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Sweet Basil Vinaigrette (Low FODMAP, SCD, Vegan)

July 4, 2017 By Riley 7 Comments

Looking for a simple, delicious, homemade SIBO-safe salad dressing recipe?  It’s here!

This 4-ingredient salad dressing is a favorite among my friends, family, and clients.  It is delicious atop homemade green salads, but also cooked quinoa, rice, chicken, or fish.

Sweet Basil Vinaigrette SIBO Friendly Dressing

It is an excellent way to use up fresh basil before it begins browning.  The vinegar helps to preserve the basil a little longer than if it were sitting in your fridge.

Video Tutorial

I made a short video to show you just how easy this recipe really is:

http://bridgetownnutrition.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/video-1499061921.mp4

Basil Health Benefits

According to medical literature, sweet basil is believed to have the following health benefits [1]:

  • Blood sugar regulation in type 2 diabetes
  • Anti-bacterial
  • Anti-fungal
  • Anti-viral
  • Anti-cancer
  • Anti-cataract
  • Anti-inflammatory

Basil is also rich in vitamin K and supplies smaller quantities of manganese, copper, vitamin A, vitamin C, calcium, iron, folate, magnesium, and omega-3 fatty acid precursors.

Is Honey Safe For SIBO?

Honey is one of the most confusing foods in the SIBO world.  Is it safe?  Is it not?  The most accurate answer you will find is the one that your own body tells you.  But I know sometimes it can be challenging to decipher the clues your body is giving.  So let’s talk about it.

SIBO & Honey- Comparison By Diet

If you check the Monash University Low FODMAP App, you will find that honey is tested at 1 and 2 tablespoon serving sizes.  At both of these serving sizes, honey has a “red light” in the fructose category.  That means that the type of honey measured, at the quantities measured, has an excessive amount of fructose compared to glucose and therefore would likely be malabsorbed in individuals sensitive to the “monosaccharide” FODMAP category.

I had the privilege of observing the “Advanced Gastroenterology” course taught by “the SIBO queen” Dr. Allison Siebecker, alongside Dr. Steven Sandberg-Lewis and Dr. Lisa Shaver.  In this course, Dr. Siebecker shared her reasoning for including honey in the green column of her “SIBO Specific Food Guide”, despite its “red light” on the Monash University App.  Her reasoning was that certain types of honey (clover, alfalfa, cotton, raspberry) have a more favorable glucose-to-fructose ratio and therefore are better tolerated.  Types of honey hypothesized to contain a less favorable ratio were blackberry, buckwheat, citrus/orange blossom, acacia, sage, and tupelo [2].  Additionally, Dr. Siebecker had seen her patients have favorable responses to honey and was enthusiastic about its health benefits.

According to the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD), honey is permitted because it is a monosaccharide and monosaccharides are believed to be easily absorbed due to not requiring brush border enzymes for absorption.

The Fast Tract Diet, by Dr. Norm Robillard, has also been proposed as a possible diet for SIBO.  This diet recommends that individuals remain under a certain “fermentation potential” total per day.  Foods are numbered, with those less than or equal to 5 having a “low fermentation potential“.  Honey comes in at 3, falling into the “low” category.

Here are my thoughts on the topic:

  • Monash University used 1 tablespoon as its smallest measure.  That is equal to 17 grams of sugar.  The American Heart Association recommends that women consume no more than 24 grams of added sugars daily and men to consume less than 36 grams.  For women, 1 tablespoon of honey is equal to 70 percent of the recommended daily limit.  For health conscious folks, I believe a single teaspoon is a more realistic serving size and likely better tolerated (this recipe supplies less than that per serving).  Perhaps at a serving size smaller than 1 tablespoon, the fructose content of honey would be less likely to aggravate symptoms and feed overgrowth.
  • A teaspoon of honey in your tea –> likely well tolerated
  • Baking with honey –> probably too much- opt for pure maple syrup, coconut sugar, or cane sugar instead
  • During the initial elimination phase of a SIBO diet, added sugars should be limited as much as possible.
  • Buy your honey locally from a farmer’s market to avoid fraudulent products and increase the medicinal benefit associated with consuming locally-produced honey (potential reduction of seasonal allergies)

Honey Health Benefits

If you search the medical literature for “honey and health benefits”, you may be surprised to see that the topic has received quite a bit of attention.  Some of its reported health benefits include the following [3,4]:

  • Anti-oxidant
  • Anti-inflammatory
  • Anti-diabetic
  • Promotes wound healing (applied topically)
  • Protective effects on the gastrointestinal, respiratory, cardiovascular, and nervous systems
  • And much more!

