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NOVEMBER 2013

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From Dr. Houghton:  Hi Sandra, can you explain or point me to an explanation of why sweet potato is not allowed with potato intolerance. It just doesn’t make sense botanically, and I have a patient who keeps asking WHY?  Thanks for taking the time.

Dr. Penelope B. Houghton, Acadia Naturopathic Medical Clinic

Reply From Sandra:  Hello Dr. Houghton, I had to go back through all the threads posted in The Forum on my website to find where Dr. Tish basically answered the same question for a Subscriber regarding what constitutes Fruit. The response is the same for all foods.  Hopefully, this clarifies the most interesting, if not confusing, phenomenon of food intolerance evaluation per the Carroll method.

This was Dr. Tish's response within a very lengthy discussion on what constitutes a food in a food group:

Dr. Tish:  Let me try to explain, although I think Sandra has done a very good job with her answers:

Chemically speaking, honey breaks down into different "sugars," as described by a chemist into simpler sugars; as does corn syrup, agave, and even milk.  The chemical

names for the sugars are based upon how many carbohydrates they contain in a chain…

…The chemical elements of these complex sugars, made up of the simpler sugars, actually have nothing to do with how our enzymes react to the foods they are in.

Our digestive enzymes recognize proteins, and those proteins are tagging the molecules that come from particular foods.

The lactose in milk reacts by dairy intolerant people because of the protein related to the dairy, and not the simpler sugars that make up the lactose (which, if I can remember, is galactose and sucrose).  The same occurs with sugars which come from grapes, apples, melons, tomatoes, or a cucumber.  The sugars in these are all broken down from enzymes made from your stomach, pancreas, liver, etc.  What matters here is where these sugars come from.  A sugar from a melon will digest for a fruit intolerant person, whereas a sugar from an apple will not.  It has to do with the protein markers on the foods which are the identifying parts of the foods for the human body.

This is really what is going wrong with the commercial, artificially produced high fructose corn sugar.  There is no identifying protein on this synthetic sugar which would trigger the pancreas and liver to recognize it as a useful food; so, instead of digesting it properly, it grabs it out of the blood stream and stores it...causing one to gain weight.

Well, I got side tracked onto high fructose corn sugar.  Back to the fruit issue.  Dr. Carroll, Dr. Harold Dick, and I all have asked the same question as all of our fruit intolerant patients ask...if the fruit category really includes all fruit.  Believe me when I say that there has been so much investigation on this that it is 100% accurate when we tell someone they must avoid the entire category of fruit.  We are not just making this up.  It has been studied and repeated hundreds of times to prove that a fruit intolerant person must avoid all berries, apples, citrus (lemon, lime, oranges), pears, plums, tropicals as in bananas, papayas, star fruit, kiwi, and the list goes on.  Not only is it the fruit of these plants, but any part of the plant as well.  This would be raspberry leaf tea.  Even the leaves of the raspberry plant are fruit.  The bark of a cherry tree is fruit.  So, you see, it is the protein of the plant which indicates to the human body what the enzyme reaction will be.  It is not just the fact that fructose is in the raspberry, for example.  There wouldn't be any fructose in the leaves of the raspberry plant.

So, what makes a fruit a fruit?  The complex protein of the plant which is coded in the DNA of that plant makes it what it is.

I know that the fruit intolerance is the hardest intolerance to follow.  I also know, after over 20 years of seeing patients and telling thousands of people that they are fruit intolerant, that this intolerance is the one most people fight.  We don't want to believe we can't have fruit.  “Isn’t it a ‘health food’?  How can I live without fruit?  Aren’t I missing Vitamin C?  But it tastes so good!  Can’t I just have strawberries?  I notice I don't have a stomach ache with apples, but I do with oranges, so why can't I have apples?”

