Re: dietary intervention for

[Guest guest]

Hi,

Welcome to the group!

Sorry to be cutting in about 2 days after everyone else but I

remember something someone said at Guildford P2P about feeding our

children and it really stuck with me.

Make sure the food we give is easily digestible, i.e either cooked

and smooth or cut into tiny pieces. This takes some of the strain off

the gut. I believe you could do this even if not doing SCDiet.

My niece with asd and my eldest with Ulcerative Colitis can both

swallow food without chewing. I swear Mimi swallows whole pieces of

pasta covered in sauce without doing any chewing (anyone remember the

French guy who ate bikes 'monsieur mange tout'???)

Jane

x

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> In a message dated 11/04/2008 15:26:12 GMT Standard Time,

> jamesboydr@... writes:

>

> Thanks again for the support. It is starting to come together a bit

> more now. Does anyone have any thoughts on pro-biotics and

digestive

> enzymes? Are there any that can be started with now or should we

wait

> until we have results back from tests? My shopping list for this

> weekend is looking pretty interesting now!

>

>

>

> >>Lots of enzyme info at _www.EnymeInfo.co.uk_

(http://www.EnymeInfo.co.uk)

> You can start both before testing, be sure to start them one at a

time and

> low and slow, both could cause die off from gut bugs which is a

good thing but

> can look like a bad thing for a bit. See _www.TreatingAutism.com_

> (http://www.TreatingAutism.com) under interventions and then gut

bug treatments for

> some starter info

>

> Good luck

>

> Mandi x

>

[Guest guest]

If you buy and cook at home a load of " ok " food then it's not so

daunting, you always have something that you know is safe in the

freezer. Being out and about can be stressful particularly when there

is so much rubbish around in so called food. Scary.

What worked for us was identifying tasty snacks. the meals were ok,

always really. But snacks less so. depending on whether you go

Natasha Mcbride route or gf/cf route, spend time working out

which snacks are liked. for some reason Tom likes the peanut butter

cookies that are: crunchy sugar free peanut butter one cup, one cup

almond flour, small drizzle of honey, small ripe banana, blitzed in

food processor, cooked for 12 minutes. They're sort of lumpy, like a

small rock cake. He avoids wholefoods like the plague given the choice

but is fine with these. it was the third allowed biscuit recipe we

tried. It is depressing feeling " deprived " of the foods you like and

remember that sugar is somewhat addictive when yeast is present. The

yeast is hungry and calling for sugar! so I would expect a dip in

behaviour which is just what you need with a new baby in the house but

is highly likely, I'm afraid.

It does become if not second nature then certainly not a hassle after

a while. I'd steer clear of too many rice cakes. Very simple carbs snd

a quick " high " . But perhaps that's just with my Tom

Steph

> >

> > Are any of these ideas any good or the sort of thing you were looking

> > for? Do give us some feedback if any of it helps (and especially

if it

> > doesn't) so we can think some more

> > Sally

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