims of DuPont.

Click here to sign EWG’s petition and demand that DuPont keeps it promises to its victims in the Mid-Ohio Valley and beyond.

The EPA classifies C-8 as a “probable human carcinogen.” Exposure to it is associated with several serious diseases, including kidney cancer, testicular cancer, thyroid disease, ulcerative colitis and high cholesterol.

We may never truly know how many victims have fallen ill due to DuPont’s careless use of C-8 and other chemicals, but it is far too many. And every one of those victims deserves justice.

Don’t let DuPont get away with trying to skirt the consequences of its toxic responsibilities and legacy in Parkersburg. EWG – and the victims of DuPont – need you to take action today.

Sign the petition: Tell DuPont to stop the secrecy and keep its promises to its victims!

Thanks for standing up for the victims of DuPont. Together, we’ll make sure justice is served.  - EWG Action Alert

From: The Xerces Society, May 21^st: 

A MOTHER-AND-SON PERSPECTIVE ON A POLLINATOR GARDEN

In honor of Mother's Day, we thought it would be nice to have a mother's perspective on pollinator gardening. Alice Vaughan wrote a lovely narrative of her bee garden on Cape Cod in Massachusetts. Alice's son, Mace (who co-directs our pollinator program), added his memories of sharing in the garden.

Alice's View of Her Garden

I have always enjoyed gardening. I love being among the plants and the bees that come to visit them. A few years ago I saw that Xerces was offering plants for sale that attracted bees. I was very excited. We had a bit of land along our driveway on which orange daylilies and ivy fought for dominance; a rather boring area, I had always thought. So, as soon as I heard of the Xerces offer, I knew I had to clear that area and plant a bee garden.

In the years since, the garden has thrived. I have expanded it with the help of our son, Mace, adding not only more plants that attract bees, but some of my personal favorites as well (who says all of the plants in a bee garden have to attract bees?!). This garden is a joy to me. I stand in it in the spring and summer, close my eyes, and the world around me hums and vibrates with the bees, large and small. They are amazing to watch going about their work every day, or curled up to rest occasionally. Each time I drive in, I pause and roll down the window just to say hello and listen in appreciation of their lives in our world.

Mace's View of the Garden

The bee garden my mom describes is a place -- almost a sanctuary -- that connects us across a continent. Spring, summer and fall, I love hearing stories about new bees or new plants in the garden (on the last call, I learned that the milkweed was already 4 inches high!). My dad makes sure to send photos (always with the date and time attached). And, when I visit, I enjoy adding plants or pulling weeds under the direction of my mom, or just watching the bees and sharing their hidden stories with my family.

This garden connects us. This is not unusual: gardens bring together families, neighbors, communities, nature. The garden is a way to share work and place, whether it is families working in the backyard to raise a small crop, community gardens that bring a neighborhood together, or a wildlife habitat that attracts bees, butterflies, and birds closer to home.

We are a private family, and I worried that this peek at a gift that I share with my family would somehow violate a trust. As I've put these words down, however, I think that this glimpse into our lives is okay. I'm struck by how lucky I am to share this experience with my mom, and I hope it helps inspire you to create a garden for pollinators and share it with the people that you love.

From Food & Water Watch, May 27^th: Factory Farms Threaten Our Water, Air and Communities
Is There a Factory Farm Near You? Check Out This Map to Find Out

Dear Sandra:  Did you know that animals on factory farms produce 13 times as much waste as that produced by the entire U.S. population? What’s worse is that, unlike sewage produced in cities, the waste produced on factory farms is completely untreated.Take a look at our newest Factory Farm Map to see where there are factory farms near you and what you can do to stop them!

Every five years, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) collects and reports data on agriculture in every county and state in the United States. Our research team at Food & Water Watch compiled and analyzed the data on the largest farms raising animals. Also known as factory farms, these operations raise animals in a highly industrial way where the goal is to produce as much meat and dairy as cheaply as possible. This model prioritizes profits over the health and welfare of people, small- and mid-sized farmers, animals and the environment. So you can see where these factory farms are located, our researchers used the data from 1997, 2002, 2007 and 2012 to create an interactive Factory Farm Mapthat allows you to dive into the data.

