Craving Salt and peeing a lot?

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We have been SCD for 6 days and about three days ago my son suddenly started

craving salt. This is very weird b/c he never even liked potato chips or

anything salty before this. Recently I have had to hide the salt shaker b/c he

literally pours it into his mouth! In addition, the boy who used to be able to

" hold it " forever b/c he didn't want to stop playing to go to the bathroom is

now needing to pee several times a day. Is this normal on the diet? Has anyone

else experienced this?

Mommy to 4 yrs pdd-nos/asd/Asperger's Traits (almost fully recovered)

and 8 months (so far so good!)

GFCFSF January 2007

SCD June 2007

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Hi ,

I'm on the SCD intro diet for UC and I've been craving

salt. I've never salted my food before and now I can't

eat my food without copious amounts of salt added. I'm

not sure why that is, but your son's cravings are

consistant with mine. For whatever reason the salt

cravings for me are more intense during the intro

stage of the diet than the " regular " SCD.

As far as peeing goes, I've had more " sensations "

(i.e. feeling the need to pee) since going on the

intro diet. However, I haven't necessarily been peeing

any more than normal. Good luck.

Cheers,

-Bob

UC 1 year

SCD 6 months

Craving Salt and peeing a lot?

Posted by: " Unwin " mommy2jakenjack@...

mommy2jakenjack

Wed Jul 4, 2007 7:06 pm (PST)

We have been SCD for 6 days and about three days ago

my son suddenly started craving salt. This is very

weird b/c he never even liked potato chips or anything

salty before this. Recently I have had to hide the

salt shaker b/c he literally pours it into his mouth!

In addition, the boy who used to be able to " hold it "

forever b/c he didn't want to stop playing to go to

the bathroom is now needing to pee several times a

day. Is this normal on the diet? Has anyone else

experienced this?

Mommy to 4 yrs pdd-nos/asd/ Asperger' s Traits

(almost fully recovered)

and 8 months (so far so good!)

GFCFSF January 2007

SCD June 2007

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Hi ,

<<We have been SCD for 6 days and about three days ago my son suddenly

started craving salt. This is very weird b/c he never even liked potato

chips or anything salty before this. Recently I have had to hide the

salt shaker b/c he literally pours it into his mouth! In addition, the

boy who used to be able to " hold it " forever b/c he didn't want to stop

playing to go to the bathroom is now needing to pee several times a

day. Is this normal on the diet? Has anyone else experienced this?>>

Since SCD uses fresh food there is less salt than traditional SAD

foods. I'd watch and make sure he doesn't get too much salt as it

sounds like he is trying to feed a craving.

Increased urination is very common at the beginning. As inflammation

in the injured tissues decreases the body will release fluids - pee it

out.

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

mom of and

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My son always pees a lot, so I couldn't tell a difference with SCD, but both my

younger kids (the only ones following the diet) started doing what you are

talking about with salt. They would even pour out the shaker onto a plate and

sit down to eat a bowl of salt! I don't know why SCD would trigger this & my

kids never ate processed foods before SCD, so I couldn't attribute it to giving

up salty foods.

Do you use celtic sea salt? I recommend you switch to it if you don't already

use it. It contains 84 minerals as opposed to the 4 minerals found in ordinary

sea salt or the 1-2 minerals found in table salt. The sodium is not dangerous

when you consume celtic sea salt, so you can use it liberally. It's more

flavorful too, so a little goes a long way.

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Sheila Trenholm wrote:

Hi ,

<<We have been SCD for 6 days and about three days ago my son suddenly

started craving salt. This is very weird b/c he never even liked potato

chips or anything salty before this. Recently I have had to hide the

salt shaker b/c he literally pours it into his mouth! In addition, the

boy who used to be able to " hold it " forever b/c he didn't want to stop

playing to go to the bathroom is now needing to pee several times a

day. Is this normal on the diet? Has anyone else experienced this?>>

Since SCD uses fresh food there is less salt than traditional SAD

foods. I'd watch and make sure he doesn't get too much salt as it

sounds like he is trying to feed a craving.

Increased urination is very common at the beginning. As inflammation

in the injured tissues decreases the body will release fluids - pee it

out.

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

mom of and

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We are currently transitioning my son from GFCF to SCD and this is

his first week on 95% SCD foods. He too is craving salt and peeing a

lot. Before GFCF (a little over a month ago) he loved eating the

salt off pretzels (he would rarely eat the pretzels). Now pretzels

are forbidden so I started frying green plantains and putting salt on

them as a delivery vehicle (I'm still looking for an SCD

alternative). He won't eat the plantain, just lick the salt off.

