Re: dietary intervention for

April 10, 2008

Hi erveryone,

Thanks for all the suggestions. I suddenly don't feel so alone in this

and at least know where I am aiming to get to. I stopped the volvic

touch of fruit yesterday and replaced it with water with a splash of

organic cordial. He is now going cold turkey on sweets, but it is

obviously making him a but depressed (and slightly more out of

control). (as they were part of how we managed his behaviour) There's

a vicious cycle if ever youv'e seen one. I am going to try the

pancakes tonight and get some organic crisps. Would it be safe to say

that we will have to source all our own foods and cook ourselves (I

don't think there is any other option) What are the options on things

like yogurts? Do they have to come out of the equation? I have bought

a CF/GF book and also Gut and Phscycolgy Syndrome (Dr Natasha

). These books conflict in their approach, so it is hard

knowing what is right. I am very happy to start small and I think we

can manage mealtimes ok, it is the rest of the time, out shopping,

travelling etc. Any more suggestions will be very very gratefuly

received. Again. Thank you everyone from Myself, Chrisopther

and Zofia (5 weeks old)

>

> Are any of these ideas any good or the sort of thing you were looking

> for? Do give us some feedback if any of it helps (and especially if it

> doesn't) so we can think some more

> Sally

>

April 10, 2008

Hi,

Personally

I think there’s always a compromise because the ideal diet is very hard.

My Tom has organic crisps because it is hard to think of snacks to give him. they’re not great because of the packaging with the aluminium

lining and the high salt content and because they are potato (a lot of people

swear by the SCD diet which we don’t do). I’m thinking of making

crisps but that’s three years into the diet! As for yoghurts organic

natural yoghurt is in theory very good for your child because of the high probiotic content but many of our children have an intolerance to casein or cow’s milk. I recommend a

trial of about 4 days completely dairy free. If it makes no difference you can

give natural yoghurt but the flavoured ones will be full of sugar at best and artificial

additives at worst. After trialling dairy free it is worth trying your child on

goat’s/ sheep’s or jersey or Guernsey milk as often people

tolerate these better than Friesian milk.

Someone

has mentioned xylitol. It’s good for the gut

and a natural product so try sweetening things with that if he’s craving

sugar. Watch for reactions tough as someone else has already said. We buy “Biona buckwheat and almond cookies” which Tom loves

but so far I’ve never met another kid that likes them!!! we get them from http://www.dietaryneedsdirect.co.uk/cnb/shop/dietaryneedsdirect

They are sweetened with honey.

The

more you cook yourself the better – definitely!.

About

the conflicting advice you will get loads but that is because our children are

all different. Going for natural, home-cooked and organic are good for all our

children. It’s worth listening to all the advice and then trialling everything

with your child. You have to be careful when you eliminate foods though, not to

replace them with something worse. I made this mistake. When I took Tom off

gluten, I replaced it with corn and rice and then later realised he could

tolerate neither of these. I replaced dairy with soya

which he had a horrible reaction to. I also started to buy gf/cf stuff from TESCO’s before realising that it was full of e

numbers, yeast and sugar – some of the stuff I was buying was very nasty.

It’s

a bit of a minefield but worth it,

Sara

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