Another newbie...

[Guest guest]

Well, I've just finished the book, have read MOST of the pecanbread

site and am feeling completely overwhelmed. So, here's my story. My 6

yo son (ASD) is basically allergic to everything. We started out

GF/CF and depended so much on corn and soy, that he became allergic to

those; so we depended on rice...he is now allergic to it; allergic to

egg, peanut (was born w/ that one); ALMOND; Walnut; oats; goat milk,

and I'm sure I'm leaving something out. I have absolutely hit the

wall. I have the feeling no one from this list is going to ask

me, " so what does he eat? " As you all know the alternative way of

eating can be very creative...having said that, it's extremely

challenging.

Fundamentally, he is allergic to some of the very fundamentals in the

SCD diet. Is it possible to be SCD with so many allergies? I realize

the whole idea is to heal the gut...does anyone have a child w/ so

many allergies who is succesfully SCD? He also won't eat fruits or

veges. Right now, I don't think he eats 90% of the required scd diet.

Having said that, I don't know what else to do. We have been to so

many docs...no one tells me that they have any idea how to stop this

cycle (no pun intended)...except scd. Thank you for any advice you

might have. Laurie

[Guest guest]

Hi, Laurie,

You have a huge challenge here. I notice you said that he " won't eat

fruits and veggies " not that he can't. You really are going to have

to stand firm and get him to come around on the fruit/veg issue.

When your mind stops reeling, go back to the pecanbread site and take

a look of all the sneaky ways we have of hiding veggies in foods.

Read old posts on our list and see how people cope without eggs.

Fortunately, some of apparent allergies are probably not true

allergies and, given time to heal his gut, he will be able to

tolerate more foods.

Let's look at the intro diet foods. I know he is allergic to eggs.

Please let us know if he is allergic to any of these:

roast chicken

well-cooked carrots

broiled ground beef patties

Welches grape juice

apple cider

plain gelatin

mom to -12

SCD 4/23/04

[Guest guest]

Sorry I've been so absent...son has been crazy as he is reacting to

something and we can't figure out what it is. Anyway, the only

thing I know he is allergic to is gelatin on the list. I am also

trying to boil apples right now to get those in him to start

introducing some of the foods' je recntly ate catelope as well. I

think I want to also see if I can get him to eat the homemade yogurt

before starting the diet. I just need to know I have him built up

enough to start. Having said that, we're fairly desperate right

now. He is incolsible with red itchy eyes and we can't figure out

the offending food. It's time to cut and run on SCD but I feel like

I need to understand it more. Sorry so long...thank you, Laurie.

>

> Hi, Laurie,

> You have a huge challenge here. I notice you said that he " won't

eat

> fruits and veggies " not that he can't. You really are going to

have

> to stand firm and get him to come around on the fruit/veg issue.

> When your mind stops reeling, go back to the pecanbread site and

take

> a look of all the sneaky ways we have of hiding veggies in foods.

> Read old posts on our list and see how people cope without eggs.

>

> Fortunately, some of apparent allergies are probably not true

> allergies and, given time to heal his gut, he will be able to

> tolerate more foods.

>

> Let's look at the intro diet foods. I know he is allergic to

eggs.

> Please let us know if he is allergic to any of these:

> roast chicken

> well-cooked carrots

> broiled ground beef patties

> Welches grape juice

> apple cider

> plain gelatin

>

>

> mom to -12

> SCD 4/23/04

>