Re: SCD. We are seeing ONLY bad things. Why? What's wrong?

[Guest guest]

,

Have you tried enzymes yet?

That may help you to expand her diet.

Are you giving her any probiotics?

Jody

mom to -7 and -9

SCD 1/03

[Guest guest]

I may have mis-spoken - I don't know if the circles under her eyes are the

result of an IgE allergy or an IgG sensitivity. If it's from a sensitivity,

then digestive enzymes should help. If it's from allergy, then digestive

enzymes won't help, of course.

Marilyn

SCD 3 3/4 months

SCD. We are seeing ONLY bad things. Why? What's

> wrong?

>

>

>> Hi,

>>

>> Before she started SCD, my daughter has a puffy tummy, very slight dark

>> ring under her eyes, constipation (she goes everyday but her poop is

>> usually pebby and she has to " work " on it).

>>

>> Now, after 60 days on SCD, her tummy got bigger. The ring around her

>> eyes also got darker AFTER she has started SCD. She also lost weight on

>> SCD. She is now skinny with a huge tummy. These last few days, her skin

>> color got a little yellow. Her energy is way way waaaayyyy low. She

>> wouldn't even walk now and flops down everywhere. She doesn't poop

>> everyday now but when she does, the texture is usually good.

>>

>> Question:

>> 1. Am I starving her??? I calculated her calories intake and noted that

>> her calories, fat, carb are all low! She cannot tolerate a lot of the

>> vegetables I introduced, so she's eating ONLY chicken/pork, zucchini

>> and pear. She is eating a lot but is still low in calories and carb! I

>> have to give her a lot of juices and pear sauce and olive oil to

>> increase her calories and carb. She eats alll the time and is still not

>> satisfied.

>> 2. She seems even less healthy than she was before. Could SCD be

>> unhealthy for her? Such restrictive diet doesn't seem healthy. May be

>> some kids just doesn't tolerate SCD?

>>

>> I really want this to work but really don't know how. Please help.

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>> 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

>>

>>

[Guest guest]

I may have mis-spoken - I don't know if the circles under her eyes are the

result of an IgE allergy or an IgG sensitivity. If it's from a sensitivity,

then digestive enzymes should help. If it's from allergy, then digestive

enzymes won't help, of course.

Marilyn

SCD 3 3/4 months

SCD. We are seeing ONLY bad things. Why? What's

> wrong?

>

>

>> Hi,

>>

>> Before she started SCD, my daughter has a puffy tummy, very slight dark

>> ring under her eyes, constipation (she goes everyday but her poop is

>> usually pebby and she has to " work " on it).

>>

>> Now, after 60 days on SCD, her tummy got bigger. The ring around her

>> eyes also got darker AFTER she has started SCD. She also lost weight on

>> SCD. She is now skinny with a huge tummy. These last few days, her skin

>> color got a little yellow. Her energy is way way waaaayyyy low. She

>> wouldn't even walk now and flops down everywhere. She doesn't poop

>> everyday now but when she does, the texture is usually good.

>>

>> Question:

>> 1. Am I starving her??? I calculated her calories intake and noted that

>> her calories, fat, carb are all low! She cannot tolerate a lot of the

>> vegetables I introduced, so she's eating ONLY chicken/pork, zucchini

>> and pear. She is eating a lot but is still low in calories and carb! I

>> have to give her a lot of juices and pear sauce and olive oil to

>> increase her calories and carb. She eats alll the time and is still not

>> satisfied.

>> 2. She seems even less healthy than she was before. Could SCD be

>> unhealthy for her? Such restrictive diet doesn't seem healthy. May be

>> some kids just doesn't tolerate SCD?

>>

>> I really want this to work but really don't know how. Please help.

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>> 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

>>

>>

[Guest guest]

Hello,

Have you had any testing done like a complete stool analysis to see

if she is digesting the foods she is eating. It will also tell you

the good and bad bugs that are in her gut. We did ours and found out

that Caden is not digesting fats correctly. There are also

conditions in which the opposite happens and the child is not able to

break down and use charbohydrates.

