Starting SCD Intro Diet

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I and Charlie, my 3 autistic year old son, have been doing the nut

diet now for several months (no beans or peanuts, but he's been eating

raw fuits and veggies, and whole roasted almonds). It seems to have

helped significantly, but he still has some language peculiarities and

some stimmy behaviors, and we are about to start the introductory

diet. I've been through the pecanbread website, and the official SCD

webset pretty carefully, and I've read BTVC and I still have some

questions.

I've been giving Charlie goat yogurt for a while now, and he seems to

tolerate it OK. Should I give it to him in the introductory period,

or should I wait? If I need to wait, how long?

When introducing new foods, what does " one at a time " really mean.

The ketchup I've been making has seven ingredients in it. Do I need

to introduce boiled down tomato juice, vinegar, honey, allspice, etc.

individually before I give him ketchup?

I gather that a food mill can be useful for removing fruit/vegetable

skins and seeds, but I've never used one. Does anyone know a link or

have any information about using food mills?

The " phased " foods list only includes substantial items. Do I need to

worry about spices and flavorings as being easy or advanced foods? Is

it enough perhaps to just grind the leafy things really well at first,

and maybe not so much over time?

Thanks in advance for any advice you can provide.

Wayne

[Guest guest]

I think the cheese cake is part of Elaine's original intro diet. It

included yogurt, so I think you're ok staying with yogurt when you do

the intro.

Personally, I made sure my son tolerated each ingredient before I

made ketchup. If you don't, and you have a reaction, you have to

back up and check each and every ingredient anyway.

I don't have a food mill link, but my personal opinion is that food

mills are too hard to clean to be worth using. I'm sure others feel

differently. In our house, if seeds/skins are too hard to remove

some other way, we just don't eat that, or not very often.

Spices and flavorings in general are ok to add one at a time after

the intro diet. Garlic powder/onion powder must be homemade to avoid

starch and I believe are considered more advanced.

Re: Grinding leafy things--if you mean like basil, oregano, etc., I'm

not sure it's necessary, but it certainly wouldn't hurt.

, mom to

[Guest guest]

Thanks . I hope the diet is working well for you and .

Charlie is doing well with the half-baked version of SCD we're doing

now. He stammers some, and he has a peculiar walk sometimes, and an

odd habit of putting his hand up by his face, but that's world's

better than crying half the day, and spending all his play time lying

on the floor, pushing a toy dump truck 2 inches back and forth while

staring at the wheels.

Thanks again,

Wayne