Re: Considering SCD. Convince me?

March 14, 2006

We don't use nuts at all in our house. I use coconut flour instead

of nut flour and it seems to work out just fine.

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>

> I am new to this group, and I will admit that I have not yet invested

> in the book. My 5yo son is on the spectrum with yeast/leaky gut AND

> anaphylactic reactions to pnuts and tree nuts.

> Life is a roller coaster where we do well for 2-4 months and then

> regress for no apparent reason.

> We have tried GFCF twice with no obvious results. I am trying to

> decide if I can muster the energy/money to try SCD without any nuts.

> Can you convince me/encourage me to try it? How long before I can

> expect to see results?

>

March 14, 2006

> > We have tried GFCF twice with no obvious results. I am trying to

> > decide if I can muster the energy/money to try SCD without any nuts.

> > Can you convince me/encourage me to try it? How long before I can

> > expect to see results?

Convince you? I posted this morning that there are 152 comments about the diet

on

Amazon.com and Grammy Bauer has posted addituional just now.

Trying the diet is worthwhile because if after a month you are not satisfied,

you don't

need to continue.

To be successful you will want to understand the diet. A good deal of

information is on the

websites suggested at joining. The book is available in libraries if you are not

ready to

" invest " . People who spent $60,000 in one year on ABA didn't mind another $25.00

for the

book. Healing doesn't just happen. As ytou observed, It takes time and the money

for the

right food.

GFCF may not have been effective because it contains starches and sugars not

allowed on

SCD. Your decison to commit has to be your own. Avail yourself of the archives

of this

group to help you decide. If I don't sound sufficiently convincing it's because

people come

here based on running out of other options or hearing some wonderful things or

both.

i hope to have the opportunity to officially say, " Welcome. "

Carol F.

SCD 6 years, celiac

March 14, 2006

I was hesitant at first because of how difficult it seemed to be or at least

a HUGE change in the types of foods we were giving our son. I looked at all

the success stories and they really spoke to me. The most incredible thing

that I noticed right away was how obvious it was that he needed it after we

started. It can feel like it's difficult to stick with but after a few

weeks, many of the difficulties of just starting fade. It really helps to be

part of this group to know that others are going through the same thing as

your child (and you as a parent).

Give it a month and do it as www.pecanbread.com http://www.pecanbread.com/>

suggests (check out food preparation on that site). Try not to focus on

legal foods that are harder to digest and really focus on pinpointing what

is bothering your child and making sure the foods you give are easy to

digest. It is very important that you make every effort to go slowly. I

personally think that at least at the beginning just succumb to making

everything from scratch. It eliminates the worry of contamination or

allowing something that is hindering the progress.

HTH

Kelli

SAHM to Kai 3 1/2- ASD and Tatum 1 1/2 NT

SCD since 5/05, off for 3 months, back on 3/10/06

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