Re: Mystry solved, we think?

[Guest guest]

Well, I would try enzymes before I would remove everything. I'd

prefer to see people eating a varied diet, if possible.

I'd try the enzymes with the fruits/veggies and just leave out the

nuts for now (for Kiki especially).

Or you can replace the high phenol foods with lower ones based on the

list.

Jody

mom to -7 and -9

SCD 1/03

[Guest guest]

Does anyone know if this problem with Phenol Sensitivity goes away when the gut

heals?

Antoinette day 38 SCD

RE: Mystry solved, we think?

My son has a hard time with Phenols as well. We have tried No Phenol but I

am not sure it helped. My son has sludgy poops when things bother him, red

cheeks and ears, irritable... and No Phenol can make BMs looser so I am not

sure if we want to go down that road (at least not yet). We are just

avoiding those foods until his gut heals more. At the moment my son can only

really tolerate the following: cooked/pealed pears, cooked carrots, cooked

green beans, hamburger, turkey, chicken, egg yolks (we had to take it out

though because my daughter can't do eggs at all), white grape jello, ripe

bananas. Have you tried Epsom creams? I have heard that it and baths will

help with phenol sensitivity.

[Guest guest]

>

> Does anyone know if this problem with Phenol Sensitivity goes away when the

gut heals?

>

BTVC was written to use as a dietary approach to healing gastric illness. When

it was found

useful as an autism intervention, it became, of necessity, more complicated

because

autism is complicated.

In pursuit of detail some worrisome things can take place. We tend to comply

with what

our doctors advise. We have doctors that dispense varying protocols. Not all

are familiar

with or supportive of SCD. Some apporce of SCD but know less than we do about

it.

We seek information from food processing companies that haven't a clue about SCD

and

they repeat the same mantra, " Our product is Gluten Free, " thinking that cocvers

the

situtation.

Concerned parents choose to eliminate entire food groups, cut the diet to a bare

bones

version and on top of that are trying to cater to very picky eaters and add

correct

supplements and enzymes.

All of the above can lead to near starvation or an unbalanced diet. Children

need nutrients

to grow.

A reminder:

The immune system, when compromised, sees danger in places where it doesn't

exist

and goes on the offensive very often against foods one is really not allergic

to. Which

means one week cheese or broccoli can trigger a reaction and be well tolerated

the

following week and this applies to all kinds of foods. As healing proceeds,

tolerance

usually increases.

The end result for some of us, we become like circus jugglers trying a very

tricky

balancing act between food and supplements, enzymes homeopathic remedies etc.

No wonder doctors and dietitions label the diet " difficult " and newcomers often

find it so

and are in a frequent state of conflict.

The ultimate aim in my view is to add foods, not keep eliminating them.

TRUE ALLERGIES do exist and should be respected. However in some instances we

create

" straw men. "

Example: I had myself all worked out about High Oxalates, imagined dark green

vegetables wer harming me only to find after a five month wait that I had NO

issues with

my kidneys.

Carol F.

SCD, 6 years, celiac

[Guest guest]

" Does anyone know if this problem with Phenol Sensitivity goes away

when the gut heals? "

My boys don't need enzymes anymore to tolerate the high phenol foods.

Jody

mom to -7 and -9

SCD 1/03