crazy acacia question- Heather maybe???
#157970 - 03/07/05 05:27 PM
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khyricat
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I have stabilized with acacia.. we will be getting new pets post move (probably a few months post move- talked to the breeder, but we won't waitlist until move)... namely sugar gliders... anyway- one of the things you feed them is acacia gum. How is this related to teh acacia powder? curious because of its nutritional content..
per 100grams of Gum Powder
348Kcal calories
17mg Sodium
759mg Potassium
670mg Calcium
85g Total Carbohydrate
85g Soluble Fiber
2g Protein
Seems interesting to me particularly the potasium and calcium content.. I'm almost wondering if small quantities of the gum would work in foods as a way to take my fiber.. maybe 5 grams at a time (that would 4.25 g soluble fiber) not sure if this si even safe for human consumption- its just making me wonder if there is a way to keep the calcium in it for us IBS'ers!
Amie
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wow I almost bought a sugar glider once. I don't know the answer to your question but I find it so startling when I read acacia here and there. Acacia trees for instance. I was reading about someone who was going to plant some. That's all I had to say.  
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"You absolutely must eat insoluble fiber foods, and as much as safely possible, but within the IBS dietary guidelines. Treat insoluble fiber foods with suitable caution, and you'll be able to enjoy a wide variety of them, in very healthy quantities, without problem." Please eat IF foods!
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I don't know the answer either, but I would be very interested as I bought some from a local herbalist when I was waiting for my first pack of acacia powder to arrive - it looks like lumps of amber, very pretty actually. The sales assistant told me that, of course, being a natural product, "it might contain a few bits of tree, but only good bits"! I imagine that if I ground it with a pestle and mortar, it would produce a coarse powder, but I don't know if the strength would be the same as Heather's - and any bits of bark must surely count as extra IF!!!
Acacia does sound like interesting stuff, with a long history of use in African traditional medicine - I was reading about it on a website, but I don't have the link right now.
Also, there was a programme on TV about the Mau Mau fighters in Kenya and someone said that they ate the resin from the acacia tree and it made them fearless in battle! I think I can imagine why people made that connection, but perhaps there is more to it than that ... Anyway, I hope everyone on the boards is feeling fearless tonight!
Josephine
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glider folks refer to it as a powder!
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See? 
Actually, this might be a better link... http://www.sugarglider.net/
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They are so sweeeeet! Awww.
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LOL- nt
#158108 - 03/08/05 05:02 AM
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"You absolutely must eat insoluble fiber foods, and as much as safely possible, but within the IBS dietary guidelines. Treat insoluble fiber foods with suitable caution, and you'll be able to enjoy a wide variety of them, in very healthy quantities, without problem." Please eat IF foods!
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it was a busy morning at work and I'm just now getting back on the boards!
Amie
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Wow, those are cute! They are marsupials, right? Oooh, I want now- I'm looking for a new pet. I had an African Hedgehog (they are very cute too- go search on google) and he died in January. I'm thinking of cavies, as they are easier to care for....or perhaps a chinchilla or two (the hedgehog cost me £200 in vet bills).
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