Re: introducing the SCD diet questions

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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