Re: Re: CAROL,Mystry solved, we think?

[Guest guest]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS POST CAROL! So hopeful! Better than eating dirt any

day. My God...I was getting worried.

Antoinette

entire family scd day 38/celiac, many sensitivities that we now hope to grow and

heal out of, add, adhd, asd and more)

Re: Mystry solved, we think?

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

gut heals?

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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

For information on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, please read the book

_Breaking the Vicious Cycle_ by Elaine Gottschall and read the following

websites:

http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info<http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info/\

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and

http://www.pecanbread.com<http://www.pecanbread.com/>