Re: Run down, feeling poorly on limited foods, need advice

[Guest guest]

No, I wish he could have fruit. He's allergic, we confirmed that

when we used it for a week with his intro diet.

We had kept him off fruit for a long time - he's tested allergic in

the past, and he usually developed eczema when he's exposed for a

few days. But in order to do the intro diet I gave him pearsauce,

applesauce, and cooked banana for the first 5 days, which gave us a

few calories so we could take out other illegals like parsnips and

turnips. He was covered with eczema by the end of 5 days. I'm only

now getting the eczema in control using Elidel, which I hate to do.

In the past, fruit exposure has been the star tof a bunch of other

allergies too, so I suspect it's a yeast feeder for him. I hope

since he's on Nystatin now that it won't be as bad a problem.

Suzanne

> >

> > We've been on SCD for 19 days, my nursing 3yo and I. He seems to

be

> > doing fine, he hasn't lost any weight thank goodness, and his

> > behavior is much much better. He's doing quite well

developmentally -

> > making faster progress in his ABA program than he ever has.

> > Teachers are commenting about how well he's suddenly doing.

We're

> > also doing antifungals and antibiotics, but I'm convinced the

> > progress is mostly due to SCD.

> >

> > However I'm becoming increasingly run down, foggy-brained and

> > unfocused, having difficulty getting through the day. I want to

> > sleep a lot. I don't have any energy.

> >

> > I think a large part of the problem is our limited diet. My son

has

> > allergies (real, positive test IgE allergies) to most foods,

> > including nuts and milk, and with his allergy profile the risk

with

> > eggs is too great to try them. He eats only a few meats, a few

> > veggies, and 3 oils. We follow a rotation diet, and we have

about 16

> > foods tro spread out over 5 different rotation schedules, so

each

> > day is really just limited to one meat, one oil, and one or two

> > vegetables. A sample day would be: spinach, beef, safflower oil,

> > cucumber (cooked).

> >

> > I am not really able to expand his diet at this point. I've

already

> > added in advanced foods that I would rather have waited on -

like

> > broccoli and celeriac, just because he needs the carbs and

calories

> > from them. But his poops are looking undigested on those days.

> >

> > A few days, I have cheated with potatos, and I feel much better

> > those days and it did not seem to affect my son (he has outgrown

his

> > old potato allergy). I think I need the carbs. I am not losing

> > weight, probably due to eating so much meat and oil.

> >

> > Can anyone help me figure out what to do? I am really at a loss.

I

> > don't want to wean him, it would be really hard on him

emotionally

> > and behaviorally right now. I don't want to take away this

important

> > food source, either.

> >

> > Adding other foods is pretty risky, unless we jump ahead to

> > rutabagas, or go to non-dissacharide illegals that he's not

allergic

> > to, like parsnips and turnips (which he always seemed to do well

> > with). Am I correct in understanding that Elaine's objections to

> > these were due to their rough fibrous texture, rather than the

type

> > of saccharide they are?

> >

> > Any advice is welcome!

> > Suzanne

> >

>

[Guest guest]

>

> No, I wish he could have fruit. He's allergic, we confirmed that

> when we used it for a week with his intro diet.

>

> We had kept him off fruit for a long time - he's tested allergic in

> the past, and he usually developed eczema when he's exposed for a

> few days. But in order to do the intro diet I gave him pearsauce,

> applesauce, and cooked banana for the first 5 days,

The foods above are not on the intro diet.

http://www.pecanbread.com/foodprep.html

Carol F.

SCD 6 years, celiac

[Guest guest]

>

> No, I wish he could have fruit. He's allergic, we confirmed that

> when we used it for a week with his intro diet.

>

> We had kept him off fruit for a long time - he's tested allergic in

> the past, and he usually developed eczema when he's exposed for a

> few days. But in order to do the intro diet I gave him pearsauce,

> applesauce, and cooked banana for the first 5 days,

The foods above are not on the intro diet.

http://www.pecanbread.com/foodprep.html

Carol F.

SCD 6 years, celiac

[Guest guest]

>

> No, I wish he could have fruit. He's allergic, we confirmed that

> when we used it for a week with his intro diet.

>

> We had kept him off fruit for a long time - he's tested allergic in

> the past, and he usually developed eczema when he's exposed for a

> few days. But in order to do the intro diet I gave him pearsauce,

> applesauce, and cooked banana for the first 5 days,

The foods above are not on the intro diet.

http://www.pecanbread.com/foodprep.html

Carol F.

SCD 6 years, celiac