Thinking of returning to the SCD - need some help

March 4, 2006

Dear Pecanbread friends,

I am thinking of returning my son (age 7, PDD-NOS) back to SCD

for a least a season or two, but only if you veterans think it will

help with the issues identified in his last 2 CDSAs. was on

the SCD for 2.5 years (age 4-6.5) and it did great things for his

stools, however I can't really say it did much for his autism

symptoms. he wasa major gut kid at one time with LNH of the

terminal ileum and marked colitis found via colonoscopy at a ge 4.

Anyway, just helping his gut is reason enough to praise the SCD even

if his autism did not get better from just SCD. We have been doing

the Dr Amy Yasko protocol for the last year with fairly decent

progress with his autism symptoms, but I fear the grains and starches

that were reintroduced may be finally catching up with his gut.

Here are the issues in the last 2 CDSAs. Will SCD help this issues?

Lowish beneficial bateria (L. acidophius a 1+ or 2+ at best)

No bifidus growth at all (is this desirable or not? I know SCD says

not to supplement bifidus, but what about it's normal presence in the

gut?)

High citrobacter freundii (3+)

High Bacillus sp (4+)

Low sIgA (10) (I think the low end of normal is 40)

There was no yeast identified. I guess my main questions are about

the citrobacter and the bacillus overgrowth. Will SCD deal with

these bacteria? Also is there any evidence to support an

inmprovement in the sIGA? I know that that is the gut's first line

of immunological defense and it is low.

I am a little concered on how we are going to balance the SCD with Dr

Amy Yasko's strong suggestion to go " low protein " . She is concerned

that is an ammonia producer due to his genomics, so I am a bit

of a quandry here.

Thanks for any input.

Beth

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