Re: Advice on Enzymes/Supplements - DANA

[Guest guest]

>

> If he has just recently lost his appetite, many of the supplements

you

> listed might have caused it.

>

It does seem to be just since we've put him on the diet that his

appetite changed. He used to eat just about anything we gave him,

but once we started limiting his foods (especially since starting

supplements) his eating just took a nose dive. I was under the

impression that some of these supplements would actually increase

his appetite, but I guess that's not the case. Any suggestions for

what might change this? (just in your opinion, of course)

TIA

[Guest guest]

> It does seem to be just since we've put him on the diet that his

> appetite changed. He used to eat just about anything we gave him,

> but once we started limiting his foods (especially since starting

> supplements) his eating just took a nose dive. I was under the

> impression that some of these supplements would actually increase

> his appetite, but I guess that's not the case. Any suggestions for

> what might change this? (just in your opinion, of course)

I would drop all the supplements and see if the appetite improves.

The most common supplement to cause appetite problems is high B

vitamins, but many others can also cause it..

Is he limiting to only certain foods now? If so, one or more of those

foods might be a problem. You can rotate those foods, or try enzymes.

Maybe a different enzyme product than you are now using. What does he

eat?

Dana

[Guest guest]

> Is he limiting to only certain foods now? If so, one or more of

those

> foods might be a problem. You can rotate those foods, or try

enzymes.

> Maybe a different enzyme product than you are now using. What

does he

> eat?

>

> Dana

Well, we recently had his allergy tests done & found out that he has

some definite food allergies. The things he is most certainly

allergic to is apples & beef - so those have to be removed from his

diet altogether (although, he never eats beef). The other things

that he showed a " slight " reaction to were: bananas, milk, soy,

tomatoes, & egg whites. Milk & soy we've eliminated altogether,

because he immediately has a reaction - terrible loose stool

followed by a wicked diaper rash. His diet as of late consists of:

rice milk, rice cerial (gerber soy free & puffins), pears, bananas

(occasional), rice crackers, grapes, GF waffles, cheese (made w/

rice milk), quinoa pasta (occasionally - he won't always eat it), he

loves bacon - he gets it 2-3 times per week, raw broccoli, any kind

of potato or corn chip. I'd say that's about it. Not very

nutritional, huh?

[Guest guest]

> rice milk, rice cerial (gerber soy free & puffins), pears, bananas

> (occasional), rice crackers, grapes, GF waffles, cheese (made w/

> rice milk), quinoa pasta (occasionally - he won't always eat it), he

> loves bacon - he gets it 2-3 times per week, raw broccoli, any kind

> of potato or corn chip. I'd say that's about it. Not very

> nutritional, huh?

Zyme Prime [for carbs and starches] and No-Fenol [for fruits] enzymes

would work for most of those foods, but there might be some he does

not tolerate, even with the enzymes. For example, my son did not

tolerate rice, corn, orange/green foods [like the broccoli] and

artificials [nitrates in most bacon].

Dana