Guest guest Posted August 30, 2009 Report Share Posted August 30, 2009 > My 14 year old son with UC just started the SCD two weeks ago. > Everything is going well. I started baking some pecan butter > " treats " a few days ago out of desperation to get more calories in > him and he has not negatively reacted at all. (In fact, his stools > are firming up even more the past couple of days.) > > Yesterday, we were at a party all afternoon/evening and I hadn't > counted on being gone for so long and we didn't have much variety of > food. He was really hungry and ate some watermelon and grapes, > which I know he's not supposed to have for a while longer. He's had > no reaction at all. Does this mean he's lucky, or does it mean that > maybe he's okay with raw fruits? Either/or. Only further testing will determine it. Give him a small amount in another few days and test the reaction then. And then gradually increase " the dose " to see how well he keeps on reacting. That's the only way you can know. But one reason to limit reasonably is that otherwise what you may be doing is working up to a fine time in the short term and a bad time around the 3 month flare period. That is, the effects might not be immediate, but it could be that they feed some of his pathogenic bacteria, the population of which will then begin to increase sizably, leading to a hard to eradicate gut ecology/bacterial issue that will surface around the time of the 3 month flare. (I speak from experience, as I definitely ate some advanced food too soon, leading to a lousy, long lasting 3 month flare period. It's a live and learn kind of a thing.) > I haven't let him have any more today, because I don't want there to > be a problem with him for his first day of HS tomorrow. > > Now that he's had the watermelon and grapes he thinks he should be > able to eat them as well, and I have a hard time forming an argument > against it. So, should he go back to being limited to canned/cooked > pears and applesauce or can we explore some raw fruits? BTW, have you tried green beans and peeled green/red pepper for him - or does he have some animus to those veggies as well. Mara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 30, 2009 Report Share Posted August 30, 2009 > My 14 year old son with UC just started the SCD two weeks ago. > Everything is going well. I started baking some pecan butter > " treats " a few days ago out of desperation to get more calories in > him and he has not negatively reacted at all. (In fact, his stools > are firming up even more the past couple of days.) > > Yesterday, we were at a party all afternoon/evening and I hadn't > counted on being gone for so long and we didn't have much variety of > food. He was really hungry and ate some watermelon and grapes, > which I know he's not supposed to have for a while longer. He's had > no reaction at all. Does this mean he's lucky, or does it mean that > maybe he's okay with raw fruits? Either/or. Only further testing will determine it. Give him a small amount in another few days and test the reaction then. And then gradually increase " the dose " to see how well he keeps on reacting. That's the only way you can know. But one reason to limit reasonably is that otherwise what you may be doing is working up to a fine time in the short term and a bad time around the 3 month flare period. That is, the effects might not be immediate, but it could be that they feed some of his pathogenic bacteria, the population of which will then begin to increase sizably, leading to a hard to eradicate gut ecology/bacterial issue that will surface around the time of the 3 month flare. (I speak from experience, as I definitely ate some advanced food too soon, leading to a lousy, long lasting 3 month flare period. It's a live and learn kind of a thing.) > I haven't let him have any more today, because I don't want there to > be a problem with him for his first day of HS tomorrow. > > Now that he's had the watermelon and grapes he thinks he should be > able to eat them as well, and I have a hard time forming an argument > against it. So, should he go back to being limited to canned/cooked > pears and applesauce or can we explore some raw fruits? BTW, have you tried green beans and peeled green/red pepper for him - or does he have some animus to those veggies as well. Mara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 30, 2009 Report Share Posted August 30, 2009 > My 14 year old son with UC just started the SCD two weeks ago. > Everything is going well. I started baking some pecan butter > " treats " a few days ago out of desperation to get more calories in > him and he has not negatively reacted at all. (In fact, his stools > are firming up even more the past couple of days.) > > Yesterday, we were at a party all afternoon/evening and I hadn't > counted on being gone for so long and we didn't have much variety of > food. He was really hungry and ate some watermelon and grapes, > which I know he's not supposed to have for a while longer. He's had > no reaction at all. Does this mean he's lucky, or does it mean that > maybe he's okay with raw fruits? Either/or. Only further testing will determine it. Give him a small amount in another few days and test the reaction then. And then gradually increase " the dose " to see how well he keeps on reacting. That's the only way you can know. But one reason to limit reasonably is that otherwise what you may be doing is working up to a fine time in the short term and a bad time around the 3 month flare period. That is, the effects might not be immediate, but it could be that they feed some of his pathogenic bacteria, the population of which will then begin to increase sizably, leading to a hard to eradicate gut ecology/bacterial issue that will surface around the time of the 3 month flare. (I speak from experience, as I definitely ate some advanced food too soon, leading to a lousy, long lasting 3 month flare period. It's a live and learn kind of a thing.) > I haven't let him have any more today, because I don't want there to > be a problem with him for his first day of HS tomorrow. > > Now that he's had the watermelon and grapes he thinks he should be > able to eat them as well, and I have a hard time forming an argument > against it. So, should he go back to being limited to canned/cooked > pears and applesauce or can we explore some raw fruits? BTW, have you tried green beans and peeled green/red pepper for him - or does he have some animus to those veggies as well. Mara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 30, 2009 Report Share Posted August 30, 2009 > BTW, have you tried green beans and peeled green/red pepper > for him - or does he have some animus to those veggies as well. We've done well-cooked green beans and red peppers. He loves both. He's a good vegetable eater except for squash. I did get some squash in him by mixing in honey, butter and cinnamon. He'll be happier when he can have a wider variety of vegetables, although he seems to be settling in to what he can eat pretty well now. We'll stick to cooked fruits for quite a while longer. I keep reading about the 3 month flare and don't want him to get caught badly by it. It's good to have a warning this far ahead. I've learned way more by reading posts here than I did by reading the book twice! Thanks, Liz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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