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.
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IN THIS ISSUE
WEBSITE CHANGES AND NOTICES:
New Forum format is close
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
ENVIRONMENTAL UPDATES FROM THE U.S. EPA:
“EPA Seeks Feedback from the Public on Proposed Label Options for Safer Products”
SHARING EXPERIENCES:
“OCTOBER THE MEMORABLE MONTH”
By Sandra Strom, CEO of Song of Health
RECIPES:
PASTRIES, PIES & COBBLER: APPLE CRISP
FOOD RESOURCE UPDATE:
OCTOBER 2014
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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WEBSITE CHANGES AND NOTICES
Reminder: A new page has been added to : WHAT CONSTITUTES A FOOD IN A FOOD GROUP
An Explanation of Why we Cannot Tolerate Some Foods, By Dr. Tish Dick-Kronenberg, ND.
If you are logged in to the website, you can click on the link above and go directly to the page. The link to this page is located on the directory page of the Food Categories section. http://www.songofhealth.com/subscribers/foodcategories/foodindex.html
We are close to launching the new Forum. It is so sweet! I’m currently in the process of copying our existing threads and posts to the new format. This way, we will retain all the current valuable information derived from all your wonderful input --- questions, answers, comments. You will be notified by email and on the SOH Members home page as soon as it is available.
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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!
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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.
This is from a conversation with a fellow Sustainable Soapers Guild member, in regards to packaging with wood cellulose cello bags. I thought it would be of value to you:
Sandra, Oct. 3rd: Beautiful! Nice touch. I can't use the cello bags. Had my Naturopath evaluate them for any food intolerance ingredients. They resulted positive for potato, which is a major food intolerance. But at least you know it's a natural resource! I like your look - artisan professional with the homemade touch.
Jennifer: Sandra, I'm curious, though the bags aren't intended for ingestion, they're still a concern?
Sandra: Hi Jennifer, yes the ingredients in the bag can leech into the soap, as it is in direct contact and, generally, for a period of time. I had her evaluate the If You Care parchment paper and it is neutral, so that is what I use to wrap the soaps. Although a couple stores carry my soap, I market mainly to my own clients and to my doctor's Naturopathic Clinic; they are all counting on me to have a perfectly safe product for them, so I have to take exceptional precautions. When I'm making or working with soap, I wash my hands with my Cactus-Free Unscented to be safe.
P.S. One thing I've found interesting is that I have a friend who is intolerant to chocolate, yet she loves my soap and has no problems with it even though the main ingredient is pure prime-pressed cocoa butter. Food intolerances, sensitivities, allergies --- so many! And more continue to be identified, such as the Lavender/Rosemary/Jasmine group. My main goal was to make fruit-free soap for the many fruit-intolerants; it just so happens it worked out there's one or another of the soaps most people can have. Exhausting, eh?!
OTHER COMMUNICATIONS
From Environmental Working Group, Sept. 24th: Dear Sandra, ever wonder how much seafood you should be eating?
The truth is, there’s no universal answer. The amount of mercury a person can handle differs largely based on an individual’s age, weight, pregnancy status and more. Everyone benefits from the healthy omega-3 fatty acids in seafood, but the benefits are strongest for pregnant women, children and people with heart disease.
That’s why we created EWG’s BRAND-NEW Seafood Calculator and Good Seafood Guide – to help people like you shop for fish and shellfish that are lower in mercury, higher in omega-3 fatty acids and sustainably produced.
Click here to check out EWG’s Seafood Calculator and get your custom seafood list – based on your age, weight and health conditions.
This interactive tool offers people critical details about seafood safety – details that are missing from the draft guidance by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency, which recently recommended that pregnant and nursing women increase their fish consumption to eight to 12 ounces of seafood per week and encouraged young children to eat fish twice a week.
EWG believes the FDA and EPA’s guidelines could lead some people to consume too much mercury, and others, too few omega-3s. EWG’s Good Seafood Guide and Calculator aim to fill in the gaps of the government's flawed advice and to help families determine how to get the most nutrition from seafood without risking their health.
Click here to check out EWG’s brand-new Seafood Calculator and get your personalized recommendations for more than 80 species of seafood!