Sweet Basil Vinaigrette
 
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Prep time
2 mins
Total time
2 mins
 
A super simple salad dressing recipe for individuals following SIBO diets. Add to green salad or on top of rice, quinoa, chicken, or seafood. Low FODMAP, SCD, Gluten-Free, Paleo, Dairy-Free, Soy-Free.
Author: Riley Wimminger
Recipe type: Salad Dressing
Cuisine: Italian
Serves: 4
Ingredients
  • 2 sprigs fresh basil leaves, removed from stems
  • ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
  • ¼ cup apple cider vinegar
  • 1 T clover honey (or pure maple syrup)
Instructions
  1. In a high-speed blender or food processor, combine all ingredients and process until smooth. Taste test and adjust seasonings, as needed- more honey if it is too tangy, more olive oil if it is overall too strong, more basil if it is bland, more vinegar if it is too oily.
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References

[1] Esiyok D, Otles S, Akcicek E. Herbs as a food source in Turkey. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2004;5(3):334-9.

[2] Siebecker, Allison.  SIBO Specific Food Guide.  Available at: http://www.siboinfo.com/uploads/5/4/8/4/5484269/sibo_specific_diet_food_guide_sept_2014.pdf

[3] Samarghandian S, Farkhondeh T, Samini F. Honey and Health: A Review of Recent Clinical Research. Pharmacognosy Res. 2017;9(2):121-127.

[4] Mandal MD, Mandal S. Honey: its medicinal property and antibacterial activity. Asian Pac J Trop Biomed. 2011;1(2):154-60.

Filed Under: Sauces, SIBO Recipes Tagged With: AIP, basil, IBS, low FODMAP, recipe, salad dressing, SCD, SIBO

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Comments

  1. Patrik says

    July 4, 2017 at 11:15 am

    Hi Riley!
    Sounds yum!
    Any thoughts on ACV feeding methane?
    // Patrik

    Reply
    • Riley says

      July 5, 2017 at 7:33 pm

      Innocent until proven guilty 😉

      Reply
      • Patrik says

        July 5, 2017 at 10:44 pm

        Ok!

        Reply
  2. Elizabeth says

    November 24, 2017 at 7:30 am

    Hello from the UK! I was wondering if you thought gluten free pasta (many shops sell it these days) would be acceptable on a SIBO diet? I made your honey mustard crock pot chicken the other day – soooooo yummy.

    Reply
    • Riley says

      November 24, 2017 at 11:08 am

      So glad you liked the Honey Mustard Chicken! Many individuals with SIBO do just fine with rice-based pasta, so it may be worth a try! I recommend trying a product with minimal (1-3) ingredients so that if you do have a reaction, it will be easier to tell what it is to. My absolute favorite gluten-free pasta is the Jovial brand Egg Tagliatelle- it’s SO delicious! And I think it might be a Europe-based company so you should be able to get it 🙂

      Reply
  3. christine says

    December 9, 2017 at 6:26 am

    this looks very good..thanks!
    I am confused about the pure maple syrup…whick i used to use. all the sibo diets say no to maple syrup???

    Reply
    • Riley says

      December 10, 2017 at 11:02 am

      That’s definitely an area of confusion for many! The reason that many SIBO diets exclude maple syrup is that it is not permitted on the specific carbohyrate diet (SCD) and these SIBO diets often incorporate some or all of the concepts of SCD. However, maple syrup is low FODMAP and often tolerated when used in moderation.

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