Re: Re: introducing the SCD diet questions

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A BIG HUGE THANKYOU! It was so nice to hear from

somebody from the group.

--- Sheila Trenholm sheilat@...> wrote:

> Welcome to the group laxmi

> >

> > My son has been on the gfcf diet for the past 5

> months. We are

> > vegetarians. He still has the " failure to thrive "

> condition. Hasn't

> > really put on any weight since he's been on the

> gfcf diet.I started

> > him on eggs since the last month. It seems that

> he has tolerated

> them

> > well. He doesn't have any ongoing diarahhea.

> > I just started the scd diet with my son two days

> ago. ( not the

> intro

> > diet ) . Is it okay to skip the intro diet, since

> he currently

> does not

> > have active diarrahea.

>

> You don't have to do the intro but many have found

> that it helps

> give a boost in clearing out the " bad stuff " . For

> some parents

> there is just no way though that their kids will eat

> the intro

> foods. If you decide to do it you wouldn't have to

> do the intro for

> more than 2 days since you don't have diarrhea.

>

> >

> > He wants to have banana pancakes whole day long.

> My concerns are

> how

> > many eggs per day can he actually have?

>

> I think Elaine said 3-4 eggs per day were okay for

> kids.

>

>

> Also he has been off cows milk,

> > since the past 5 months.

> >

> > This is what he had yesterday:

> > banana pancake, almond milk ( home made ), 1/2

> avacado,

> pureed/cooked

> > peach, omlette ( for lunch), spincach + carrot +

> onion soup for

> lunch.

> > pureed/cooked pear + cooked carrots for dinner,

> lemon juice .

> >

> > My questions are:

> > can I put him on almond milk, lentils/bean soup (

> mentioned in the

> > BTVC book ) early on when introcucing him o n this

> diet? Because

> the

> > book mentions to introduce almond milk, lentils

> etc 3 - 6 months

> later

> > on.

>

> As long as he is fine (no adverse symptoms) and

> isn't eating a lot

> of almond flour items the strained homemade almond

> milk should be

> okay. You don't want to overdo the almonds - or any

> other food.

>

> The lentils are harder to digest and if you can wait

> a while you'll

> probably get more gut healing sooner.

>

> Sheila

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