Update and question about dark under eye circles/Re: Need Help Finding Problem

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Thanks for all your help. Sorry it has taken me so long to reply. We

just finally sold our house and have been busy moving the last of the

boxes and furniture out. I am so behind on reading all the posts right

now. Sorry if I've missed anything directed at me, it is hard to wade

back through all the posts after you've missed several days.

We cut back to almost the intro diet (additional items ripe banana and

mashed squash) and have gotten closer to firm stools again, but not as

close as that first day on the intro. We are going to do a trial

elimination of banana again just to be sure. We are going to try SCD

tomato sauce later this week and avocado next week. We are really

really getting tired of carrots and squash, LOL. My kids won't eat the

carrots at all anymore. I've got to find a few more foods that we

tolerate. I actually had to go to 3 different grocery stores last week

to get enough squash for us, LOL!

One weird thing happened today. I had been noticing that the under eye

circles that my kids and I have were previously looking much much

better, until today. All of a sudden today they were back, and my

son's were particularly bad. Any clues what could have caused this?

The only thing we are doing any differently this week is that we

started to eat non-dripped yogurt, but we started doing that almost a

week before the dark circles showed back up. Any thoughts? Die off?

Intolerance? Oh yeah, we also started SCD legal Kirkman folinic acid

with methyl B12. Could that have caused the circles to return? I am

sure that the version I have is SCD legal.

K in Dayton, Ohio

Hashimoto's Thyroiditis, Fibro, CFS, yeast/candida, copper overload,

adrenal fatigue(mostly healed!!!)

Kids: son Rhowan 5 yrs old, chronic diarrhea/loose stools,

yeast/candida, ADHD, salicylate intolerance; daughter Willow 6.5 yrs

old, mild GI issues, salicylate intolerance

Started SCD June 2006, went slightly off for awhile in Nov 2006, back

on strict SCD starting May 2007. (Just redid intro the last week of

June 2007 and are struggling to find tolerated foods)

>

> Hi

>

> <<I keep trying to follow the

> > recommended stages on pecanbread, but there isn't much in stage two

> > that is very substantial as far as carb content goes. I'm also

> afraid> to try anything stage two given our poor success with stage

> one> fruits. (homemade pear sauce also caused a return of loose

> stools).>>

>

> You may do okay with cooked peeled ripe peaches, ripe avocado. Just

> start with a small amount to see if it is tolerated.

>

>

> > Once normal poops return, should I be trying to add in more veggies

> > and just skip fruits for a while? >>

>

> You could try adding in veggies first if they seem to be tolerated

> better.

>

> <<Or should I wait for stage one

> > fruits to be tolerated before moving onto stage two stuff?>>

>

> No. You may do better with some of the foods in the later stages.

> Did you try homemade applesauce? The stages is a just a general

> guide to help with the general progression of foods.

>

> <<It isn't healthy to eat so few food choices for so long is it? How

> > long can we stay on nothing but meat, eggs, fat/butter/oils, winter

> > squash, carrots, and zucchini? It has been 3 weeks now. :-( I hope

> the> banana turns out okay for him and we will be able to at least

> add that> back. >>

>

> If it is only for a short period of time it should be okay. My

> doctors ran a complete panel after I had been on the diet for three

> months and were amazed at how good everything was - all blood work,

> electrolytes etc.. was perfect. This was eating a fairly basic

> diet. Considering how ill I had been preSCD they expected it to be

> pretty bad. Once the stools cleared up and I began to absornb

> nutrients my body became more efficient at absorbing what it needed.

>

> If you are still concerned you could consider starting a multi until

> there is more variety tolerated.

>

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

> mom of and

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