Still Not Seeing Results

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I'm wringing my hands trying to figure out why we're not seeing

results

in my daughter's bm's. She's on the intro diet along with banana and

a

little applesauce for meds. She's not very happy. She was ok with

the

full scdiet when I jumped in without knowing yet about the intro

diet.

Her stools, although still diarrhea, were even better. She loved

what

I baked with almond flour. Now she's hungry a lot and frustrated

with

the food limitations. She never was a big meat eater.

What could I possibly be doing wrong?! I had started the yogurt too

soon (it is used to " moisten the DCCC " on the intro) I realize now,

so

I quit that. I'm working hard on food prep and not seeing a good

response.

My husband and I are pretty frustrated, but not going to give up. I

have about a week before I have to call the Dr. who wants to put her

on

a new medicine that we don't want her on. I don't expect a complete

turn-around, but I need to be able to give a good report and buy some

more time.

Any ideas?

Thanks for reading,

Karyn

[Guest guest]

Hi Karyn!

What exactly is your situation? What is your daughter's condition? How long

did you do the introduction without the banana and applesauce? My kids have

been on the diet 4 months and have only showed tolerance to these fruits this

past week (and my infant, well, she still can't do the applesauce). After a

good run of the intro, introduce squash and pearsauce (these are easy to digest,

and pears are very low in fructose).

If your daughter is ASD, take out the dairy for a few weeks. It takes casein a

few weeks to work itself out of the body, but you may see improvements during

this time. If you do, then you will know that dairy is a " no go " for now.

Give us all a few more details about your introductory foods and length of time

as well as your daughter's condition.

Jeni Lynn (gastrointestinal problems)

SCD 2 months

mom to 3 kids (add, leaky gut, heavy metal toxicity, eczema)

SCD 4 months

Still Not Seeing Results

Hi,

I'm wringing my hands trying to figure out why we're not seeing

results

in my daughter's bm's. She's on the intro diet along with banana and

a

little applesauce for meds. She's not very happy. She was ok with

the

full scdiet when I jumped in without knowing yet about the intro

diet.

Her stools, although still diarrhea, were even better. She loved

what

I baked with almond flour. Now she's hungry a lot and frustrated

with

the food limitations. She never was a big meat eater.

What could I possibly be doing wrong?! I had started the yogurt too

soon (it is used to " moisten the DCCC " on the intro) I realize now,

so

I quit that. I'm working hard on food prep and not seeing a good

response.

My husband and I are pretty frustrated, but not going to give up. I

have about a week before I have to call the Dr. who wants to put her

on

a new medicine that we don't want her on. I don't expect a complete

turn-around, but I need to be able to give a good report and buy some

more time.

Any ideas?

Thanks for reading,

Karyn

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/\

>

and

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

[Guest guest]

>

> Give us all a few more details about your introductory foods and

length of time as well as your daughter's condition.

>

Ok, here are the details:

She was diagnosed about 1 1/2 yrs ago with Crohn's/UC. She ate a

regular mostly american diet (a clean one though - very little junk)

until about 2 weeks ago. When they first put her on pentasa, it was

like a miracle. She was completely stable, but it only lasted a

couple of months. They've tried a couple of different rectal meds

over the past several months, and now she is just coming off her 2nd

course of prednisone, which hasn't been effective. They also had us

start Culturelle a long time ago.

I discovered the scdiet and jumped in before finishing the book. She

was ok with it, but pulling back and starting the intro diet has been

very difficult.

She continues to have diarrhea and has been waking up at night to

go. This is a recent development. She hasn't done that since she

first started having symptoms over a year ago.

She's not eating enough now and is frustrated. I started bananas

again 2 days ago. She's always eaten them, except while on intro.

Maybe I should start Butternut squash which she's always loved. My

husband is trying to get her to eat her soup now without much

success. She's a challenge because she is so articulate!

Thanks,

Karyn

[Guest guest]

Just brainstorming:

Is she on digestive enzymes?

How old is she?...Can you explain to her what you're trying to do?...

There is an explaination for kids at the pecanbread website.

Can you keep her home from school for a while, to make sure no slips or

infractions?

Can you postpone/reschedule the MD appt, so it won't stress you so much?

Is she allergic to anything on the intro diet?...

Have you taken into consideration oxylates and phenols?

Maybe this is die off... I think you and your husband are right to be

committed to giving the diet a fair try.

Agape,

krmb98 wrote:

Hi,

I'm wringing my hands trying to figure out why we're not seeing

results

in my daughter's bm's. She's on the intro diet along with banana and

a

little applesauce for meds. She's not very happy. She was ok with

the

full scdiet when I jumped in without knowing yet about the intro

diet.

Her stools, although still diarrhea, were even better. She loved

what

I baked with almond flour. Now she's hungry a lot and frustrated

with

the food limitations. She never was a big meat eater.

What could I possibly be doing wrong?! I had started the yogurt too

soon (it is used to " moisten the DCCC " on the intro) I realize now,

so

I quit that. I'm working hard on food prep and not seeing a good

response.

My husband and I are pretty frustrated, but not going to give up. I

have about a week before I have to call the Dr. who wants to put her

on

a new medicine that we don't want her on. I don't expect a complete

turn-around, but I need to be able to give a good report and buy some

more time.

Any ideas?

Thanks for reading,

Karyn

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

and

http://www.pecanbread.com

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Thanks for your ideas. She is 7 and we have explained it to her. She

said her " body is aching for cheddar cheese " . That's probably true

since she hasn't had any calcium in days. It's very hard on her.

Thank goodness she likes the baked cottage cheese recipe.

There are no school issues since I'm homeschooling her. She only

gets what I give her.

I don't know what oxylates and phenols are!

We're trying to keep her spirits up.

>

> Just brainstorming:

> Is she on digestive enzymes?

> How old is she?...Can you explain to her what you're trying to

do?...

> There is an explaination for kids at the pecanbread website.

> Can you keep her home from school for a while, to make sure no

slips or infractions?

> Can you postpone/reschedule the MD appt, so it won't stress you

so much?

> Is she allergic to anything on the intro diet?...

> Have you taken into consideration oxylates and phenols?

> Maybe this is die off... I think you and your husband are right

to be committed to giving the diet a fair try.

>

> Agape,

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> 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

> and

> http://www.pecanbread.com

>

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