In my son's case, until we can find out exactly why he does not

digest fats, he needs to eat a lot of food with charbohydrates to use

for energy since he is not using the fat. And visa versa is you

can't break down charbs than you would need increased protein and fat.

I would ask the doctor about the test and try to push charbohydrates

like juice, pear and zucchuni and see if that helps.

mother to Caden 2 3/4 year SCD since 2/05 and Emmalynn 13

months GF

>

> Hi,

>

> Before she started SCD, my daughter has a puffy tummy, very slight

dark

> ring under her eyes, constipation (she goes everyday but her poop

is

> usually pebby and she has to " work " on it).

>

> Now, after 60 days on SCD, her tummy got bigger. The ring around

her

> eyes also got darker AFTER she has started SCD. She also lost

weight on

> SCD. She is now skinny with a huge tummy. These last few days, her

skin

> color got a little yellow. Her energy is way way waaaayyyy low. She

> wouldn't even walk now and flops down everywhere. She doesn't poop

> everyday now but when she does, the texture is usually good.

>

> Question:

> 1. Am I starving her??? I calculated her calories intake and noted

that

> her calories, fat, carb are all low! She cannot tolerate a lot of

the

> vegetables I introduced, so she's eating ONLY chicken/pork,

zucchini

> and pear. She is eating a lot but is still low in calories and

carb! I

> have to give her a lot of juices and pear sauce and olive oil to

> increase her calories and carb. She eats alll the time and is still

not

> satisfied.

> 2. She seems even less healthy than she was before. Could SCD be

> unhealthy for her? Such restrictive diet doesn't seem healthy. May

be

> some kids just doesn't tolerate SCD?

>

> I really want this to work but really don't know how. Please help.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

,

The multiflora is not recommended for SCD.

Elaine recommended only L. Acidophilus as a supplement.

As I remember, her caloric intake wasn't low. Just a little too much

protein. Right?

Jody

mom to -7 and -9

SCD 1/03

[Guest guest]

,

The multiflora is not recommended for SCD.

Elaine recommended only L. Acidophilus as a supplement.

As I remember, her caloric intake wasn't low. Just a little too much

protein. Right?

Jody

mom to -7 and -9

SCD 1/03

[Guest guest]

Jody,

Right.

But I calculated wrongly that time. I calculated a cup juice at each

meal but actually it is only 2oz juice topped to 8oz with water.

I recalculated and realise that she was >200 calories short. Now I

try to increase her pear sauce, add 1 tsp olive oil and increase her

juice. Doesn't seem healthy to me but I have to get her calories and

carb and fat up to try to combat her lethargy. Any other suggestion?

I'm so worried that I'm distroying her health in trying to fix her

autism and did-not-used-to-be-so-bad constipation issue.

>

> ,

>

> The multiflora is not recommended for SCD.

>

> Elaine recommended only L. Acidophilus as a supplement.

>

> As I remember, her caloric intake wasn't low. Just a little too

much

> protein. Right?

>

>

> Jody

> mom to -7 and -9

> SCD 1/03

>

[Guest guest]

Jody,

Right.

But I calculated wrongly that time. I calculated a cup juice at each

meal but actually it is only 2oz juice topped to 8oz with water.

I recalculated and realise that she was >200 calories short. Now I

try to increase her pear sauce, add 1 tsp olive oil and increase her

juice. Doesn't seem healthy to me but I have to get her calories and

carb and fat up to try to combat her lethargy. Any other suggestion?

I'm so worried that I'm distroying her health in trying to fix her

autism and did-not-used-to-be-so-bad constipation issue.

>

> ,

>

> The multiflora is not recommended for SCD.

>

> Elaine recommended only L. Acidophilus as a supplement.

>

> As I remember, her caloric intake wasn't low. Just a little too

much

> protein. Right?

>

>

> Jody

> mom to -7 and -9

> SCD 1/03

>