RE: Re: cheating?-carol

[Guest guest]

" Elaine loved to give forth on this subject in her most annoyed voice. And I

have lived it,

thinking I couldn't tolerate one thing or another eg: eggs, nuts, grape

juice, yogurt only to

discover the reactions varied from time to time and were totally

inconsistent except with

foods that are cross reactive with latex allergy and some day I will

cautiously test them

again. "

Carol, I am interested in this because this is the problem I am facing with

my son. It seems that sometimes he does have a reaction to eggs and bananas

and it seems apparent but I wonder if it is in fact something else or a

category of foods (like Phenols). Every time he has the above, he does seem

more aggressive and emotional but will also have aggressive and emotional

days when he hasn't had eggs or bananas.

...........

Kelli

Kai & Tatum

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From: pecanbread [mailto:pecanbread ] On

Behalf Of carolfrilegh

Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 12:05 PM

To: pecanbread

Subject: Re: cheating?

>

> I've been nursing a child on a restricted diet for 3 years now -

> he's now a 40 month old preschooler. He had allergies right after

> birth, was allergic to all formulas (Neocate, you name it), and I

> had to relactate along with being on a total elimination diet (2

> months eating 4 foods) to make my milk safe for him and to identify

> what his allergens were.

>

> For much of this period I moderated a food allergy board for babies

> and nursing mothers. I have coached many moms through the various

> stages of elimination diets.

For anyone who wonders about an elimination diet this describes it: (The

rest of the site is

not totally relevant to SCD:

http://www.urologychannel.com/prostate/bph/eliminationdiet.html

" Determining which foods one is sensitive to can be a challenge. One of the

most effective

ways of finding out which foods cause problems is by eliminating the most

common food

sensitivities from the diet and then reintroducing foods one at a time to

see how the body

reacts. A negative reaction means that the person is sensitive to that food

and should

remove it from their diet. This process is called an elimination and

challenge diet: the food

is eliminated from the diet then reintroduced to challenge the body. It is

also referred to

as a hypoallergenic diet. Licensed naturopathic physicians are trained to

monitor

elimination and challenge diets and can provide guidance during the

process. "

My own words::

The trouble with elimination diets is that the immune system can preceive

danger where it

doesn't exist and drive you nuts playing hopscotch with your suspected

" allergies. "

Elaine loved to give forth on this subject in her most annoyed voice. And I

have lived it,

thinking I couldn't tolerate one thing or another eg: eggs, nuts, grape

juice, yogurt only to

discover the reactions varied from time to time and were totally

inconsistent except with

foods that are cross reactive with latex allergy and some day I will

cautiously test them

again.

Carol F.

SCD 6 years, celiac

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