Re: Aren't carrots yeast feeders?

[Guest guest]

anything except short shallow pan frying has issues, there are

questions about crosslinking the starches, degregation of fats and

induction of toxins in the fats............

the way i cook carrots

peel the carrot and discard the outer skin peelings.

continue peeling into curls until you reach the core, discard the

core.

pressure cook the curls on the 1(low) setting for two minutes then

turn off and stand for six minutes. (tefal delico presure cooker).

yeast is not really defeatable without adequate zinc, i have written

up on this is 'copper and zinc' in the index of

http://tinyurl.com/2csa3

unless you read that and 'minerals i take' in the same index you will

not supplement in a fashion that works.

i have also found any food i particularly like or crave has issues

and since the last one like this was grape juice it may well be yeast

as you say. peeled grapes in reasoanably season are ok.

> Hello everyone, and thanks for your help.

>

> I've only been trying SCD for less than a week, so bear with me!! A

> couple weeks ago, when we were still GFCFSFCF with our 3yo ASD son,

I

> was trying to cut back on his starchy morning snack. So, I looked

at

> the pecanbread web site and saw a recipe for fried carrots. I

tried

> it, and he loves it. Generally in life, I've had to be leary of

all

> foods my son loves as they are bad for him in one way or another.

> Darn it. Anyway, He's been eating these for the past week, and for

> two days he hasn't napped and last night he had night waking from 4

> until 6. The sleep disturbance is his big sign that something is

> wrong in his diet. I had always thought carrots were yeast feeders

> but didn't worry when I saw them on the recipe list.

>

> Are they yeast feeders? And, am I just going too fast? We didn't

do

> the introductory diet because his diarrhea has been under control

for

> the better part of a year. I'm trying SCD because of his yeast,

which

> I know is an issue.

>

> Thanks for your help!

>

> Amy

[Guest guest]

Amy,

As I see it from Elaine's book... anything that is not properly

digested as it leaves the small intestine is food for the

pathogens.

Deep frying foods makes them more difficult to digest. That's

why I caution against them in the section right above the stages

chart on pecanbread.com. Once the gut is well on it's way to

healing, fried foods may be more easily tolerated. But as

pointed out, deep fried foods are not particularly healthy.

You mentioned not starting with the intro. This is really one of my

biggest suggestions. Start at the beginning no matter what. We

have seen the best results when starting with the intro, whether

the intro is done very first or whether the parent " goes back " to

the intro once they have gotten their child accustomed to not

eating starches.

SCD is a healing process, not a diet with a long list of allowed

foods to " switch to " . Yes, it is better to remove the starches than

to continue to feed them, but it seems that the true healing

comes with slow, patient addition of easy-to-digest foods and

allowing the gut to heal over time. SCD isn't a quick fix. But in

the long run, my kids can now eat foods that they previously

could not tolerate.

Jody

mom to -5 and -7

SCD 19 months

[Guest guest]

,

Why not the core of the carrot?

I am growing carrots in my garden and harvest when very small. The

core is about the width of a toothpick.

Sheila

> the way i cook carrots

>

> peel the carrot and discard the outer skin peelings.

>

> continue peeling into curls until you reach the core, discard the

> core.

>

[Guest guest]

What foods can they eat now that were formerly not tolerated?

>>> momtobandj@... 8/25/2004 9:29:22 AM >>>

Amy,

As I see it from Elaine's book... anything that is not properly

digested as it leaves the small intestine is food for the

pathogens.

Deep frying foods makes them more difficult to digest. That's

why I caution against them in the section right above the stages

chart on pecanbread.com. Once the gut is well on it's way to

healing, fried foods may be more easily tolerated. But as

pointed out, deep fried foods are not particularly healthy.

You mentioned not starting with the intro. This is really one of my

biggest suggestions. Start at the beginning no matter what. We

have seen the best results when starting with the intro, whether

the intro is done very first or whether the parent " goes back " to

the intro once they have gotten their child accustomed to not

eating starches.

SCD is a healing process, not a diet with a long list of allowed

foods to " switch to " . Yes, it is better to remove the starches than

to continue to feed them, but it seems that the true healing

comes with slow, patient addition of easy-to-digest foods and

allowing the gut to heal over time. SCD isn't a quick fix. But in

the long run, my kids can now eat foods that they previously

could not tolerate.

Jody

mom to -5 and -7

SCD 19 months

For information on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, please read the book

_Breaking the Vicious Cycle_ by Elaine Gottschall and read the

following websites:

http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info

and

http://www.pecanbread.com

[Guest guest]

" What foods can they eat now that were formerly not tolerated? "

Butter and some organic raw milk cow's cheese come to mind

first. This is a HUGE deal around here. Before SCD, even

cross-contamination from a cow's milk product would trigger ear

infections in my older son. He had ear infections from age 2

months until age 3.5 when we removed casein. Any infraction

would bring on another ear infection. In the fall before we started

SCD, we had 3 back-to-back ear infections (treated with

Rocephin). I finally found the culprit- a gfcf food, which had

previously been run on a dairy free line was being produced now

on a line with products with dairy in them. I removed that item

and the ear infections stopped again.

I honestly thought that he would NEVER be able to eat anything

with dairy in it (of any sort). I was shocked when he could

tolerate the goat dairy. For him to be able to tolerate butter and

some cow cheese was beyond amazing to me.

Other things he can tolerate... he can eat any food now. Phenols

do not bother him as much as they used to. No flushing

face/ears, limited hyper behavior. If I am going to serve him a

large amount of phenols, I do still give No Fenol. But for a single

serving size of a highly phenolic food, he can eat it with no

problems.

Now for ... threw up a lot. Being on SCD has

solved whatever the throwing up problem was (unknown). He

has only thrown up 2-3 times in the last 19 months of SCD. This

is great news for me because cleaning up puke is SOOO gross.

I do know that he cannot tolerate saccharin. That's one of the

few things he has thrown up on SCD.

was on a self-imposed rotation diet before SCD. His

food issues were particularly frustrating because his diet was

self-limited and he had a built in rotation system that made

feeding him *loads of fun* (sarcasm intended).

Since SCD, I think his stomach doesn't bother him any more and

his has ditched his self-imposed restricted diet and is willing to

try new foods and will eat the same item much more frequently.

So, if I were to make green beans today, he would eat them

again the day after tomorrow rather than imposing a 3-4 day

period before he would eat them again. Before SCD, I always

struggled to feed enough each day, but with SCD it is

much easier.

Jody

mom to -5 and -8

SCD 19 months