I have heard this for years.  Just because a food doesn't give you a stomach ache doesn't mean it is ok for you to eat itA food intolerance causes toxemia and this toxemia can manifest in many ways, not just indigestion.  It can raise blood pressure, cause headache, asthma, allergies, runny nose, brain fog, fatigue, and lead to autoimmune disease or heart disease.  Also, Vitamin C is in vegetables, even more plentiful than in fruit.  Bell peppers and broccoli have more Vitamin C than an orange [does].

The moral of the story is that a fruit is a fruit, and fruit intolerant people must not eat them if they are going to be healthy and free of disease and pain.  I wish I could change this.  I cannot.  There are no magical enzymes you can take to make your body recognize the fruit and digest it.  It isn't that simple.  Our metabolisms are much more complex than that.  This is why lactaid doesn't work for lactose intolerant (dairy intolerant) people.  There is more to digesting dairy than the lactose sugar in the milk.  It is the milk protein and its "complex" which must also be broken down.  The inability to break down lactose causes gut fermentation of the milk and gastrointestinal distress, which the lactaid enzyme helps to break down.  But it does nothing to break down the milk protein, which causes toxemia all the same in the dairy intolerant person.  In children, this often leads to ear infections; in adults, it causes sinus infections, asthma, or allergic responses.

I hope I have helped to clarify this very complex issue of gut digestion, enzymes, and food intolerances, especially in relationship to the fruit category.  If you are fruit intolerant, please don't eat fruit.  You will be healthier without it.  Dr. Letitia Dick

Does this answer your question?  Please feel free, Dr. Houghton, to contact me when I can be of further assistance.

From Karen: I just learned what my food intolerances are.  I’m wondering, if I haven’t eaten a food for a long time could it still show up on the food evaluation accurately?

Reply from Sandra:  Great question!  A food doesn’t have to be in the body to determine whether you are intolerant to it or not. You could go 20 years not eating meat, yet, if you are intolerant to meat, your food intolerance results will still identify it. It’s not about what is existing in your system, it’s about whether your body possesses the necessary enzymes to break down the foods for proper digestion.

Dr. Tish shares with us the following emails she received: 

From Food & Water Watch

Dear Letitia, you've seen the stories, maybe on the Internet, maybe on your local news. It's a gross curiosity: someone shows off junk food that they claim they've had for 40 years, but it looks like it was made yesterday. These stories give us all the creeps, because it's just not natural for food not to decay. You should feel the same way about genetically engineered (GE) apples — these "Arctic" apples won't turn brown when you cut them up!

Apples are great just the way they are; there's no reason for biotech companies to change them. Browning is nature's way of showing how fresh an apple slice is. A little browning never hurt anyone, and a lot of browning is a sign that an apple slice is getting old... unless GE apples get approved.

If that happens, you won't be able to tell just by looking at an apple how fresh it is, and because GE apples aren't labeled, you won't have the option to avoid them. Tell the USDA that non-browning apples are just unnatural, and you don't want them at your grocery store.

There's more wrong with this Arctic apple than its unnatural good looks. The creators of this apple used a controversial new engineering technique to silence the gene responsible for browning. Unfortunately, changing DNA isn't that simple — different genes within an organism interact in ways that are hard to predict, so you can't just flip off a gene like a switch without side effects. In the case of the GE apple, the browning gene is also tied to the apple tree's natural defenses against pests. The USDA simply hasn't done enough research to know what effect that could have on the plants themselves and on people who eat the apples.

The GE apple is steadily moving along its path to approval, but it's seriously controversial. Even some major food companies, like Gerber and McDonald's, have already said that they won't use the GE apple. We need to show the USDA that the public — that's you — overwhelmingly opposes this freakish fruit. Can you add your voice to the growing outcry against GE apples?

Stop the genetically engineered apple:

https://secure3.convio.net/fww/site/Advocacy?pagename
=homepage&page=UserAction&id=1003

Thanks for taking action,

Jo Miles, Online Engagement Strategist

Food & Water Watch, act(at)fwwatch(dot)org

To Dr. Tish from “Yes on 522”:  Dear Letitia, a first-of-its-kind report has just found bee-killing pesticides in more than half of the “bee-friendly” home garden plants sold at stores like Home Depot and Lowe’s -- with no warning to consumers.

