Guest guest Posted September 12, 2005 Report Share Posted September 12, 2005 hi, us again, sounds bizarre i know but i must ask, a few people have said to me and the boys that we have developed aslight orange hue to the skin, we use(d) (before going back on intro diet last friday, a whole butternut squash and 5 carrotts for meals every evening - best way to disguise other veggies, plus it is our potato, because we are back on stage 1, we are now eating carrots and courgettes (zucchinni) but obviously eating a lot of carrots as we need a good source of carbs, close to a 1lb a day each (me and kai) 1/2lb fian at present - i aim to be introducing squash back in at the end of the week so it will go back to what it was before Fian horah hoorah has had the most perfect trophy this morning so maybe what their dad did was a blessing in disguise, it was obviously worth us going back my issue is, is developing this orange tinge to our skin something to be worried about - are we getting toxic? thanks emma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 12, 2005 Report Share Posted September 12, 2005 In babies, it means they're not converting the beta carotene. Are you giving plenty of fat with the carrots? Steph entire family SCD 5 weeks eeejay174 wrote: >hi, > >us again, sounds bizarre i know but i must ask, > >a few people have said to me and the boys that we have developed >aslight orange hue to the skin, we use(d) (before going back on >intro diet last friday, a whole butternut squash and 5 carrotts for >meals every evening - best way to disguise other veggies, plus it is >our potato, > >because we are back on stage 1, we are now eating carrots and >courgettes (zucchinni) but obviously eating a lot of carrots as we >need a good source of carbs, close to a 1lb a day each (me and kai) >1/2lb fian at present - i aim to be introducing squash back in at >the end of the week so it will go back to what it was before > >Fian horah hoorah has had the most perfect trophy this morning so >maybe what their dad did was a blessing in disguise, it was >obviously worth us going back > >my issue is, is developing this orange tinge to our skin something >to be worried about - are we getting toxic? > >thanks > >emma > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 12, 2005 Report Share Posted September 12, 2005 thanks for that, all of us are going orange and all of us are falling on the spectrum, as far as i am aware, asd people/children do have problems converting the beta carotene? is this a problem? will it actually harm us? yes funnily enough, because we are back on the intro and i was concerned about their calories count, i add in a tablespoon of goose fat per portion of carrots/squash - does this help? thank you emma Steph gasteph7@...> wrote: In babies, it means they're not converting the beta carotene. Are you giving plenty of fat with the carrots? Steph entire family SCD 5 weeks eeejay174 wrote: >hi, > >us again, sounds bizarre i know but i must ask, > >a few people have said to me and the boys that we have developed >aslight orange hue to the skin, we use(d) (before going back on >intro diet last friday, a whole butternut squash and 5 carrotts for >meals every evening - best way to disguise other veggies, plus it is >our potato, > >because we are back on stage 1, we are now eating carrots and >courgettes (zucchinni) but obviously eating a lot of carrots as we >need a good source of carbs, close to a 1lb a day each (me and kai) >1/2lb fian at present - i aim to be introducing squash back in at >the end of the week so it will go back to what it was before > >Fian horah hoorah has had the most perfect trophy this morning so >maybe what their dad did was a blessing in disguise, it was >obviously worth us going back > >my issue is, is developing this orange tinge to our skin something >to be worried about - are we getting toxic? > >thanks > >emma > > For information on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, please read the book _Breaking the Vicious Cycle_ by Elaine Gottschall and read the following websites: http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info and http://www.pecanbread.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 12, 2005 Report Share Posted September 12, 2005 Emma wrote: >thanks for that, all of us are going orange and all of us are falling on the spectrum, as far as i am aware, asd people/children do have problems converting the beta carotene? is this a problem? will it actually harm us? yes funnily enough, because we are back on the intro and i was concerned about their calories count, i add in a tablespoon of goose fat per portion of carrots/squash - does this help? > >thank you > >emma > > > This is all from Nourishing Traditions. It isn't specifically a spectrum issue. Infants and children, in particular, have a hard time converting carotenes to vitamin A. The conversion is done in the upper intestinal tract by the action of bile salts. So, if the liver and gallbladder are less than optimal, that could have an effect. Fat is necessary for the conversion - that's why it's important to serve high carotene veggies with lots of fat - fat gets the bile going to help with the conversion. It looks like pureeing helps with absorption even further (I imagine mashing them up would work well enough) and so does cooking, but of course you're