Re: Re: update w/ many questions/Sheila

[Guest guest]

Hi Sheila,

He did not get any illegals for 4 months and the diarrhea was constant.

He has always had soft stools that bordered on diarrhea, but the constant

diarrhea started after we had taken a trip in December and accidentally left his

fiber supplement at home. By the time we got home, he had really bad diarrhea

and adding the fiber back didn't seem to help the way it previously had.

The fat he is getting is from fish oil and meat in general and some coconut

oil for cooking.

I guess I just don't know what to feed this child! He is now legal, back to

great behavior & terrible diarrhea.

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Sheila Trenholm wrote:

Hi ,

<<This leaves me wondering how I am to trust his stools as an

indicator of what he is tolerating -- especially when foods listed in

the intro and stage 1 are often found to be problematic

(carrots/green beans). >>

If he still isn't 100% onn the diet you can't be sure that the

carrots and beans will be problematic. They may only be problematic

right now because he is still receiving illegals.

I used to think I could not eat onions, they caused gas and cramping

etc. When I started SCD and cut out the starches etc.. I had no

problem with onions.

<<For my son, vegetables and fruits of all kinds historically cause

diarrhea. This did not change when we prepared them peeled and

cooked. If I avoid fruits and vegetables, that only leaves meat. >>

Has he always had diarrhea?

<< I am not too worried about giving him dairy (except he won't eat

the goat yogurt!), but if I could find a way to get him to eat

fruit/vegetables mixed with yogurt -- should that change the

digestibility of fruit/vegetables? >>

If the fruits and veggies are peeled and cooked (except ripe bananas

which don't need to be cooked) adding them to yogurt will only help.

<<One last question, we had previously used a fiber supplement (one

that is illegal) per GI doc to slow down his hypermotility. It

slowed down a bit, but it really just kept the diarrhea at bay (not a

cure). On the early stages of SCD, there is almost no fiber. Fiber

can either slow down or speed up the GI motility depending on the

problem and the amount being digested. If there is no fiber, what

exactly is regulating the GI tract motility? >>

There are two kinds of fiber: soluble and insoluble fiber. Popular

thought is that soluble fibre helps food stay in the GI tract,

absorbing water from the colon (helps make the stool drier). Some

SCD examples of solubles fibre are Fruits: apples, bananas,

grapefruit, oranges, strawberries, avacado, papaya

Vegetables: carrots, peas, Legumes: lentils, dried peas, beans

(though the legumes are for later in the diet).

The insoluble fibre is the type that gets things moving. Some SCD

examples: apples, melons, lemons, grapefruit, pears

peppers, greens, celery, onions, broccoli(part of the cabbage

family), Nuts.

<<We meet next month to review my son's stool tests with his GI

doctor. She is looking for problems with his pancreas among other

things that would cause his diarrhea and malabsorption. Has anyone

else here had multiple GI problems that made the results of the diet

more complicated to predict? For instance she is checking his

ability to not only digest sugars, but also fats and proteins. What

if he cannot break down more than just starches -- or what if he

breaks those down better than fats and proteins? Anyone been down

this road?! >>

With a damaged gut fats can be more difficult to digest. That is why

Elaine set up the intro diet with very little fat. The food is easy

to digest, feeding the body while starving out harmful microbes. As

healing occurs and malabsorption begins to be corrected the body is

more able to digest all types of foods and nutrients and good fats

etc. can slowly be introduced.

Sheila, SCD Feb. 2001, UC 23 yrs

nmom of and

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