Re: Still Not Seeing Results/ SCD yogurt, enzymes

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>>> Just brainstorming: Is she on digestive enzymes?

I'm thinking along this line also. If she isn't taking enzymes, that

might be a good next step...particularly before taking more foods out

of the diet. I had quite a few discussions with Elaine on this point.

A major feature of SCD is the special yogurt. A lot of the cases in

SCD where there was great success included the yogurt. In fact, many

people said the real healing didn't happen until they added in the

yogurt. Even one of the first breakthrough cases of autism using SCD.

What sets SCD apart from just another restrictive diet is the

proactive healing yogurt. Food eliminations do not necessarily heal

the gut tissue. The damage may be slowed down or stopped, but you are

sitting there with an injured gut...just sitting there. When you put

in a proactive healing element, then you kick-start and drive

healing. Proactive healing items are probiotics, digestive enzymes,

maybe zinc, maybe essential fatty acids, etc.

Elaine used to say how surprised she was that only in autism where

people so scared of dairy (casein). The issue of gut health in autism

is a moving target, so the casein issue was one of those issues in

flux. Alot of what was thought to be true (i.e. casein is poison and

no autistic person should be within 20 miles of it) have been proven

false. There are now lots of experiences where a person with autism

did much better with casein in the diet than not. Each person is

different. There were lots of posts in the beginning of this group on

how the yogurt was healing, just as adding in digestive enzymes and

probitics are healing (no duh there...the special yogurt contains

live probiotic cultures and enzymes along with minerals and other

healing factors).

It's interesting to note also that many people with autism who had

problems with casein/dairy in general did not with the special

yogurt. Actually, they were thriving on the yogurt. And there were

those on SCD that added digestive enzymes to see a jump in

improvement. There is a parallel here.

Soooo, if you haven't tried the SCD yogurt, that's something to

consider. It's a whole-food source of nourishment. If you are nervous

of the casein, consider an enzyme with DPP IV in it. There are quite

a few available which work just fine, and there are about a half

dozen more coming out this year. Here is a list:

http://www.enzymestuff.com/dietsgfcf.htm#11

You might also want to consider an enzyme product with carbohydrate

digesting enzymes. With digestive enzymes, try one bottle of what you

are interested in. If you don't see any results, try one bottle of

something else. One bottle should tell you if it will be beneficial

for you. If you have no idea what to start with, you can try Lacto

initially. It has lots of extra enzymes for the total dairy compound

as well as lots of carb enzymes. Then explore others as you go. There

are lots of good broad-spectrum products available. Thanks for your

patience with this, and best wishes for whatever you decide to pursue.

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