New here, son on gf/cf/sf, we may be switching diets

[Guest guest]

Hi,

We have been gf/cf/sf, following Feingold and limiting fruits for my

son who is 6 and has autism. We met with a DAN! dr. for the first

time and he suggested we start SCD. I have no idea how to switch at

this point. My son's diet is already limited and I am afraid to put

fenols back in his diet. He had an apple recently and it took him 3

days to get back to where he was prior. The book is on it's way but

if there is anyone on the list that can advise me on switching gears,

I sure would appreciate. We've only been doing gf/cf/everything free

for 2 mos. and I finally got the hang of it and now we need to

switch.. HELP.. please:)

Thank you,

a

[Guest guest]

Hi a,

I commend you for being willing to take a look at SCD and try to make

the switch. It is a daunting task to try to figure out what is legal

vs. illegal (SCD lingo). But if you can go gf/cf/sf you are more

than half way there, so take heart! You can do this!

The way I started was to take the foods that he had been eating that

were allowed and just fed him that for every meal. He was awesome

about it. Basically he ate cooked carrots, cooked chicken, pear

sauce (homemade) and diluted Welch's grape juice (50/50). I moved

into chicken pancakes (pureed chicken and eggs fried like a pancake),

jello made from gelatin and diluted grape juice and cooked green

beans. My son , also 6 has been on the diet since June and is

doing really well. We went to the dentist on Saturday and he actually

let the dentist put the rotating brush in is mouth for the first

time. He was really calm and when he didn't like the spit vacuum he

just calmly said " I've had enough of that " . I was floored as we had

a tough time just getting him to open his mouth at our last pre SCD

visit. If this is right for your son once you start to see

improvements it will make every pear you peel worth it!!

Review the pecanbread site well as it has tons of info and recipes to

get you started. This group is also a great way to gleen info too.

Best wishes,

Cheryl

mom to ASD, 6.5 (SCD 4.5 mths)and 2

>

> Hi,

>

> We have been gf/cf/sf, following Feingold and limiting fruits for

my

> son who is 6 and has autism. We met with a DAN! dr. for the first

> time and he suggested we start SCD. I have no idea how to switch

at

> this point. My son's diet is already limited and I am afraid to

put

> fenols back in his diet. He had an apple recently and it took him

3

> days to get back to where he was prior. The book is on it's way

but

> if there is anyone on the list that can advise me on switching

gears,

> I sure would appreciate. We've only been doing gf/cf/everything

free

> for 2 mos. and I finally got the hang of it and now we need to

> switch.. HELP.. please:)

>

> Thank you,

>

> a

[Guest guest]

Welcome to the list a,

> We have been gf/cf/sf, following Feingold and limiting fruits for

my

> son who is 6 and has autism. We met with a DAN! dr. for the first

> time and he suggested we start SCD. I have no idea how to switch

at

> this point. My son's diet is already limited and I am afraid to

put

> fenols back in his diet. He had an apple recently and it took him

3

> days to get back to where he was prior. The book is on it's way

but

> if there is anyone on the list that can advise me on switching

gears,

> I sure would appreciate. We've only been doing gf/cf/everything

free

> for 2 mos. and I finally got the hang of it and now we need to

> switch.. HELP.. please:)

There are some great tips for getting started on the diet at

http://pecanbread.com/foodprep.html#transition

http://pecanbread.com/foodprep.html#intro

http://pecanbread.com/foodprep.html#beyond

http://pecanbread.com/foodprep.html#menu

There is lots of other great info on the site including the recipe

page at http://pecanbread.com/recipes.html

There is more SCD info at Elaine's site

http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info/

And another SCD recipe site

http://www.scdrecipe.com/recipes.html

Why are you limiting fruit? IS it because of salicylates or are

there other reasons?

Sheila 44 mos SCD, 20 yrs UC

mom of SCD 29 mos