Re: L. acidophilus...should I increase it...Answers for Sheila

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Sorry for taking for ever to get back..it has been a bit crazy around

here. I removed my daughter and son from school in March...my

daughter was very harmed by gluten at school in Feb. and I have no

doubt it was going on regularly.(with both kids) The transition

hasn't been easy.

Maybe now the scd will help.

I read on pecanbread.com that sometimes more than the 3bill of

probiotics is recomended....I just wanted to know if maybe I should

consider giving her more.

She is very allergic to eggs, and still has a very strong reaction to

nuts and yogurt.

I will answer your questions below:

>

> Hi Cathy,

>

> What foods does she tolerate?

> variety of meats(not fish), carrots, beets, zuchinni, cauliflower,

brocoli, green/yellow beans,acorn squash,pears, apple, banana,

raspberry& strawberry(cooked,strained)...lemonade,

cantaloupe...Avocado?(maybe), everything cooked

There may be a couple more things she tolerates..but she won't eat it

> What are her symptoms?

> She has felt well since she quit school,I also removed tomato,

started s. boulardii then...she has felt well for 2 +months and even

has gained 3 pounds.Her stomach has been pretty bloated lately, and

she seems to have a lot of little aches and pains lately(I think she

is just having some die-Off)

Since the introduction of bussel sprouts and cabbage(2 weeks

now)..she has had some stomach issues,eczema,excessive gas, behaviour

(could be die-off)...I am pulling these for now.

> Has she had any improvement since being on the diet?

Yes...honey, beets, beans, lemon is tolerated. Ezcema is gone..

Stomach is fine since she left school,(end of March) except for the

latest introductions of food. L. acidophilus is tolerated now.

I ran out of s.boulardii for a week recently and she started to get

pretty darn silly until I started it up again. My son was silly too

without the s.b.

>

Thanks so much,

Cathy

Mom to (7) and (10)-celiac scd since aug 2006

> >

> << My daughter has been scd since august 2006, it has taken her

> months

> > just to tolerate the L. acidophilus capsule well.

> > She has been taking 3 billion cfu of the Kirkmans L. acidophilus

> daily > for a little more than a month now. She is also taking s.

> boulardii(1 > capsule daily.3 bil cfu's) for 2 months + now. She

> does not tolerate > the goats yogurt yet. Still intolerant to lots

> ie. no eggs, no nut > butters..etc.

> > Would it be helpful to increase the L. acidophilus? Or is 3

> billion

> > cfu's enough...?Would it be too much to give a small child more

> > probiotic..she is 7, 35 llbs?>

>

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Hi Cathy

<< What foods does she tolerate?

> > variety of meats(not fish), carrots, beets, zuchinni,

cauliflower,

> brocoli, green/yellow beans,acorn squash,pears, apple, banana,

> raspberry& strawberry(cooked,strained)...lemonade,

> cantaloupe...Avocado?(maybe), everything cooked

> There may be a couple more things she tolerates..but she won't eat

it

>

> > What are her symptoms?

> > She has felt well since she quit school,I also removed tomato,

> started s. boulardii then...she has felt well for 2 +months and

even

> has gained 3 pounds.Her stomach has been pretty bloated lately,

and

> she seems to have a lot of little aches and pains lately(I think

she

> is just having some die-Off)

> Since the introduction of bussel sprouts and cabbage(2 weeks

> now)..she has had some stomach issues,eczema,excessive gas,

behaviour

> (could be die-off)...I am pulling these for now.>>

If she is still having the stomach issues and gas consider also

removing the cauliflower and broccoli, as these are members of the

cabbage family and can cause GI symptoms and gas.

I don't think I'd increase the L. acidophilus ..at least not right

now, but it sounds likes the S. boulardii is helping.

Sheila, SCD Feb. 2001, UC 23yrs

mom of and