Re: bananas/salicylate plans

[Guest guest]

First, I want to sincerely thank everyone who has contributed their

ideas to help me out with my confussion! I can't tell you how much

it means to me to know I have cyber-friends who are SCD experienced

as well as stumbling along like me offering insights and ideas.

The banana issue is very interesting. I never suspected it, but I

have been giving him regular ol' bananas. I really never thought of

the nice firm ones as " illegal " but it makes sense - thank you for

explaining it . I will have to experiment with this further.

I found out this morning that I have been serving him fuji apples

instead of golden delicious (of which only the golden delic. are low

in salicylates). Today was a marked improvement. We even went to my

sister's house (bigger than ours and has pool - he's jealous of that)

with a total of NINE kids!!!! I wish you all could see how calm and

happy he was in the midst of such over-stimulation. He was very

upset when all the kids had hot dogs and pizza to choose for supper,

but after eating a couple burgers and some carrot curls (his

favorite) he was once again happy and pleasant. A friend of mine

even commented on how much he likes burgers and " pretended " to slowly

reach for 's. I expected the typical exagerated angry face but

instead he cut some off and offered it!

Thanks to everyone's ideas. I really value this forum!

Helen, mom to three kids, including (9 y/o, ASD, SCD 4 weeks)

> After this thread on bananas, I just feel compelled to say - all

> bananas are not created equally. Well, maybe that isn't exactly the

> right thing to say because it's more about how they end up than

where

> they start out. The thing is, we have to be specific when talking

> about what an SCD banana looks like.

>

> Spotty, freckled, no green on the stem, soft, easy to mash with a

> fork.

>

> Why? Because only then is a banana truly SCD legal. Bananas that

are

> firm, and even a tiny bit underripe are starchy and very difficult

to

> digest. They will feed the gut bugs and cause problems. Bananas

that

> are as described above, are much easier to digest because of the

> simple-sugarness of them. (I don't know how to say it

scientifically.

> They are NOT starchy.)

>