Hi to everyone and question.

[Guest guest]

Hi! I'm new to the board. We have been doing gfcf for about 4 months

now, but am learning more about SCD. It seems like a more nutritious

diet than gfcf, and my understanding is that SCD actually heals the

gut, whereas just doing gfcf doesn't?

My question is: If your child does not have diarrhea or constipation

issues, is it necessary to still start with the " Stage One " limited

diet? If I were to do this, what would I be looking for? (She

doesn't have digestive issues except when she has gluten- reflux and

stomachache.)

Thanks so much for your help!

Beth

[Guest guest]

Yes, you still need to begin with the intro diet, and then progress slowly with

the introduction of new foods...giving the more easily digested ones at first,

and working through to the more difficult ones. All fruit and vegetables should

be pealed, seeded, and well cooked for several months to come. You want to

begin with the intro diet because it clears the decks so to speak for the

optimal healing to take place. You may not see any noticeable changes, but that

doesn't mean healing is not taking place. Signs of yeast or bacterial die off

could be almost anything from oddly colored or textured stools to lethargy to

fever or even vomitting to rashes to irritability to returned undesirable

behavior or just about anything else that is a negative thing that she either

has never had happen before or has returned. I didn't think my son had any

major signs to need SCD, but I knew that we should try it anyway. It has been

the launching point for so much progress in his recovery. We have had him SCD

for one year now, and he is pretty close to a recovery from ASD. Of course, I

can't know if it will take him another year, just a couple of months, somewhere

in between, or even longer. I am certain, however, that he will make a full

recovery with the progress we've seen in the past year...especially the past ten

months since we added in the biomedical intervention aspect. Welcome to the

group, and ask anyway questions you need to. We're here to help you and your

daughter.

Meleah

Hi to everyone and question.

Hi! I'm new to the board. We have been doing gfcf for about 4 months

now, but am learning more about SCD. It seems like a more nutritious

diet than gfcf, and my understanding is that SCD actually heals the

gut, whereas just doing gfcf doesn't?

My question is: If your child does not have diarrhea or constipation

issues, is it necessary to still start with the " Stage One " limited

diet? If I were to do this, what would I be looking for? (She

doesn't have digestive issues except when she has gluten- reflux and

stomachache.)

Thanks so much for your help!

Beth

[Guest guest]

Welcome to the group Beth,

<< My question is: If your child does not have diarrhea or constipation

> issues, is it necessary to still start with the " Stage One " limited

> diet? If I were to do this, what would I be looking for? (She

doesn't have digestive issues except when she has gluten- reflux and

stomachache.) >>

It isn't absolutely necessary to start with the intro diet but we

highly recommend it. It works twofold:

1.) it starves out harmful microbes while feeding the body the easiest

to digest foods and

2.) sets up a baseline to which you add foods in a increasing order of

complexity. In other words after the intro you start adding the next

easiest to digest foods and gradually work up to the hardest to digest

SCD legal foods.

Since your daughter doesn't have diarhhea or constipation she may be

able to move to the harder to digest foods quite quickly.

Sheila, SCD Feb. 2001, UC 23 yrs

mom of and