Suggestions? We can't do nuts or nut flour items since they make his

poops soft. He needs to heal a bit more before we can reintroduce

them.

As for peeing, before he started transitioning to SCD he was starting

to go all night without peeing in his pull ups. For two or three

days he's peed through the diaper, the sheets and to the mattress

pad. Lot's of laundry this week! Last night he did not pee through

his diaper so it looks like it may just be a temporary thing.

Sheila's comment about the injured tissues healing makes total

sense. I just wanted to share, and let you know that someone else is

going through this at the same time. Hopefully we can work through

it together.

mom to

Katarina 8, atypical Down's Syndrome with ASD, food intolerances,

yeast, SCD 4 weeks and

Marcus, 4, high functioning ASD, food intolerances, transistion from

GFCF to SCD

> Hi ,

>

> <<We have been SCD for 6 days and about three days ago my son

suddenly

> started craving salt. This is very weird b/c he never even liked

potato

> chips or anything salty before this. Recently I have had to hide

the

> salt shaker b/c he literally pours it into his mouth! In addition,

the

> boy who used to be able to " hold it " forever b/c he didn't want to

stop

> playing to go to the bathroom is now needing to pee several times a

> day. Is this normal on the diet? Has anyone else experienced this?>>

>

> Since SCD uses fresh food there is less salt than traditional SAD

> foods. I'd watch and make sure he doesn't get too much salt as it

> sounds like he is trying to feed a craving.

>

> Increased urination is very common at the beginning. As

inflammation

> in the injured tissues decreases the body will release fluids - pee

it

> out.

>

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

> mom of and

>

>

>

>

>

>

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vehicles.

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>

>

[Guest guest]

I buy coarse sea salt and let just eat the salt crystals. That

way I don't have to cook and discard anything. (BTW eats salt

because he craves it, but also because the doctor recommended it to

combat dizziness caused by a heart reflex that makes 's blood

pressure drop when he stands up quickly.)

, mom to

putting salt on

> them as a delivery vehicle (I'm still looking for an SCD

> alternative

[Guest guest]

does the celtic sea salt contain iodine?

thanks.

> Hi ,

>

> <<We have been SCD for 6 days and about three days ago my son

suddenly

> started craving salt. This is very weird b/c he never even liked

potato

> chips or anything salty before this. Recently I have had to hide

the

> salt shaker b/c he literally pours it into his mouth! In addition,

the

> boy who used to be able to " hold it " forever b/c he didn't want to

stop

> playing to go to the bathroom is now needing to pee several times a

> day. Is this normal on the diet? Has anyone else experienced this?>>

>

> Since SCD uses fresh food there is less salt than traditional SAD

> foods. I'd watch and make sure he doesn't get too much salt as it

> sounds like he is trying to feed a craving.

>

> Increased urination is very common at the beginning. As

inflammation

> in the injured tissues decreases the body will release fluids - pee

it

> out.

>

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

> mom of and

>

>

>

>

>

>

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vehicles.

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>

[Guest guest]

Yes, in trace amounts...

http://www.celticseasalt.com/About_Celtic_Sea_Salt__W48C3.cfm

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happypeony1 wrote:

does the celtic sea salt contain iodine?

thanks.

> Hi ,

>

> <<We have been SCD for 6 days and about three days ago my son

suddenly

> started craving salt. This is very weird b/c he never even liked

potato

> chips or anything salty before this. Recently I have had to hide

the

> salt shaker b/c he literally pours it into his mouth! In addition,

the

> boy who used to be able to " hold it " forever b/c he didn't want to

stop

> playing to go to the bathroom is now needing to pee several times a

> day. Is this normal on the diet? Has anyone else experienced this?>>

>

> Since SCD uses fresh food there is less salt than traditional SAD

> foods. I'd watch and make sure he doesn't get too much salt as it

> sounds like he is trying to feed a craving.

>

> Increased urination is very common at the beginning. As

inflammation

> in the injured tissues decreases the body will release fluids - pee

it

> out.

>

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

> mom of and

>

>

>

>

>

>

> ---------------------------------

> Park yourself in front of a world of choices in alternative

vehicles.

> Visit the Yahoo! Auto Green Center.

>

>