Re: Big Appetite Again-Can anyone figure him out?!!!

[Guest guest]

> He has only gained 1 pound since the summer but is neither over-,

nor

> underweight. The doctors don't seem to see his eating habits as an

> issue or they don't understand them. Could he have some kind of

> appetite regulation problem?

Hi Hope,

Almost all my life, I would get hungry after just a couple of hours

of eating a meal and could eat as much as an adult when I was a

child. When I had hyperthyroidism for several months, I was hungry

ALL the time, even after just eating. It was an awful time! You'll

need to request that test if there's any Thyroid concern since

usually the doctors won't test on their own. Request that they check

the T3, T4, and TSH just to be sure. You can research Thyroid

issues online as well.

I believe it's something metabolic when someone can eat and eat and

not gain weight. I was never able to gain even 2 lbs and have it

stay for more than a week until I started the combination of the

Feingold Diet with my daughter (no artificial colors), Dr. Houston's

AFP Peptizyde, a touch of No-Fenol along with Brainchild's

Minerals. The doctors were never concerned about me not being able

to gain the 5 pounds I wanted to gain. One doctor thought I should

feel " lucky " . She had no idea of the frustration I was having to eat

the amount I would eat and not gain weight that would stay long

term. And then to have people make the comment, " Do you eat? " If

they only knew.

Thankfully, after a couple of months with the above combination, I

finally gained 5 pounds AND it's staying!! I have never been

able to achieve this before, so I'm very thankful. AND, that

constant hunger feeling went away!

If your little one is not taking minerals yet, maybe you'll see a

difference with Brainchild's Minerals...

www.Brainchildnutritionals.com

Best wishes,

Gretchen

[Guest guest]

Thanks Gretchen,

It's great to hear you finally found a way to gain weight after such a

struggle!

We had his free T4 and his TSH checked and they were in the normal

range. I don't know if thyroid tests are accurate or if we should

look into it more. He is usually very warm. I am the opposite -

usually colder than most people, I don't gain weight easily and my

basal body temperature is low, though thyroid tests have always been

normal.

A lot of people talk about Brainchild products. Why are they so good?

Are they absorbed better? We are giving him a bunch of minerals, all

separately, mostly Kirkman's. They don't seem to make a difference.

Thanks, Hope

>

> > He has only gained 1 pound since the summer but is neither over-,

> nor

> > underweight. The doctors don't seem to see his eating habits as an

> > issue or they don't understand them. Could he have some kind of

> > appetite regulation problem?

>

>

> Hi Hope,

>

> Almost all my life, I would get hungry after just a couple of hours

> of eating a meal and could eat as much as an adult when I was a

> child. When I had hyperthyroidism for several months, I was hungry

> ALL the time, even after just eating. It was an awful time! You'll

> need to request that test if there's any Thyroid concern since

> usually the doctors won't test on their own. Request that they check

> the T3, T4, and TSH just to be sure. You can research Thyroid

> issues online as well.

>

> I believe it's something metabolic when someone can eat and eat and

> not gain weight. I was never able to gain even 2 lbs and have it

> stay for more than a week until I started the combination of the

> Feingold Diet with my daughter (no artificial colors), Dr. Houston's

> AFP Peptizyde, a touch of No-Fenol along with Brainchild's

> Minerals. The doctors were never concerned about me not being able

> to gain the 5 pounds I wanted to gain. One doctor thought I should

> feel " lucky " . She had no idea of the frustration I was having to eat

> the amount I would eat and not gain weight that would stay long

> term. And then to have people make the comment, " Do you eat? " If

> they only knew.

>

> Thankfully, after a couple of months with the above combination, I

> finally gained 5 pounds AND it's staying!! I have never been

> able to achieve this before, so I'm very thankful. AND, that

> constant hunger feeling went away!

>

> If your little one is not taking minerals yet, maybe you'll see a

> difference with Brainchild's Minerals...

> www.Brainchildnutritionals.com

>

> Best wishes,

> Gretchen

[Guest guest]

hi, hope. i can completely understand this. my son is the same

not sure how old gibson is, j is 3 1/2. yes, i buy almost that much

broccoli, 3 bunches of asparagus, 2 lb bag of carrots, etc a week.

and, yes, he asks to eat the stuff that has fallen on the floor.

because he had always been failure to thrive (until recently), i let

him (talk about feeling bad!). and, i have a second refrigerator in

the garage.

i know he always eats more when he is having a problem with yeast, or

is not tolerating something he's eating.

things i have done besides addressing the yeast/intolerance are to

have food available to him almost constantly, like grazing. make

meals as unimportant as possible and eventually (i know it's

something i had to work toward), the same size as a snack. you

already know the part about protein, and the other stuff. also,

since starting the enzymes, he seems to yoyo a bit with the amount

he's eating so i tend to give probably more enzymes than someone who

eats less.

hope that helps

paula

mom to joel

> I have probably discussed my son Gibson, with the voracious appetite

> before. How many people go out and buy 6 bunches of broccoli a week

> for their toddler? (and he could eat more!) He eats similar or

larger

> portions of various other vegetables and meats. His test results

> aren't any different from other ASD kids - bacteria, yeast, vitamin

> deficiencies, but not more abnormal than others. We have been

trying

> enzymes for the past couple of months but unfortunately they haven't

> seemed to make a difference. We are SCD but he was like this way

> before. It is a bit harder SCD to cook so much. We keep upping the

> amount we buy and cook and he rarely declines and is usually looking

> for more. Our large fridge is too small. He is usually hungriest

in

> the mornings and will cry and cry for food and we make sure we give

a

> lot of protein for breakfast. Today the therapist read a book with

> the words " carrot soup " and I had made carrot soup the other day.

> Well, he screamed and screamed for carrot soup for 20 min. until I

> cooked him something else.

>

> He eats very carefully. It is the only thing he has the attention

> for. He tries not to drop a morsel off his fork and yesterday I

> caught him carefully scraping food off his bib. It makes me feel

bad

> like I am starving him but it is far from that.

>

> He has only gained 1 pound since the summer but is neither over-,

nor

> underweight. The doctors don't seem to see his eating habits as an

> issue or they don't understand them. Could he have some kind of

> appetite regulation problem?

>

> Anyone understand this?

> Thanks, Hope

[Guest guest]

> I have probably discussed my son Gibson, with the voracious appetite

> before.

My son was like that when he was eating a food or supplement that he

did not tolerate.

>> How many people go out and buy 6 bunches of broccoli a week

> for their toddler? (and he could eat more!)

My son did not tolerate orange or green foods, even with enzymes.

> lot of protein for breakfast.

Chicken was helpful for my son, altho I usually cooked it basted with

honey, and he did not tolerate honey. Will your child eat just plain

chicken?

Today the therapist read a book with

> the words " carrot soup " and I had made carrot soup the other day.

> Well, he screamed and screamed for carrot soup for 20 min. until I

> cooked him something else.

Carrots were one of the WORST foods for my son.

For my son, he needed removal of rice, artificials, and luteins [plus

certain obscure things like honey].

http://www.saras-autism-diet.freeservers.com/Diet/Saras_Diet_I.html

Chelation removed all these problems.

Good luck.

Dana