Re: difficulties with the diet & yogurt

[Guest guest]

Hi Carol,

I too have a 5yr old ASD and a 2yr old NT! I feel for you, but hard as it's now,

it will get

better. It sounds like you are having a strong die-off reaction. Was he very

much into

carbs before you started SCD? Sounds like you have strong bug population in his

gut.

Have you tried epsom salt baths? They help calm them down since they are

literally full of

toxins now that the bad bugs are dying... Some other parents give activated

charcoal,

although I never tried it. I would start slowly with the nut yoghurt. You want

the " good

bugs " to help you fight. Slowly meaning maybe a 1/2 a teaspoon everyother day

for a

week and then increase again. Perhaps you added the probiotics too quickly

and/or too

many. I think yoghurt is a milder way to get the probiotics in our kids.

How is he eating? and his bowels? continue to introduce cooked veggies, meats

and oils

to make sure he's not irritable because he's hungry! My can become

REALLY

irritable if she's hungry. Offer legal food at regular intervals and lots to

drink.

Don't be discouraged, the fact he's reacting is telling you there are

considerable changes

going on in his body, so you're on the right track! What fruits are you giving?

I tend for

the pears, the ripe bananas and the avocados since the applesauce makes my

little one a

bit giddy. You are the sleuth, if you suspect something take it away for a few

days and

then reintroduce. each kid is different and you are the resident expert on

yours!

Good luck, lots of courage, and let us know how he moves along.

(from Barcelona), mom to 5ASD and 2NT gut issues SCD

since nov 03

[Guest guest]

I think there are many up's and down's with SCD but you should see some

improvements. How about his stools?

Are they better or worse? At the 2nd or 3rd month there can be a relapse

even when the diet is carefully followed.

See BTVC page 52. If you tell us exactly what he is eating, and all of his

supplements that would be helpful. Also,

are all of his supplements legal? We use Nature's Life Milk-Free

Acidophilus and not Custom Probiotics and my

daughter does fine with that. They do urinate much more in the beginning as

well. This is normal. He may just be

in another die-off period or at that 3 month set-back. Take care,

Kathy

mom to Hannah-13, NT and Abby-9 ASD, UC and SCD restarted 5 weeks ago

>

>

> My son has had several setbacks since beginning the SCDiet, including

> stopping answering yes/no questions, wetting his pants for the first

> time in more than a year, and more irritability. We've been on it

> now for 3 months, and I was desperately hoping to see at least some

> improvement. We did the intro diet for a couple of weeks, just to be

> sure that we did it long enough, and we have only added some fruits

> and vegetables (well-cooked) and cashew butter to my son's diet since

> the intro diet. We haven't tried the yogurt with him, because giving

> him the recommended probiotics (from Harry) really seemed to affect

> him negatively (more pants-wetting, extremely irritable, etc.), so we

> stopped those and haven't started any form of probiotics since. Can

> anyone help us?? I am not sure where to go from here and am very

> discouraged.

>

> Thank you,

> Carol

> mom of Owen (5, ASD) and Elliott (2, NT)

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>

>

>

> 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]

Carol,

You said:

<<giving him the recommended probiotics (from Harry) really seemed to affect him

negatively>>

Again..... I need to know, regarding the Custom Probiotics..... Did you use a

probiotic blend (as recommended by Harry?) ..... or did you use the SCD legal

acidophilus only that we recommend?

Patti, mom to Katera

[Guest guest]

If it is die-off, you can consider giving epsom salts to help with

detox and calming. It is cheap and easy to give a bath and most

people see results right away.

www.enzymestuff.com/epsomsalts.htm

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