What do your kids eat?

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Well, the bad news is that you really don’t want him on juice at

all, except maybe pear.  I water down any juice my kids have – they actually

get stomach aches from straight juice. 

What are the foods that he will eat?  Start with replacing those

with alternatives.  His gut might just be feeling so bad that he needs to heal

before he can think of eating new stuff.  Does he seem to have GERD or any

other reflux?  I found that DGL is a good healer for the digestive/intestinal

tract.  Licorice root is soothing and fights bacteria like h-pylori which cause

ulcers.  I knew a family whose child didn’t eat much for 2 weeks.  It was scary

but they made it through.  Again, try to make eating a fun, enjoyable time and

relax.  Your child will sense your anxiety about food if you show it.  It’s a

pain, but several small meals each day, all day with fun and good food might be

what you do; instead of the pressure of eating three larger meals only.  Zinc

should be given at night, alone.  We give 50 mg per night and it took my son

about 3 mos to try new foods.  Make sure to keep him hydrated with water, until

his eating picks up.  Vitamin water has electrolytes and can be better than

juice b/c of the electrolytes but it also has sugars and veggie juice for color

so watch the phenols.  Again, water it down.

My kids don’t really like any milk so I never replaced it.  I

use rice milk for baking or to make cream of rice in the morning with agave

nectar to sweeten.   My son only ate green apples but we also worked in pineapple,

strawberries on a rotational basis.  Nothing is good if you eat it exclusively

or every day.

If you send me a list of what he will eat, I will help you try

to start broadening the menu.     Heidi J    

From:

mb12 valtrex [mailto:mb12 valtrex ] On Behalf

Of Arrowood

Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 4:30 PM

To: mb12 valtrex

Subject: Re: What do your kids eat?

This document seems to mostly suggest replacing things with

gfcf stuff, but he won't even eat regular hotdogs, nuggets, yogurt, waffles,

pancakes etc. For drinks I have tried Almond milk and rice mild.

Various mixes, none of which dissolve very well. The only fruit he will

eat any of is apple. He was willing to try the gfcf pretzels for awhile,

but then no. Any idea how long he live on juice?

To: mb12 valtrex

Sent: Tuesday, June 9, 2009 3:20:25 PM

Subject: What do your kids eat?

My experience has been that it took

YEARS.. But had I known about adding zinc to help with appetite and

taste flexibility, it might not have taken that long. I found that you

have to break the taste and smell comparisons. This can take months

because the brain has a very good memory of smell (normally). If they are

smelling foods at school that is tough too. Also, if others in the family

are eating gluten foods, the smells will still be present and the comparison

may take longer to break. I went gluten-free with the whole family when

we initially started with my son. We all felt better on it. No

asking – just do it. Here’s a great resource that Gen Rescue just put out

in the newsletter: http://www.generati onrescue. org/resource/ implementing-

GFCF-diet. htm HTH Heidi J

From:

mb12 valtrex@ yahoogroups. com [mailto:mb12 valtrex @yahoogroups. com] On

Behalf Of Arrowood

Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 4:00 PM

To: mb12 valtrex@ yahoogroups. com

Subject: Re: Re: What do your kids eat?

So

how many days/weeks did your go before they would eat meat and veggies and

fruit? I mean the diet wouldn't be hard if he actually ate any of those

things. Just wondering at what point does starvation kick in enough to

make food a priority?

From:

Soliday <elizabethsoliday@ yahoo.com>

To: mb12 valtrex@ yahoogroups. com

Sent: Monday, June 8, 2009 11:09:55 PM

Subject: Re: What do your kids eat?

That's what I thought at first. People do it though and their kids are

better for it. Mine does not have a corn problem. Our diet is mostly fresh or

steamed fruits and vegetables, organic meats (or meats with no nitrates or

anything added, preferably no antibiotics/ hormones) , organic rice, duck eggs,

potatoes. When you get the allergens out, they start gaining weight and

thriving! No more sensory issues, no more poop problems, no more dark circles,

lots of things go away! It's amazing when you read these message boards and

thing " oh yeah, my son hasn't done that in awhile " . I hope you all

get there, but it was the FOOD for us.

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