signs to return to intro?

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Hello all,

What signs should I look for in my son and I that we need to do intro. My son

is finally having well formed bm and more than once per day..though not today.

They are becoming green which is die off. He is starting to eat too much fruit

which is probably related to the die off. His bms still have undigested food in

them sometimes. Could we just plow through with this diet. He is still not

crazy about the nut baked goods and pizza...he used to like them but I trust his

body on this one.

I'm doing a little better but still feeling crampy by the end of the day with

that darn pain in my side. My bms are too big and still painful because of

hemmorhoids. Maybe they aren't too big but just a little painful.

Wondering also, if we have to do Intro, should I eliminate all the other foods

in the house first? Ds is so used to eating tons of fruit and yogurt. He has

always eated lots of yogurt which tells me that he may be fine with the yogurt

part. There's no diarrhea with anyone in the family. I feel like my diarrhea

days are over...were bad in college and post-college. At 36 I only deal with

diarrhea once in blue moon,...usually after eating too old meat (we're really

careful now) or drinking alcohol or I just get the crampy feeling.

Lastly, how do I explain this to my almost 3 year old son that we have to do

this bland and limited diet of the intro? It's not like he is complaining of

pain.

thanks

gwen

luca-3

scd almost 4 weeks.

Kelli Kelliston@...> wrote:

I saw your post and I wanted to ask you if you did the intro with the diet

and move through stages slowly? I am asking because you described me pretty

well in this post and I would like to rid of this bloat!

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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From: pecanbread [mailto:pecanbread ] On

Behalf Of Knopp

Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 7:57 PM

To: pecanbread

Subject: Re: what could the constipation

Hi Gwen!

I am glad to hear that your son is not constipated on the diet. My children

were when we began. They had already struggled with this pre-SCD, but it

temporarily worsened. I think this was because it took us a while to

introduce enough carbohydrates, and it took me a while to catch on to the

dehydration issue.

You mentioned weight gain. I can't make any promises for your son, but I

can relay my experience. My son, who was " overweight " and constantly

bloated (lovingly teased for his pregnant appearance), slimmed down

drastically. He is a sturdy, tough little guy who currently has a very

healthy stature. I look at him everyday and am stunned by his radiant

good-looks and healthy appearance. On the other hand, my infant was born in

the 95% and dropped below 50% pre-SCD. She weighed approximately 17 lb. at

1 year old. After being on SCD, she gained 3 lbs in 1 month. My oldest

also gained some more weight and is looking a little more robust and healthy

these days. My thought is that when you are feeding your body the food that

it needs, your body will approach its appropriate weight (whether that be

losing or gaining).

The beginning of the diet is a bit hairy since your body has to go through

significant changes; however, if you adhere to it and give any needed

supplements, you will probably find pleasant progress in your son's weight.

You are wise to be cautious about relying on supplements for chronic

constipation. I know that I am not personally knowledgable enough to jump

into supplement use without guidance. That is why I said " look into the

need " rather than " just do it. " If you are wary of specific

supplementation, then do not do it. Our family gets help in this area from

a nutritionist who works with our DAN. My children have deficiencies in

these minerals and vitamins so we do have a need for them; however, you

don't want to just randomly start administering these things. You are

right, there could be consequences to such uninformed actions.

When I state that I have GI troubles, I state it that way because they are

undiagnosed. I am not sure where my problems rank in comparison to others.

We don't have the finances to investigate my problems because all of our

money is going to the treatment of our kids.

I am not debilitated in the sense that my life is disrupted. It does,

however, drastically affect my emotions. My symptoms pre-SCD were very

irregular and somewhat foul bowels. They came about every 4th day. I was

very constipated with numerous hemrhoids (sp?). The colors were all over

the map, and I frequently passed undigested food.

I was very nasty to everyone on days that I didn't poop. I also would get

headaches (those were debilitating). My skin was horrible. I had terrible

acne. I frequently felt bloated.

I have only been SCD 1 month, but I pass a bowel almost everyday now. I

also pass it at almost the same time everyday. They are well-formed without

being impacted, and the only thing that I am not completely digesting at our

stage in the diet are the tiny pieces of almond in the almond flour that I

grind for my muffin (from Elaine's consitipation protocol). My favorite

part is that I pass these beautifully formed, correctly colored, stools with

great ease. It is practically the highlight of my day .

I can still get cranky on days when I don't poop, but that is not nearly as

frequent. Also, I am much more aware that I am cranky for that reason which

makes it easier for me to control it. I don't get headaches at all anymore

(except on occasion when it is due to my neck being out of alignment). My

skin is gradually improving. I still have some breakouts prior to

menstration (sorry to be so graphic), but they are not as severe. I am

hoping that this will continue to improve as my hormones come more into

balance as a result of good nutrition. And I am never bloated anymore. I

have slimmed down so much that I have the waist, hips, and thieghs of a fit

teen-ager. Now if I could just get back my pre-breastfeeding boobs that

would really be something !

I hope you find this helpful. If you have more questions, I would be happy

to answer.

Jeni Lynn (gastrointestinal problems)

SCD 1 month

mom to Margeaux, 6 yr. (heavy metal toxicity, gastrointestinal problems,

add)

, 3 yr. (heavy metal toxicity, gastrointestinal problems)

Elle, 18 mo. (heavy metal toxicity, leaky gut, eczema)

SCD 3 months