EWG created this user-friendly tool to help consumers like you decide which seafood to eat, which to approach with caution and which to limit or avoid. I hope you’ll check it out and share this exciting tool with your friends and family.
Thanks for making this work possible, Sandra.
Sincerely, Renee Sharp - Director of Research, Environmental Working Group
From Environmental Working Group, Sept. 26th: Sandra, we did it! Thank you for joining with thousands of other EWG activists in support of the Sunscreen Innovation Act. Because you spoke up, both the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate unanimously passed the bill.
This is huge, Sandra. Finally we may see more sunscreen ingredients – substances that have been used safely all over the world for years – introduced into the U.S. market.
Requiring the Food and Drug Administration to review sunscreen ingredients in a timely way is likely to give consumers like you access to the most up-to-date ways to protect your skin from cancer-causing UVA rays.
Thank you for your help in making this happen.
Sincerely, Scott Faber
Vice President of Government Affairs, Environmental Working Group
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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 09/14:
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 INGREDIENTS: Pasteurized Organic Milk and Cream, Organic Evaporated Cane Juice, Organic Tapioca Syrup, Organic Vanilla Extract, Organic Tapioca Starch, Soy Lecithin, Guar Gum, Locust Bean Gum, Xanthan Gum, Organic Vanilla Bean Specks.
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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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SOAP NEWS AND UPDATES:
 We recommend you place ORDERS NOW FOR THE HOLIDAYS,
to be sure your choices are available
for the December Season.
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Latest batch of 
Notice the strands of Old Man’s Beard? It creates a natural exfoliator, while soft and soothing to the skin. |
OOOH...TREAT!
Colorful choices for the Harvest Season! |
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Feel Clean, Revived, & Moisturized!
~ 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:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 8, 2014
EPA Seeks Feedback from the Public on Proposed Label Options for Safer Products
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is redesigning its Design for the Environment Safer Product Label to better convey to consumers that products bearing the label meet the program’s rigorous standard to be safer for people and the environment.
“We want consumers to be able to easily find safer products that work well,” said Jim Jones, Assistant Administrator for Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention. “The agency wants to hear from the American people on which designs will help people identify household cleaning and other products that are safer for families and the environment.”
The redesigned label is intended to help consumers, businesses and institutional buyers recognize products that have earned the EPA Safer Product Label. All ingredients in products that earn the logo have undergone a thorough evaluation to ensure they meet high standards for safety and performance. When people use these products, they are protecting their families and the environment by making safer chemical choices.
Over the past 15 years, the voluntary EPA Design for the Environment (DfE) Safer Product Labeling Program has grown significantly. More than 2,500 products have earned the DfE label because they are formulated with the safest possible ingredients for human health and the environment based on the best available science and protective criteria. The program helps partners drive change by providingtechnical tools, methodologies, and expertise to move toward safer, more sustainable formulations.
The agency is also seeking input from a wide range of stakeholders, including the chemical and product manufacturing industry, retailers, consumers and environmental organizations. This input will help inform the agency’s selection of a new label.
Comment on the proposed designs up until October 31, 2014: http://www.epa.gov/dfe/label
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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.
OCTOBER THE MEMORABLE MONTH
By Sandra Strom, CEO of Song of Health
October is a memorable month for many reasons. The obvious is Halloween and all that it offers, including tooth decay! Celebrations of the autumn harvests are observed in both secular and spiritual circles. National Hispanic Heritage Month is the period from September 15th to October 15th.
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month; it is also Children’s Health Month.
In Naturopathic circles, we take this time to emphasize the benefits of Thermography, the safe and most effective method for detecting changes in breast cancer tissue. Thermograms are digital infrared images basically showing areas of heat and coolness in the body. It is natural to produce heat in specific areas, such as under the arms; in the breast tissue the temperatures should be toward the cool side. Unusual heat is detected in a thermogram, alerting to a potential, or already problematic area. Dr. Tish wrote an excellent article in the October 2008 newsletter called “Breast Thermography” that explains how it works, why it is your best choice for early detection, and why mammograms are actually detrimental to your health. I urge you to go back and read her article. You can click on the link above and go directly to it if you are already logged in to SOH.
