Increasing vegetables/fiber without turning yellow or orange

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My 8-year-old ASD son doesn't eat very many

vegetables, but the ones he does eat are red, yellow

or orange (he won't touch any of the green ones), so

it doesn't take much (two servings per day) for him to

turn yellow or orangish-yellow. From this I infer that

he has a buildup of beta carotene or something like it

in his system. I heard of a guy who drank a high

amount (quarts or gallons?) of carrot juice a day and

turned orange, but my son's consumption of carrots,

squash and tomatoes is not as high as that. So I'm

wondering:

1. Is there something he can take to help him

metabolize the vegetables or the beta-carotene or

whatever to keep his skin a more normal color?

2. How can I increase his consumption of green

vegetables and fiber on SCD? He is very picky and

also texture-sensitive (prefers purees) and very alert

to small changes in color, smell and taste. He is

borderline overweight and I think he needs to eat more

vegetables (unlike me and most people he is actually

GAINING weight--but not height, alas--on SCD, I think

because so much of his diet is fat--he won't eat meat

and we cut out the whole grains he used to eat before

SCD, so he gets his protein from high-fat sources like

cheese, yogurt and peanut butter, and gets less fiber

without the whole grains) but he will turn orange if

he eats more of the sort he's already eating. He has

rejected the few egg-free nut flour items I have made,

and I won't be able to make any more for a while

because my oven is broken in a way that is very

expensive to fix (basically needs to be replaced).

3. What can I do to help a child stop gaining weight

on SCD?

4. I know that the tomato is botanically a fruit, but

from a dietary standoint, do tomatoes count as fruits

or vegetables?

Thank you for any advice,

mother of Adam (8, PDD-NOS, Lyme, asthma, egg allergy,

SCD 7/06)

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