Re: No bad bm problems-- will scd still help ASD son?

[Guest guest]

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If your son has yeast problems, I definitely think SCD can help

him. This diet starves the yeast by giving them nothing to feed

on. All foods must be mononsaccharides. This is explained in BTVC,

but I would suggest visiting these 2 websites in the time being:

www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info

www.pecanbread.com

Also, I think you can give him fruit. I wouldn't overdo it, but I

think in moderation, he should be fine.

I don't know much about Nystatin, we've never used it. I guess I

would try SCD without, and see how it goes.

Gia

Mom to Jack and

SCD 11 mos

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

My son is now 9 and sounds like he has similarities to your son. We

never really had any bowel problems but mostly social difficulties.

As your son gets older the differences become more pronounced so I

can only stress how important it is to start this now. Yes, SCD

should very much help. His yeast overgrowth is prohibiting his body

to get nutrients from his food. Basicly his brain is starving for

the nutrients he so desperately needs. These nutrients are used for,

among other things, social interaction, reading body language,

expressive and receptive speech, etc. I have yet to try medication

to remove the yeast (we meet with our DAN doctor later this week) but

using medication to kill the yeast while feeding the yeast and

bacteria in the gut seems to me like taking cold medicine and then

submerging yourself in the cold and flu ward at the hospital.

Eventually the medicine wears off and you are surrounded by and

unhealthy environment. You should be able to continue with fruit as

long as you don't go overboard. You might find certain foods you

want to avoid (a food log will be beneficial for this reason). Some

foods are reacted to immediately while others build up and should be

rotated in the diet. I think if you try this diet, you will find

benefits that are entirely worth it. My son is loosing the " brain

fog " that he has had socially for so long. Good luck, give it a real

try.

Helen, mom to three great kids, including (9 y/o, ASD, SCD 6

weeks)

> Hi,

> I'm waiting for the BTVC book, and I think I'm going to try it,

but

> I'm wondering if my 3 1/2 year old autistic son will benefit from

it

> because he's never had horrible BM problems. He's produced a bm

just

> about every day of his life once or twice a day. For a few months

> they were mushier than normal, but yeast treatment and supplements

> have brought them back to normal. The organic acid test showed he

> was deficient in many nutrients and had a yeast overgrowth. He

also

> has never had any severe stimming or behaviors. His big issues are

> social interaction and conversational speech. Does anyone have a

> similar situation and saw results in those areas? Also, do you

know

> if you stop doing the nystatin and low sugar diet if you launch

into

> SCD? I don't know what I'll feed him if I still can't give him

fruit!

> Thanks for any input,

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

My son is now 9 and sounds like he has similarities to your son. We

never really had any bowel problems but mostly social difficulties.

As your son gets older the differences become more pronounced so I

can only stress how important it is to start this now. Yes, SCD

should very much help. His yeast overgrowth is prohibiting his body

to get nutrients from his food. Basicly his brain is starving for

the nutrients he so desperately needs. These nutrients are used for,

among other things, social interaction, reading body language,

expressive and receptive speech, etc. I have yet to try medication

to remove the yeast (we meet with our DAN doctor later this week) but

using medication to kill the yeast while feeding the yeast and

bacteria in the gut seems to me like taking cold medicine and then

submerging yourself in the cold and flu ward at the hospital.

Eventually the medicine wears off and you are surrounded by and

unhealthy environment. You should be able to continue with fruit as

long as you don't go overboard. You might find certain foods you

want to avoid (a food log will be beneficial for this reason). Some

foods are reacted to immediately while others build up and should be

rotated in the diet. I think if you try this diet, you will find

benefits that are entirely worth it. My son is loosing the " brain

fog " that he has had socially for so long. Good luck, give it a real

try.

Helen, mom to three great kids, including (9 y/o, ASD, SCD 6

weeks)

> Hi,

> I'm waiting for the BTVC book, and I think I'm going to try it,

but

> I'm wondering if my 3 1/2 year old autistic son will benefit from

it

> because he's never had horrible BM problems. He's produced a bm

just

> about every day of his life once or twice a day. For a few months

> they were mushier than normal, but yeast treatment and supplements

> have brought them back to normal. The organic acid test showed he

> was deficient in many nutrients and had a yeast overgrowth. He

also

> has never had any severe stimming or behaviors. His big issues are

> social interaction and conversational speech. Does anyone have a

> similar situation and saw results in those areas? Also, do you

know

> if you stop doing the nystatin and low sugar diet if you launch

into

> SCD? I don't know what I'll feed him if I still can't give him

fruit!

> Thanks for any input,

[Guest guest]

Hi

I too have a three and a half year old son, he has never given me any

reason to worry about his BMs except that he went usually twice a day

and slightly on the soft side but nothing drastic and he ate so

well. He has slight stimming and behavioral problems and behind in

social interaction and speech. I give him no supplements except Eye

Q fish oil which i do not know if it is legal but find the benefits

too great to stop. He has been on the diet for 23 days with no die

off but less BM's (six a week)and more formed. His speech therapist

has commented on his eye contact and interaction with her as being

greatly improved and more willingness to follow commands. His play

school says he is listening a little more. My husband and i both

think his speech has come on tremendously but do not know whether we

are too close to the situation. He has not had any startling results

but a gradual improvement is happening so I am very happy to carry on

with the diet even though trying to fill my son up is taking a lot of

effort as he is permantly searching for food. Hope i was of help but

know that only being on the diet such a short time I cannot answer

you questions fully.

alison

mum to cameron ASD 3 years

> Hi,

> I'm waiting for the BTVC book, and I think I'm going to try it,

but

> I'm wondering if my 3 1/2 year old autistic son will benefit from

it

> because he's never had horrible BM problems. He's produced a bm

just

>

[Guest guest]

I think we each have to follow our gut feeling (no pun intended) when

it comes to deciding to try the SCD for our child.

My son is one of the unfortunate ones that has IBD (irritable bowel

syndrome) but I didn't know it until he was 6 and he had developed

severe arthritic complications of IBD. I remember when he was

younger, reading about Dr. Wakefield's work and being grateful that

at least I didn't have to deal with THAT because my son didn't have

diarrhea. He never had diarrhea until he was so sick he was in the

hospital.

Thank God (literally) for this diet. When his IBD " flared " it did

not look good for his even being able to walk without many different

drugs. When he became allergic to one of his many (15 doses

per day) we had to take him off almost all of the and we

started SCD. (We had tried taking him off these before with

very bad results.) He has been in remission for over a year and has

improved greatly with regards to his social relations and speech

although he is still very " querky " , obsessive (video games), and has

many social skills to learn...but then he " graduated " from his ABA

program last year and does not have an aide in the classroom. This

would not have been possible before the diet because of behavior.

He had intensive ABA therapy when he was younger but had behavioral

problems that interfered with his learning (I believe because he was

in pain, etc.) This year he has had only two " meltdowns " at school

and mostly " great " days.

My nephew is also autistic and has IBD. Some very common forms of

IBD are not diagnosed (get bad enough with diarrhea, , etc.)

until the teenage years or later...my nephew's wasn't.

I do not want to scare anyone into this diet, but there are some

children out there who have gut issues and will greatly benefit.

It is possible to try diets and not have them work for our child, we

had tried the GFCF diet and not noticed positive changes...but it

certainly didn't hurt my son in any lasting way, the food was

healthier than what he had been eating.

I do not know if this diet would help all autistic children, but it

certainly helps some. If you choose to try it, I hope yours is one

of them! Best wishes, Charla