doing that already. :-) It doesn't say anything about orange skin being dangerous - just a sign that you're not converting the carotenes. Steph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 12, 2005 Report Share Posted September 12, 2005 Emma wrote: >thanks for that, all of us are going orange and all of us are falling on the spectrum, as far as i am aware, asd people/children do have problems converting the beta carotene? is this a problem? will it actually harm us? yes funnily enough, because we are back on the intro and i was concerned about their calories count, i add in a tablespoon of goose fat per portion of carrots/squash - does this help? > >thank you > >emma > > > This is all from Nourishing Traditions. It isn't specifically a spectrum issue. Infants and children, in particular, have a hard time converting carotenes to vitamin A. The conversion is done in the upper intestinal tract by the action of bile salts. So, if the liver and gallbladder are less than optimal, that could have an effect. Fat is necessary for the conversion - that's why it's important to serve high carotene veggies with lots of fat - fat gets the bile going to help with the conversion. It looks like pureeing helps with absorption even further (I imagine mashing them up would work well enough) and so does cooking, but of course you're doing that already. :-) It doesn't say anything about orange skin being dangerous - just a sign that you're not converting the carotenes. Steph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 12, 2005 Report Share Posted September 12, 2005 Emma wrote: >thanks for that, all of us are going orange and all of us are falling on the spectrum, as far as i am aware, asd people/children do have problems converting the beta carotene? is this a problem? will it actually harm us? yes funnily enough, because we are back on the intro and i was concerned about their calories count, i add in a tablespoon of goose fat per portion of carrots/squash - does this help? > >thank you > >emma > > > This is all from Nourishing Traditions. It isn't specifically a spectrum issue. Infants and children, in particular, have a hard time converting carotenes to vitamin A. The conversion is done in the upper intestinal tract by the action of bile salts. So, if the liver and gallbladder are less than optimal, that could have an effect. Fat is necessary for the conversion - that's why it's important to serve high carotene veggies with lots of fat - fat gets the bile going to help with the conversion. It looks like pureeing helps with absorption even further (I imagine mashing them up would work well enough) and so does cooking, but of course you're doing that already. :-) It doesn't say anything about orange skin being dangerous - just a sign that you're not converting the carotenes. Steph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 12, 2005 Report Share Posted September 12, 2005 Hi Emma, All veggies contain beta carotene but some have greater proportions of it than others (squash carrots etc.). When I started the diet I turned orange and my doc said it was just an adjustment to the higher intake of veggies and not to worry (she called it a " vegetarian glow " ). As I added more variety and the gut healed the orange colour went away. Sheila, SCD 55 mos, 21 yrs UC mom of , SCD 40 mos > thanks for that, all of us are going orange and all of us are falling on the spectrum, as far as i am aware, asd people/children do have problems converting the beta carotene? is this a problem? will it actually harm us? yes funnily enough, because we are back on the intro and i was concerned about their calories count, i add in a tablespoon of goose fat per portion of carrots/squash - does this help? > > thank you > > emma > > Steph wrote: > In babies, it means they're not converting the beta carotene. Are you > giving plenty of fat with the carrots? > > Steph > entire family SCD 5 weeks > > eeejay174 wrote: > > >hi, > > > >us again, sounds bizarre i know but i must ask, > > > >a few people have said to me and the boys that we have developed > >aslight orange hue to the skin, we use(d) (before going back on > >intro diet last friday, a whole butternut squash and 5 carrotts for > >meals every evening - best way to disguise other veggies, plus it is > >our potato, > > > >because we are back on stage 1, we are now eating carrots and > >courgettes (zucchinni) but obviously eating a lot of carrots as we > >need a good source of carbs, close to a 1lb a day each (me and kai) > >1/2lb fian at present - i aim to be introducing squash back in at > >the end of the week so it will go back to what it was before > > > >Fian horah hoorah has had the most perfect trophy this morning so > >maybe what their dad did was a blessing in disguise, it was > >obviously worth us going back > > > >my issue is, is developing this orange tinge to our skin something > >to be worried about - are we getting toxic? > > > >thanks > > > >emma > > > > > > > > For information on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, please read the book _Breaking the Vicious Cycle_ by Elaine Gottschall and read the following websites: > http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info > and > http://www.pecanbread.com > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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