Re: Question about the diet portion of

August 26, 2009

I have the same questions as you, . It's counter intuitive from a

wholesome food perspective! Does anyone know the answer to this?

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Question about the diet portion of

Hi all,

My 8 year old son has been GFCF and on the DAN protocol for about 5 years. He

has made a lot of progress, but I feel we have kind of maxed out on that, and I

know there are still things I can do for his body. Anyway, I was looking at the

diet, and was wondering, when it says " no wholegrains " , does that mean no rice,

buckwheat, quinoa, etc? Rice milk is ok, but I wasn't sure what is meant by

whole grains. Also, is ghee allowed, its allowed GFCF.

What is the premise behind giving processed foods (cereal at breakfast, bread,

JIF instead of organic peanut butter w/o additives), is it that because it is so

processed that they will less likely react to what is in there? I have been

working the other way, trying to get as MUCH in as closest to its natural form

so that my son gets the most nutrition, so I am curious what the premise is.

Thanks so much,

August 26, 2009

I was the same way regarding diet until being introduced to the protocol.

My most severely affected son was GFCF, lots of whole grains, etc. What I

didn't realize is that his body had a hard time breaking down whole grains and

would " set off " his immune system. We started the recommended diet about four

months before seeing Dr. Goldberg and saw improvement in a few weeks. When we

did food allergy testing, I was shocked to discover tht some of the alternative

grains I was giving him seemed to set him off worse than gluten. When my other

sons started the diet, we saw a lot of gastro improvements and my older

son's eczema, which he'd had for years, went away.

HTH,

Robyn

From: shannoniudi <shannoniudi@...>

Subject: Question about the diet portion of

Date: Wednesday, August 26, 2009, 9:20 AM

Hi all,

My 8 year old son has been GFCF and on the DAN protocol for about 5 years. He

has made a lot of progress, but I feel we have kind of maxed out on that, and I

know there are still things I can do for his body. Anyway, I was looking at the

diet, and was wondering, when it says " no wholegrains " , does that mean no rice,

buckwheat, quinoa, etc? Rice milk is ok, but I wasn't sure what is meant by

whole grains. Also, is ghee allowed, its allowed GFCF.

What is the premise behind giving processed foods (cereal at breakfast, bread,

JIF instead of organic peanut butter w/o additives), is it that because it is so

processed that they will less likely react to what is in there? I have been

working the other way, trying to get as MUCH in as closest to its natural form

so that my son gets the most nutrition, so I am curious what the premise is.

Thanks so much,

September 16, 2009

I just met with Dr. G yesterday but have been reading for a long time. So,

forgive me, I am a newbie with him and but have been following to the

best that I can before seeing him. I¹ve been to many doctors for my son

and Dr. G is the first one that actually wants to help and not just do

diagnostics what a treasure!

After our discussion, the more processed the Œbad¹ foods are the easier it

will be for them to digest it and the less likely there will be an allergic

reaction. I don¹t think he is a proponent of processed foods but, for a

sandwich, regular white bread that is more processed will be less likely to

cause an activation of the GI tract and activate an immune reaction.

Just my .02 on this one as I had a really hard time with this too. But, I

did give an example to him about something that caused an issue with my son

(making him extra protein drinks to get more of that into him) and after our

discussion, it made sense to me that the drink that caused him issues

because it was not hydrolyzed was the reason. He does okay with Elacare

which is hydrolyzed (more broken down) and after our discussion it made

more sense as to why it was easier on his system not necessarily better

for him nutritionally. While, I do give my son the most wholesome food that

I can I now understand why certain things that might likely cause a

reaction would be better if it is more Œprocessed¹.

HTH,

Laureen

On 8/26/09 11:59 AM, " ssaturnino@... " <ssaturnino@...> wrote:

>

> I have the same questions as you, . It's counter intuitive from a

> wholesome food perspective! Does anyone know the answer to this?

> Sent via BlackBerry by AT & T

>

> Question about the diet portion of

>

> Hi all,

> My 8 year old son has been GFCF and on the DAN protocol for about 5 years. He

> has made a lot of progress, but I feel we have kind of maxed out on that, and

> I know there are still things I can do for his body. Anyway, I was looking at

> the diet, and was wondering, when it says " no wholegrains " , does that mean no

> rice, buckwheat, quinoa, etc? Rice milk is ok, but I wasn't sure what is

> meant by whole grains. Also, is ghee allowed, its allowed GFCF.

> What is the premise behind giving processed foods (cereal at breakfast, bread,

> JIF instead of organic peanut butter w/o additives), is it that because it is

> so processed that they will less likely react to what is in there? I have

> been working the other way, trying to get as MUCH in as closest to its natural

> form so that my son gets the most nutrition, so I am curious what the premise

> is.

> Thanks so much,

>

September 19, 2009

Ideally, “the diet” the way I understand it means our kids would eat a

portion of protein and fresh vegetables for most of their meals. Carbs of

any kind are to be limited.

Kristy

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