Planning the switch...a question

[Guest guest]

Hello group.

Gosh, am I tired of realizing new therapies/diets/protocols that I KNOW my son

requires for complete recovery. We have tried so any promising things with him.

But alas...the embarkment on a new diet for my sweetie is just a few days away.

The road to recovery has been a long and draining one.

I admit the posts by Sheri are freaking me out greatly, but it still seems like

SCD is the right thing to do. My son will probably be vomiting in a few days and

Sheri will be talking me down (Good luck Sheri!!!!)...

I am making my grocery lists so I have what I need to try to whip up things on

the intro diet. I know there is a " perfect " way to eliminate everything from his

diet. And I want to stay close to that to ensure I see the gut cleaned up and so

I can carefully determine what he tolerates/what is working. I also want to

ensure that I can indeed provide the foods he chooses to eat (if God-willing he

will choose to eat some of the offered foods) when he wants them. With 3 kids

under the age of 5 (all who treat me like a short-order cook for each snack and

meal), I am trying to find the recipes that I think will tempt my son and be

feasible to cook with moderate/short notice. I have a list of foods from the

pure intro list that are good options, including the " soup " and chicken

pancakes.

I saw earlier today a post saying that all broths must be home-made. Before I

read that, I thought our boxed chicken stock that we always use was legal...it

does have 2 weird ingredients that *may* be the sticking points...

The ingredient list reads: chicken stock (weird " ingredient " ), chicken flavor

(second weird " ingredient " ), sea salt, honey, vegetable stock (including carrot,

onion, mushroom, and celery), bay, thyme, pepper.

I was wondering if the stock is SO bad that it would be a significant " cheat " or

if it is just mildly illegal. It would really help if I could poach some chicken

breasts in it and use it as a soup base to make the menu easier to make...

Thanks for your help!

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[Guest guest]

Hi, ,

I am sorry to tell you that you cannot use the commercial broth. SCD

is very strict and we do not have a category of " slightly illegal " .

You will be cooking a lot, especially at the beginning. If you want

your kids to be able to snack a lot, get your food ready ahead of

time. Make up a large amount of soup and freeze some. Make chicken

pancakes and freeze some. Make up the gelatin and have it ready.

Warning: lots of kids eat huge amounts at the beginning of the diet.

Glimmer of hope: my son did not vomit at all, did not strike, did

not exhibit any problems except for 2 weeks of diarrhea.

Best wishes,

, mom to

[Guest guest]

>

> Hi, ,

> I am sorry to tell you that you cannot use the commercial broth.

,

Make a big pot of broth with meat bones, vegetables, legal herbs and seasonings

and fill

ice cube trays with it. It will be handy and convenient to use as little or as

much as you

need.

Carol F.

SCD 7 years, celiac

[Guest guest]

Welcome to the group ,

<<I admit the posts by Sheri are freaking me out greatly, but it

still seems like SCD is the right thing to do. My son will probably

be vomiting in a few days and Sheri will be talking me down (Good

luck Sheri!!!!)...>>

My kids didn't vomit but were noticeably lethargic for 1.5 days. My

husband was lethargic for about 3 days. I had no obvious signs of

die off. I just felt fantastic - more alive (but I was extremely

ill).

<<I saw earlier today a post saying that all broths must be home-

made. Before I read that, I thought our boxed chicken stock that we

always use was legal...it does have 2 weird ingredients that *may* be

the sticking points...

>

> The ingredient list reads: chicken stock (weird " ingredient " ),

chicken flavor (second weird " ingredient " ), sea salt, honey,

vegetable stock (including carrot, onion, mushroom, and celery), bay,

thyme, pepper.

>

> I was wondering if the stock is SO bad that it would be a

significant " cheat " or if it is just mildly illegal.>>

The ingredients:

1. Chicken stock is illegal beacuse you don't know what they put in

it, if the chicken were seasoned etc...

2. chicken flavour is illegal because all " flavours " are illegal.

They may have added sugar, starches etc...

3. sea salt may be legal but as a possible compound (more than one)

ingredients you don't know what is in it.

4.honey: may have added illegal sugar, syrup, or pollen

5. veg stock: the onion may or may not have illegals

The boxed stock is very illegal

<<It would really help if I could poach some chicken breasts in it

and use it as a soup base to make the menu easier to make...>>

Making homemade broth seems way more daunting then it is. All you

really need is a large pot, unseasoned chicken pieces and water...oh

yeah and a stove.

An even easier way to make it is in an oven. I put all the pieces in

the oven on broil when the meat smells good and is browned a little I

add lots of water. When the water is boiling I reduce the oven to

let it simmer for a few hours.

Sheila, SCD Feb. 2001, UC 23yrs, PCOD 22yrs

mom of and