Since our campaign to pass labeling of GMOs in Washington State just wrapped up I’ve been spending more time out in my garden. As you might imagine I was shocked to learn that I may have unknowingly filled my backyard with hidden bee-poisons.

Help us put Home Depot's CEO Frank Blake and Lowe’s CEO Robert Niblock on notice.

Write to them now, insisting that they stop selling plants laced with bee-killing pesticides immediately and pull all bee-killing poisons from their shelves.

The report, which was done by Friends of the Earth, shows this problem is widespread and that many unsuspecting home gardeners are purchasing plants pre-treated with pesticides proven to kill bees.

The toxins in question are the world’s most popular pesticides, neonicotinoids (or neonics), implicated as a key factor in escalating global bee die-offs.

From 50,000 bumble bees found dead in a Target parking lot in Portland to beekeepers across the country losing up to 90 percent of their bees last winter, stories of bee die-offs are emerging from around the world. We must act now to stop this global disaster or risk losing the more than 2/3 of our food crops that are pollinated by bees, from apples to almonds to watermelons.

Friends of the Earth was a tremendous asset to our campaign to label GMO’s and I hope you’ll join them by taking action right away.

Neonics can kill bees outright and, even at low doses, can weaken their immune systems and impair critical brain functions, making it hard for them to find their food and return to the hive. Neonics also remain in the plants and the soil of our gardens for months or even years, continuing to poison bees.

Europe has already banned bee-harming pesticides, and top retailers in the U.K. are refusing to sell them. Now Home Depot's and Lowe’s CEOs need to make the same commitment here.

We can protect bees in our own back yards right now by rejecting neonics and demanding that Frank Blake and Robert Niblock pull these poisons from the shelves at Home Depot and Lowe’s.

From our table to yours, Delana Jones

P.S. Click here to write to Home Depot's CEO Frank Blake and Lowe’s CEO Robert Niblock insisting that they stop selling plants laced with bee-killing pesticides immediately and pull all bee-killing poisons from their shelves.

 

From The Forum:

Editor’s Note:  

The new   website format will be available soon, which will include a wonderful new forum format. Thank you for your patience. Sandra

CATEGORY:  Recipes

THREAD:  Gluten Free Pie Crust Options

Posted by Karen Tressler, Nov. 19, 2013:

In response to your FB post:
"If you can have nut flour, I have a good one. Congrats to you! Developing recipes for something like pie crust can be time consuming."

"I use almond or hazelnut....or sometimes pecan or cashew."


"Beth’s SCD Crust List of Ingredients 1 1/2 cups blanched almond flour 1/8 tsp. salt 4 T. cold unsalted butter (Earth Balance or coconut oil) 1-2 T. ice water 1 egg yolk (for egg wash) (If egg intolerant, use milk of choice. I use almond milk.) Recipe In the bowl of a food processor place the almond meal and salt. Blend briefly. Cut the cold butter into 8 pieces and scatter over the almond flour. Pulse several times until mixture resembles coarse meal. While processor is "on" trickle the ice water in through the feed tube, until the dough begins to gather together and form a glob. Stop processing. Dump/scrape the dough glob out onto a large piece of plastic wrap, and by lifting the sides of the wrap, form the dough glob into a ball. Fold the sides of the wrap loosely over the ball and press it down into a flat patty roughly 8 " in diameter. (You may notice small lumps of butter throughout the dough... that's okay.) Refrigerate dough patty at least 30 minutes. Generously butter a 9" pie plate (I use a glass one). Place the dough patty in the center of the plate, plastic wrap side up, and begin to gently work the dough (through the wrap) across the bottom, up the sides, and onto the rim a bit. Continue working the dough until it's fairly even thickness all over. (This might take a few minutes.) It helps to hold it up to a bright light to see if there are any spots that are too thin or too thick. Refrigerate crust for at least 30 minutes with plastic wrap in place. Preheat oven to 325. Carefully peel off the plastic wrap and prick crust all over with a fork. Then bake it for 10-15 minutes until the edges begin to brown a little and the crust firms up. (Check it for air bubbles from time to time while it bakes and if any large ones occur, poke them with a fork.) Remove crust from oven. Add a little water to the egg yolk and mix until it's a "paintable" consistency. Brush bottom and sides of crust gently with the egg yolk "paint". (I use a soft silicone basting brush.) Be super-careful so as to not tear the very delicate surface of the crust. Return crust to oven for 2 minutes or until egg wash has set. Remove crust to a cooling rack. This makes a tender flaky crust."