Children’s Health Month doesn’t get near the publicity that Breast Cancer Prevention does. If we give our children the best chance possible in their early formative years, does that not set them up for better lifetime opportunities?
From the research I’ve found on what Children’s Health Month is supposed to make us aware of, it appears the focus is on physical safety hazards, especially around the house. It includes potentially dangerous consumer products; and hazardous areas, such as toilets and windows. A child’s well-being also includes their mental and social condition. “Most parents know the basics of keeping children healthy, like offering them healthy foods, making sure they get enough sleep and exercise and insuring their safety.” 1 My purpose is, obviously, to focus on the issue of healthy eating as preventative and maintenance care. I am sure that, for most of you, I am preaching to the choir. Otherwise, why would you be a Member of SOH, right? I don’t think it hurts to remind each other, though, how we can watch out for the kids. In our busy lives filled with stressful days, hours, and minutes, we often look for the easiest and fastest solutions to immediate situations. It is often easier to hit the fast junk food arena (no matter how much McDonald’s or Wendy’s advertises to claim different) than it is to fix a healthy meal at the end of that long day. To me, it’s equivalent to a pacifier!
There are so many benefits to a family sitting down together for that dinner meal in addition to eating tasty and healthy food. This is no news flash…it has been discussed and broadcast hundreds of times. Having a few family rules for dinnertime --- no cell phones, TV, games, toys, or other outside distractions --- offers that special time together as a unit that only sitting-around-the-table can do. Make it a relaxing time that shows children how interested you are in their lives, no matter how exhausted you feel. Listen to what they are saying and read between the lines. Even their silence can tell you a lot. What inner strength and character we can help develop in these precious young people with just a few valuable minutes dedicated to attention of the family health in all respects. They may not show their appreciation immediately; soon they will come to expect it; later in life they will honor it! What sweet memories can be created over dinner. This, in turn, helps relieve some of the stress for all family members through the unity of support for each other. Less stress = better health and happiness.
Let’s honor our children every day of every month, not just in October.
To All My Relations, Sandra
1 http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/childrenshealth.html
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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, 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!
PASTRIES, PIES & COBBLER: APPLE CRISP ~ The Pacific Northwest is a mecca for countless types of apples…green, yellow, and red; soft and sweet for pies and sauce to hardy keepers for storage. This recipe is as easy as they come for a delicious and healthy dessert. If fruit intolerant, rhubarb may be used. And soon, the pumpkins will be ready for delectable treats too!
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: Pasteurized Organic Milk and Cream, Organic Evaporated Cane Juice, Organic Tapioca Syrup, Organic Vanilla Extract, Organic Tapioca Starch, Soy Lecithin, Guar Gum, Locust Bean Gum, Xanthan Gum, Organic Vanilla Bean Specks.
- Potential Hidden Ingredients: G (Vanilla Extract), P (Tapioca Starch, Guar Gum, Locust Bean Gum, and/or Xanthan Gum)
- Obvious Ingredients:
D,S,Sy
- The product was evaluated for: ALL
- The results were:
D,P,S,Sy
- The product is:
Alden’s Organic Ice Cream, Vanilla Bean
- Hidden ingredients are: P
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: From the artist: “The Painting "Feminine Wine" was inspired by a long process of searching for a design that would capture a vision in the mind of a close friend who was looking for a painting for her room and website. This wasn't the design that was chosen, but I was also very pleased with it so I decided to paint it for my own enjoyment. I have spent many years designing and painting custom artwork for people and take great joy in creating pieces that fit the person.” Chelsea Stillman 208-755-3666
Editor’s Note: She also designed Beyond Pink’s logo: 
Beyondpink.net: Beyond Pink is the result of two women who wanted to celebrate the technology called Thermography and its powerful ability to aid in the early detection of breast disease. Their goal, was not just to raise awareness, but to help provide funding for women who could not otherwise afford this potentially lifesaving procedure.
About this logo ~ The green and pink colors are the Naturopathic community’s honoring representation, supporting thermography and other natural options for cancer prevention.
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
OCTOBER 2014
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