Re: DS Not eating, worries and concerns/ ratios, profiles

Posted April 5, 2006 · April 5, 2006

Perhaps the best way to handle it is to customize for our individual kids; like

we're doing.

There is no way Toren is getting the same amount of carbs he used to get with

the SAD.

It's not possible because there are no grains; and nuts are more balanced in

it's profile. The specific veggies we eat, have less carbs by their nature.

I don't think Elaine ever, gave a specific ratio in BTVC. But it would be

interesting to have someone analyze 100 recipes from the various cookbookbooks

to know.

The SCDiet by it's very nature has less starchy, grainy carbs.

Let's not sweat it, let's embrace it, The SCD is a more balanced diet than the

SAD; and it has a more balanced profile/ratio than the SAD. It's not high

protein, fat, or carb; it's just more balanced.

And it works!

Agape,

Knopp wrote:

Hi Gwen!

You are correct. According to standards that Jody posted a couple weeks ago.

We are supposed to have 50 - 55% carb intake, 30% fat, and 15 - 20% protein.

SCD is not low carb . . . just specific carb.

I, personally, struggle with this because the protein is what my kids digest

best. When I try to up their carbs we get issues with yeast and sometimes

diarrhea. I wish had the solution to relay, but I am currently dealing with

this difficulty myself. Anything that has a high " carb " amount seems to feed

yeast. And since yeast is still a difficulty for us (although we are seeing it

less and less), I find myself having to choose the lesser of two evils (low carb

intake or feed the yeast). And I can't even tell you which one is the lesser of

two evils. Throw into the picture that I can't seem to get my kids enough

calories (due to the fact that we are casein/gluten free, not many nuts, and

trying not to overdo the meat), I get completely overwhelmed.

Well, I didn't mean to dump on you. But I wanted to say that yes, we are

supposed to have a high carb intake. The problem is that I don't know how you

should accomplish this if you find yourself in the same situation as us.

And, if anyone else, knows how to solve this problem. PLEASE TELL ME!

Jeni Lynn (gastrointestinal problems)

SCD 2 months

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

, 3 yr. (heavy metal toxicity, at risk for add, gastrointestinal problems)

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

SCD 4 months

Re: DS Not eating, worries and concerns

Well,

I went to see my midwife friend who is helping us with this diet and doing

some tests on both my son and I. I want to give the stool tests a try and see

what we find.

My son weighed 26.5 pounds at the office which is the 5th percentile. So in

a way this is good news. I thought he had dropped off the charts again. He

used to be at the 3rd percentile but gained in early Fall. He is 25% for

height. I am on the cusp of being underweight at 105 and 5ft2in. My midwife

and I agree that I look and act healthy. And I am. I am active and energetic.

I am one of those people who can get up off the couch and climb a 14,000 foot

mountain, no problem except that I'm a little slow. Slow as she goes....

Anyway, I would love to " enforce " the fruit after veggies but find my

philosophy on eating getting in my way of doing that. I see my son eating

veggies sometimes and other times (most of the time, yes) he eats fruit. He

tends toward constipation so I think he is drawn to the laxative effect of

fruit.

The other concern I have, is our protein intake. WE eat sooooo much

protein. I feel buzzy all the time and I think ds does too. He has been so

restless at night. He had been sleeping fairly well until we started the diet

again. Does anyone know if too much protein can cause a buzzy feeling. I don't

think it is die off anymore.

I think we should be eating more carbs than protein as this seems more

balanced. Am I correct?

Also wondering where you get your HCI?

Thanks gwen

Luca - 3

SCD 5 weeks for digestive problems, constipation and low growth rate.

" Today a new sun rises for me; everything lives,

everything is animated, everything seems to speak

to me of my passion, everything invites me to cherish it. "

--Anne de Lenclos--

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Posted April 5, 2006 · April 5, 2006

>

> Perhaps the best way to handle it is to customize for our individual kids;

like we're

doing.

> There is no way Toren is getting the same amount of carbs he used to get

with the

SAD.

> It's not possible because there are no grains; and nuts are more balanced in

it's profile.

The specific veggies we eat, have less carbs by their nature.

>

> I don't think Elaine ever, gave a specific ratio in BTVC. But it would be

interesting to

have someone analyze 100 recipes from the various cookbookbooks to know.

>

> The SCDiet by it's very nature has less starchy, grainy carbs.

On page 64 of BTVC, edition 10, E;aine talks about " a well rounded diet. " Please

take a

moment to study the page and draw your own conclusions as to how to apply it

personally.

Carol F.

SCD 6 years, celiac

Posted April 5, 2006 · April 5, 2006

Hey Guys,

What we have found works well is taking the advice of our pediatrician who

supports this SCDiet fully! She said that kids have a canny way of eating what

they need. With the help of enzymes the carbs allowed in the SCDiet do not

cause problems with yeast in our home because the enzymes break down the foods

so that they don't sit in the gut undigested fermenting or becoming food to the

" bad guys " . Plus as the gut heals and is able to utilizes it's own enzymes

again....none of the foods on the SCDiet can become food for yeast due to the

nature of them being all monosaccharides and readily available for the gut to

absorb...so they don't sit around and cause trouble....fermenting and becoming

food for the yeasty beasties, because our bodies are able to process and digest

them fully! We all need to reread Elaine's book and stop concentrating on

others that may be confusing us.

When we allow our son to pick what he wants (now easy since the entire house is

SCD LEGAL) I have discovered that he is eating around 45 to 50% in carbs all by

himself! He craves them and wants them and since they are SCD I give him all he

can eat with the aid of enzymes and not fearing the Yeasty BEASTIES! Maybe we

all need to relax a little and let mother nature heal our guts and not get so

stuck on numbers and what other books have said and try to trust what has proven

to work the last 50 years....this SCDiet. It is going to take time guys...we

didn't get sick over night and we will not heal over night....we still feel a

little foggy and buzzy in the head too sometimes.....yet I know we are healing

and trust that this too shall pass and it usually does. I also know that some

day soon we will not need the enzymes!

Food for thought.

Antoinette (Day 43 entire family and healing for the first time after listening

to other books and doing many experiments...becoming nuts with numbers

myself.......and nothing until now worked.)

Re: DS Not eating, worries and concerns

Well,

I went to see my midwife friend who is helping us with this diet and doing

some tests on both my son and I. I want to give the stool tests a try and see

what we find.

My son weighed 26.5 pounds at the office which is the 5th percentile. So

in a way this is good news. I thought he had dropped off the charts again. He