 

 

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INGREDIENTS: Organic Coconut Milk (Organic Coconut, Water, Organic Guar Gum), Organic Agave Syrup, Organic Fair Trade Cocoa (processed with alkali), Organic Vanilla Extract

 

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.
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ENVIRONMENTAL UPDATES FROM THE U.S. EPA:

November 6, 2013

EPA Seeks Public Input on Newly Designed Graphic for Bug Repellent Labels

New graphic will help consumers make informed choices to protect their health

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released a Federal Register Notice seeking public input on a new insect repellent graphic for skin-applied insect repellent product labels. The graphic, which may be applied voluntarily by manufacturers, will provide consumers with important health information including the estimated number of hours a product will repel potentially harmful insects, like mosquitoes and ticks, when used as directed.

“EPA is working to create a system that does for bug repellents what SPF labeling did for sunscreens,” said Jim Jones, assistant administrator of the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention. “By providing vital health information to consumers, this new graphic will help parents, hikers and the general public better protect themselves from serious health problems caused by mosquito and tick bites.”

Current labeling of skin-applied insect repellent products does not allow consumers to easily identify the insects repelled by a product and the amount of time the product remains effective.  Over the past four years, EPA has held focus groups and worked with manufacturers and others to create the new graphic, which will display consumer information in a more prominent and standardized format. The graphic will only be placed on insect repellent products that are applied directly to the skin.

Effective insect repellents can protect against serious mosquito and tick-borne diseases. In the United States, mosquitoes can transmit diseases like St. Louis encephalitis and West Nile virus. Ticks can transmit serious diseases like Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and Ehrlichiosis. Using the right insect repellent and taking other preventive actions can discourage bites from ticks, mosquitoes, and other biting insects.

Companies will be able to request approval to use this graphic through the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act (PRIA) registration process.

View the FR Notice, graphic and additional information: http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/insect/repellency-awareness.html


 

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Remember that eating our food intolerances can have a dramatic effect on our moods as well as other symptoms we discuss, ad infinitum.

HAPPY HOLIDAY FOODS!

By Sandra Strom, CEO of Song of Health


It is with my greatest honor to share my gratitude for all of you --- as Song of Health members, friends, and just great people of awareness!  At this time of the year I am especially reminded of how blessed I am to have work that rewards me back 10-fold; that I truly enjoy; the wonderful opportunities to meet amazing people as yourselves, and the priceless teachings I get from you.  From my deep felt spirit, thank you all for entering my life.

It’s been over six weeks now, since a dear friend of mine has been hostage in my attempts to caretake her while she mends from major foot surgery.  The requirements for her successful healing include keeping her casted foot and leg elevated at nearly all times, save a few steps here and there with the aid of a walker.  This means she is captive to my cooking, cleaning, and company --- or lack of it.  My friend is gluten intolerant, which I’m not; she enjoys meat and potatoes --- I don’t eat land meat and am intolerant to the latter; but most of our other likes, dislikes and needs are quite compatible.  Except for toasting gluten-free muffins separately from my own food, she’s pretty much out of luck with potatoes unless obtained from outside sources; I do, however, accommodate her occasionally with meat, and I have become adept at keeping her meals gluten-free.  (We are currently awaiting results of her food intolerance evaluation, which will probably dictate new adaptations.  Can’t wait!) 

