Re: Loves the bananas/Hates the constipation! HELP!

[Guest guest]

When children crave things on a daily basis then yes, it could very

well be an allergen for them, so you might want to try a week or two

without them and document any behavioral changes. Doris Rapp's book

has good information on how to remove a food completely, then

reintroduce it in high amounts, to watch for changes in behavior,

listening, attention, etc.

It depends on how ripe the banana is-- if he's eating it when they

are fresh from the store, just turned yellow, then they will be

constipating. If you let the banana's ripen at home, to the point

where they are getting some brown spots on the skin, then they are

not constipating. It has to do with the type of sugar it is prior to

being this ripe.

Again, look into Doris Rapp's Is This Your Child book for more info.

Your local library may even have the book so that you don't have to

buy it.

W

--- In , " TRB " <thosebishops@h...>

wrote:

> My son, too, loves bananas. He'd eat bananas and mandarin oranges

> all day if he could. I only allow him one banana a day for fear of

> constipation and the lack of vitamins from other sources - he is

> picky. How do you all avoid the constipation factor? Our OT

thought

> we should restrict bananas and citrus, thinking they may be

allergens

> since he craves them so much ( I couldn't imagine!). We haven't

tried

> this one yet.

> ~Tracey

[Guest guest]

My girls love bananas also. I find that oatmeal helps with the

constapation issues. Extra fiber. So if they dont have oatmeal with thier

bananas, then we have oatmeal snack bars around they eat. No constapation

problems here. :-)

I know what you mean though. Faith would eat grapes all day long if I let

her.

Toni

[Guest guest]

And the thing is, with kids (and adults too) is that they have no

idea how bad they were feeling until they are able to stop eating

that particular food. It seems counterintuitive-- you would think

that if that food was not good for the child they wouldn't eat it,

but the opposite is what seems to ring true more often than not.

Their bodies crave it instead. So thanks for posting that

about you. I know for me, I used to crave a certain cereal and would

come home and eat a bowl of it and just LOVE it. After I stopped

buying it for a while and switched to a variety without artificial

flavoring and preservatives, then when I went back to that cereal

(and dh too) we got stomachaches from it but not only that, it tasted

terrible to us. We detoxed enough that we could now taste what it

REALLY tasted like. Chemicals!

Banana's (what prompted the thread) are tricky in that they are

so " good " for you, but I think in America, we promote eating them too

early. In other countries, they usually prefer to let them become

very ripe, which goes along with the information from the SCD diet

(www.pecanbread.com) and also, coincidentally, TCM (traditional

chinese medicine) also talks about how when eaten before they have

the brown spots, bananas are constipating and when eaten after they

are ripe, then they are more of a fiber/laxative effect/promote good

bacteria in the gut. When someone craves a certain food on a daily

basis, we have to step back and look at the reasons why they might be

craving it--either related to an allergy-type of response in the

body, or there is an underlying nutritional deficiency, or...

W

[Guest guest]

merrywbee wrote:

> When children crave things on a daily basis then yes, it could very

> well be an allergen for them, so you might want to try a week or two

This was definitely true for me with peanuts. I ate them daily until

allergy testing a few months ago. It's totally like an addiction though

where I still think about them very regularly. I must say though I feel

much better not eating them. The nighttime stomach pains went away

almost completely.

[Guest guest]

Try adding apricots and apricot nectar to his diet to help with

constipation. My kids love both, and it works like prunes.

Suzi

> My son, too, loves bananas. He'd eat bananas and mandarin oranges

> all day if he could. I only allow him one banana a day for fear

of

> constipation and the lack of vitamins from other sources - he is

> picky. How do you all avoid the constipation factor? Our OT

thought

> we should restrict bananas and citrus, thinking they may be

allergens

> since he craves them so much ( I couldn't imagine!). We haven't

tried

> this one yet.

> ~Tracey

[Guest guest]

Hi

interestingly the AiA in the UK recommend bananas ( and grapes) as

one of the first foods you should diet challenge after going gfcf as

they are almost inevitably a problem for kids with gut related ASD/

ADD etc etc.

The lady who wrote Diet Intervention and Autism reckons that 99% of

kids who use gfcf show a problem with bananas.....

Charlie never touched them so no idea if this was true of him

Regards

Deborah

> And the thing is, with kids (and adults too) is that they have no

> idea how bad they were feeling until they are able to stop eating

> that particular food. It seems counterintuitive-- you would think

> that if that food was not good for the child they wouldn't eat it,

> but the opposite is what seems to ring true more often than not.

> Their bodies crave it instead. So thanks for posting that

> about you. I know for me, I used to crave a certain cereal and

would

> come home and eat a bowl of it and just LOVE it. After I stopped

> buying it for a while and switched to a variety without artificial

> flavoring and preservatives, then when I went back to that cereal

> (and dh too) we got stomachaches from it but not only that, it

tasted

> terrible to us. We detoxed enough that we could now taste what it

> REALLY tasted like. Chemicals!

>

> Banana's (what prompted the thread) are tricky in that they are

> so " good " for you, but I think in America, we promote eating them

too

> early. In other countries, they usually prefer to let them become

> very ripe, which goes along with the information from the SCD diet

> (www.pecanbread.com) and also, coincidentally, TCM (traditional

> chinese medicine) also talks about how when eaten before they have

> the brown spots, bananas are constipating and when eaten after they

> are ripe, then they are more of a fiber/laxative effect/promote

good

> bacteria in the gut. When someone craves a certain food on a daily

> basis, we have to step back and look at the reasons why they might

be

> craving it--either related to an allergy-type of response in the

> body, or there is an underlying nutritional deficiency, or...

>

> W

[Guest guest]

Hello

I don't know how I managed to miss that! Right, no bananas for a bit...

(There'll be uproar!)

And is this the origin of saying someone 'goes bananas'?

Sara

>Hi

>interestingly the AiA in the UK recommend bananas ( and grapes) as

>one of the first foods you should diet challenge after going gfcf as

>they are almost inevitably a problem for kids with gut related ASD/

>ADD etc etc.

>The lady who wrote Diet Intervention and Autism reckons that 99% of

>kids who use gfcf show a problem with bananas.....

>Charlie never touched them so no idea if this was true of him

>Regards

>Deborah

>

--

Sykes

[Guest guest]

Hi

SORRY ! Don't shoot the messenger LOL !

You might be one of the lucky ones - you never know. If not I think

pears and peaches are the most universally tolerated. I blend pears

into Charlie pancakes as he won't eat fruit straight up.

Regards

Deborah

--- In , Sara e <sara@s...>

wrote:

> Hello

>

> I don't know how I managed to miss that! Right, no bananas for a

bit...

> (There'll be uproar!)

>

> And is this the origin of saying someone 'goes bananas'?

>

> Sara

>

> >Hi

> >interestingly the AiA in the UK recommend bananas ( and grapes) as

> >one of the first foods you should diet challenge after going gfcf

as

> >they are almost inevitably a problem for kids with gut related ASD/

> >ADD etc etc.

> >The lady who wrote Diet Intervention and Autism reckons that 99% of

> >kids who use gfcf show a problem with bananas.....

> >Charlie never touched them so no idea if this was true of him

> >Regards

> >Deborah

> >

>

> --

> Sykes