The disturbing truth is that most meat and dairy found in grocery stores does not actually come from picturesque farms with happy, free-roaming animals as are often depicted in advertisements and on labels. Most meat and dairy actually comes from factory farms whose growth can be attributed to several factors. Unchecked food company mergers and corporate acquisitions have contributed to increased consolidation that allows giant agribusinesses to exert influence over livestock markets and production. Lax environmental rules and enforcement have allowed factory farms to balloon in size without being held accountable for the tremendous amounts of waste they create. Please take a moment to explore our Factory Farm Map, dive deeper into how factory farms came about, and take action to reverse the trend.
With tens of thousands of animals on factory farms come millions of tons of manure, water pollution, air pollution and dangerous conditions for those of us living nearby. Even if you don't live near a factory farm, you aren’t immune to the problems they cause — like foodborne illness or antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Even many factory farm operators don’t benefit from this system of production due to lack of adequate pay for the livestock they raise. Check out the Factory Farm Map and then use the links on the website to tell the EPA that they must implement and enforce appropriate environmental rules to rein in factory farms and their pollution.

Thanks for taking action,
Wenonah Hauter, Executive Director, Food & Water Watch
act(at)fwwatch(dot)org
P.S. If you're on a mobile phone or cannot access the Factory Farm Map at this time, please go directly to our action page to send a message to the EPA urging them to rein in factory farms.

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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.

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Category: Miscellaneous

Thread: Cactus Intolerant

 

 

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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 04/15: INGREDIENTS:  Organic Honey  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!   First, identify obvious food categories, i.e. potato starch = potato. Next, identify potential hidden ingredients, i.e. guar gum = potato. Finally, if you can answer this, you are exceptionally brilliant:  What product is this? The answers are below the New Recipes section, just above The Food Resource List Updates.        ~~~

 

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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…

ENVIRONMENTAL UPDATES FROM THE U.S. EPA:

May 5, 2015

EPA: Learning Triggers Key to PreventingAsthma Attacks
Baltimore, Memphis programs recognized as national models for asthma care during Asthma Awareness Month

WASHINGTON – One in 10 kids in America suffers from asthma, and communities of color and low-income families are disproportionately impacted. During Asthma Awareness Month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencyrecognizes two leading asthma management programs -- Green and Healthy Homes Initiative (GHHI) in Baltimore, Md. and Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital CHAMPS Program in Memphis, Tenn. --for comprehensive, in-home interventions and innovative asthma education to improve the lives of people with asthma in underserved communities.

“We can take steps to protect our families and control asthma by learning the triggers and creating an action plan,” said U.S. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy. “We know our public health is directly connected to our environment, and threats such as climate change are aggravating symptoms for communities across the country which is why we are taking important action through our Clean Power Plan and the Clean Air Act.”

Asthma is a major public health issue, affecting nearly 23 million people and disproportionally affecting low-income and minority communities. The economic impact of asthma amounts to more than $56 billion per year from direct medical costs and indirect costs, such as missed school and work days.

Americans can take important steps to help control their asthma symptoms and maintain active lifestyles with three simple steps:

 

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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.

HELP...WE NEED SAFE GARDEN SEEDS!

By Sandra Strom, CEO of Song of Health

Throughout the years of springtime planting months, we have discussed different aspects of gardening in our articles.  This month, I’m placing the focus on what garden seeds to choose, why, and where to buy.

For many years I have looked for seeds that are organic, and/or heirlooms, and raised for my local region whenever possible (we have unique climate!) --- which happens to be the Pacific Northwest.  We have a number of seed growers in Oregon and Washington locales, a few strictly organic growers, and several more offer some organic and heirloom while also offering other selections.  As the issues of “Big Agri-biz” producers of GMO seeds and heavy users of chemical farming products continue to increase, the organic farmers become ever more challenged to protect and maintain their clean farms from air-traveling chemical sprays and GMO pollinators.  For us, as the consumer, grocery shopping for clean and healthy foods is like playing roulette --- the gamble is generally not in our favor.  It requires constant scrutiny of label reading, including those on purchases of fresh items.  As do the conscientious organic farmers, we also hope that the organic produce we purchase have not, somehow, been tainted with GMO pollinators or some unsuspecting airborne chemical that was not detected by the Tilth organizations.  Personally, I do my best and let it go at that, otherwise I would find myself so miserable with worry that I would go into fear mode about everything!  I choose reputable companies’ products, avoiding those whose products have come into question (i.e., Horizon Dairy products, for one).  If they’re not trustworthy about how careful they are in maintaining organic products, then I certainly do not trust what hidden food intolerance ingredients their products may also contain.

Old heirloom and organic seeds have been tried and true to successful growing and healthy eating.  So, whenever possible, that is what I purchase.  I realize most are a few more pennies, maybe even a dollar more per package than their lesser quality counterparts; for me, it is worth it, just as it is to purchase fresh organic products rather than processed junk food! 