Because this is holiday time and we’re doting on cranberry sauce, stuffing, and pie --- I don’t wait ‘til Thanksgiving to make and eat the luscious morsels --- I’ve been busy making “safe foods” for us both.  I realize not everyone needs to cook gluten free, potato free, egg free, etc.; you can take examples and ideas, though, and easily apply the concept to your own meals in order to be respectful of everyone at the table. 

 

* I often make separate dishes of the same basic thing; for example, a pot of soup without meat and another with it added in.  The only inconvenience, really, is an additional pot to wash.  Dividing the soup and plopping chicken pieces into the second pot is pretty easy. 

*This year I have been making Corn Bread Stuffing.  It is delicious, and has become one of my favorites.  Brown Rice and/or Wild Rice Stuffing is also a good way to avoid wheat.  Remember to check The Food Resource List for hidden ingredients in seemingly safe foods, such as Lundberg rice products which always contain Fruit.  If you are making poultry, consider stuffing the bird with whole vegetables --- Carrots, celery, onion, garlic, with fresh herbs such as rosemary, sage, and thyme will impart delectable flavors.  My favorite way to make dressing is in a crockpot rather than stovetop or oven baked.  It is by far the moistest and tastiest dressing I’ve ever made; plus, everything gets thrown in the pot, turned on low, then I walk away for hours without another thought other than to occasionally walk past and give it a stir.

*This month’s new recipe is for a gluten-free pie crust that I’ve been working on to get right --- it’s taken me a few experimental tries, but the last pie (pumpkin) came out delicious.  The texture is different from a normal rolled wheat pie crust; nevertheless, it is meritous.  The trick is to work with flours that do not contain potato, as do all the commercial gluten-free flour mixes.  I used organic brown rice flour, but almond or other nut flours work great too.  They are more spendy than rice.  If you don’t need to worry about fruit in the food, cashew flour will also make a nice crust.  There are gluten-free oats available that you can grind into flour. (The oats are carefully grown in fields clean of any wheat or other gluten products.)  Our fellow member Karen T. has posted a gluten- and potato-free pie crust recipe with us in The Forum under Recipes: Thread:  Gluten Free Pie Crust Options.

 

I haven’t tried it; sounds delicious, but a lot more work than my own.  So I’ve opted for easy.  If you try any of them, please let us know how they turned out for you.

I suggest perusing the Index of the RECIPES section at Song of Health to find recipes that are easy to make, adapt and vary.  If you need help figuring out a recipe to meet your needs, please feel free to contact me --- I will sure do my best to help!

Wishing you all happy holiday foods!

To All My Relations, Sandra

 

Dr Harold Dick

“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 Song of Health.  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.
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We recommend you use Celtic sea salt, which is Neutral and pure.

 

*REMEMBER TO: REFER TO THE FOOD SUBSTITUTIONS LIST FOR ALTERNATIVES AND THE FOOD RESOURCE LIST FOR HIDDEN INGREDIENTS.

 

LIST OF NEW RECIPES

 

Just 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!

Is there a recipe you would like to have, or need help adapting?  I'm happy to help! Contact me at manager@songofhealth.com.

PIES, PASTRIES & COBBLER:  GLUTEN- AND POTATO-FREE PIE CRUST

Editor’s Note:  My friend, whom I am caretaking while she recovers from major foot surgery, just received results of her food intolerance evaluation (at my enticing).  Thinking all this time that she is gluten intolerant, she has been eating gluten-free products.  It turns out her main intolerance is potato; gluten-free products are loaded with potato ingredients!  Today is the day of re-evaluation for my dear friend.  Can you relate?

Check out the Recipes category in The Forum for recipes that fellow Subscribers have been gracious enough to share!  Plus, cooking and baking questions are asked and answered.

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ANSWERS TO THE FOOD LABEL QUIZ:

  • Listed Ingredients: Organic Coconut Milk (Organic Coconut, Water, Organic Guar Gum), Organic Agave Syrup, Organic Fair Trade Cocoa (processed with alkali), Organic Vanilla Extract
  • Potential Hidden Ingredients: F,P (guar gum); G or M (organic vanilla extract)
  • Obvious Ingredients: C (agave), F
  • The product was evaluated for: ALL.
  • The results were: C,F,G,P,S

  • The product is: Luna & Larry’s Organic Coconut Bliss Bars Dark Chocolate

 

  • Hidden ingredients resulted in: G,P,S

Wasn’t that fun?!  How did you do?

 

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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

 

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*About this month’s picture: 

~ Indigenous and immigrant people share feast together in celebration of the harvest.  I’ll bet there weren’t any processed foods in that meal! 

 

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
NOVEMBER 2013

 

FOOD EVALUATED
DATE
EVAL.
EVAL.
FOR
RESULTS

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES:

Chaucer’s Mead 100% Honey Mead

10/13
ALL

G,H

CHEESE:

     

Scandic Hushallsost Swedish Farmers Cheese

10/13
ALL
D,P
CHOCOLATE AND COCOA:

Luna & Larry’s Organic Coconut Bliss Bars Dark Chocolate (Also Listed under Frozen Foods)

10/13
ALL
C,F,G,P,S

Theo Organic Fair Trade Pure 45% Milk Chocolate Bar

10/13
ALL

D,G,S

Theo Rich Dark Drinking Chocolate 10 oz.

10/13
ALL

G,S

Theo Sea Salt Dark 70% Cacao Organic & Fair Trade

10/13
ALL
F,G,Ms,S,Sy

Trader Joe’s Organic Milk Chocolate Truffle Bar

10/13
ALL

D,G,S

FLOUR:

Azure Farm Organic Whole Wheat Pastry

10/13
ALL

F,G

FROZEN FOODS:

     

ByBee Foods Frozen Organic Sweet Baby Peas (also listed under VEGETABLES, LEGUMES, MELONS AND MUSHROOMS)

11/13
ALL
N

ByBee Foods Frozen Organic White Sweetcorn (also listed under VEGETABLES, LEGUMES, MELONS AND MUSHROOMS)

11/13
ALL
F,G

Luna & Larry’s Organic Coconut Bliss Bars Dark Chocolate

10/13
ALL

F,G,P,S

Townsend Farms Organic Frozen Cherries

11/13
ALL
F

FRUIT & BERRIES (Including Spreads & Sauces):

Townsend Farms Organic Frozen Cherries (Also listed under Frozen Foods)

11/13
ALL
F

GRAINS:

     

Lundberg California White Basmati Rice

10/13
ALL
F,G

Trader Joe’s Organic White Basmati Rice

10/13
ALL
G

MEATS & MEAT BOUILLON:

Draper Valley Farms Chicken

11/13
ALL

M

Pure Country Pork Uncured Rustic Bacon

11/13
ALL

M,S

NUT BUTTER:

Once Again Organic Tahini

11/13
ALL

F,G

Winco (Bulk) Almond Butter
10/13
ALL
F

PASTA:

     

Bionaturae Organic 100% Whole Wheat Spaghetti

10/13
ALL

E,F,G,P

Bionaturae Organic 100% Durum Semolina Spaghetti

10/13
ALL
E,G

Bionaturae Traditional Egg Pasta Pappardelle

10/13
ALL
E,G

SALT:

Morton Natural Sea Salt All-Purpose

10/13
ALL

F,Ms,P

SEAFOOD:

Sustainable Seas Solid Albacore Tuna in Water, No Salt Added

11/13
ALL

P,Sf

SEASONINGS & SPICES:

Simply Organic Onion Powder

11/13
ALL
N

VEGETABLES, LEGUMES,

MELONS AND MUSHROOMS:

     

Bunny-Luv Organic Peeled Baby Carrots

11/13
ALL
N

ByBee Foods Frozen Organic Sweet Baby Peas

11/13
ALL
N

ByBee Foods Frozen Organic White Sweetcorn

11/13
ALL
F,G

 

 

      

 

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