There are lots of seed companies out there, so how do you decide whose products to choose?

Most often, when I need to purchase seeds, it is through a natural food store or coop; then I determine my success with the bounty, and the quality of the fruits of my labors.  I try to harvest the seeds from them to grow the following season.  They will be 1) acclimated to my specific ground, and 2) free!  I also have a few growing buddies and we acquire seeds from each other.  There have been occasions where the seeds were not organic, but after several years of replanting the seed “children” they are considered clean.  Those seeds I felt I just couldn’t live without, as the food was so good!  One such plant is Lakota squash, a fabulous summer squash.

What seed companies have I had good results with and recommend?

 

 

(Non-GMO, Seed-Saver Friendly). 1712-D South Main Street, Willits CA 95490-4400. Phone: 707 459 6410, FAX: 707 459 1925, bountiful@sonic.net

 

 

We appreciate your feedback on personal experience with seeds.  Also, if you are interested in a seed company and have concerns, please contact me and I will investigate for you.

Wishing you a happy and successful planting season!

To All My Relations, Sandra

“Every dis-ease known to humans is created in our digestion system” (Dr. Harold Dick, N.D.)

 

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.

 

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!

Sometimes the sweet tooth wins out! These recipes are basically (1) biscuit dough rolled up with chips, nuts and honey inside, then cut into pinwheel pastries the size of small biscuits and (2) a pie crust.  Vary/substitute the ingredients to the basic recipes according to your personal needs and tastes. Adding buttermilk (or powder) makes for fluffier baked goodies. 

BISCUITS, BREADS AND CRACKERS:  CAROB CHIP PINWHEEL TEA BISCUITS and

PIES, PASTRIES & COBBLER:  CAROB CHIP PINWHEEL PASTRY

Variations: 

• Omit the chips, sprinkle rolled and buttered dough with fresh ground cinnamon or cardamom; roll, cut, and bake.
• Use pecans, walnuts or your choice of nuts in place of almonds.

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.

 

ANSWERS TO THE FOOD LABEL QUIZ:   Listed Ingredients: Organic Honey Potential Hidden Ingredients: ? Obvious Ingredients:  H The product was evaluated for: ALL The results were: F,H,P,S The product is:  Kirkland Signature (Costco) Organic Honey Hidden ingredients are: F,P,S Wasn’t that fun?  How did you do?

  

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: TM

~ Another look!  Same great ingredients poured in a new design.  All the beautiful colors are naturally derived in our soaps.  This batch will be ready June 2^nd.

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		M =	Meat
C =	Cactus		Ms =	Mine Salt
D =	Dairy		N =	Neutral for All
E =	Egg		P =	Potato
F =	Fruit		Sf =	Seafood
G =	Grain		S =	Sugar
H =	Honey		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
MAY 2015

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.

FOOD EVALUATED	DATE EVAL.	EVAL. FOR	RESULTS
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES:
Camas Prairie Winery Palouse        Gold Mead Wine	05/15	ALL	G,H,S
BAKING SUPPLIES:
Bob’s Red Mill Premium Xanthan Gum	05/15	ALL	G,P,Sy
HONEY:
Kirkland Signature (Costco) Organic	04/15	ALL	F,H,P,S
Sweet and Simple Apiaries	04/15	ALL	H
MEATS & MEAT BOUILLON:
Applegate Farms The Great Organic Uncured Beef Hot Dog	04/15	ALL	M,P
Organic Prairie Organic Uncured Grassfed Beef Hot Dogs	04/15	ALL	D,F,M,P,S
NUTS:
Kirkland Signature (Costco) Dry Roasted Macadamia Nuts With Sea Salt	04/15	ALL	F
PASTA:
Trader Joe's Organic Brown Rice Penne Pasta	04/15	ALL	F,G,P
Trader Joe's Organic Whole Wheat Fusilli Pasta	05/15	ALL	G
Trader Joe's Organic Whole Wheat Penne Pasta	05/15	ALL	G
SEAFOOD:
Pink Beauty 100% Natural Fancy Alaskan Pink Salmon	05/15	ALL	P,Sf
SWEETENERS:
Wholesome Sweeteners Organic Light Corn Syrup With Organic Vanilla Flavor	04/15	ALL	F,G,P,S
TEAS:
Eco Teas Organic & Fair Trade Yerba Mate, Unsmoked Leaf & Stem Traditional Cut, Loose	05/15	ALL	F,G

 

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