Do potatoes prevent rickets?

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>>My mom says that potatoes prevent rickets. Does anyone have any

comments about this.

We have been SCD for 5 weeks now and I am constantly worried,

particularly about calcium. Both boys can only tolerate very small amount

of Ca supplement. Mostly we give them no supplement. <<

I've been wanting to post this for a while. I am very sensitive to

supplements, in fact I hardly take any. I was searching for a Ca/Mg supplement

I

could take after starting SCD because the one I was taking was illegal. I

found

a great product that I'm pretty sure almost everyone can tolerate. It is an

ionic form of minerals in purified water. The ionic form makes them almost

immediately absorbed and there is nothing illegal or unhealthy added. I take

the Bone Support, the Multi-Mineral Blend and the Immune Support. I get

restless leg syndrome and muscle cramps and when I take these I don't get any.

They are very easy to take because they look like water and have practically

no taste. You can just add them to anything, juice, water food etc.

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Doreen MC 3 1/2 yrs, SCD 3 mos

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[Guest guest]

My mom says that potatoes prevent rickets. Does anyone have any

comments about this.

We have been SCD for 5 weeks now and I am constantly worried,

particularly about calcium. Both boys can only tolerate very small amount

of Ca suppliment. Mostly we give them no suppliment. I am giving them

almonds to eat (soaked and peeled) and stock in the form of jelly, and

sometimes in soup. But, I have no idea how much Ca they are getting

from this. They eat lots of vegetables, meat, eggs, fruit, salad.

Also, is looking quite skinny and he has a bruise on his leg from

being bumped which is healing ever-so slowly. Could this be due to a

phenol problem, he does not tolerate phenols very well. has

improved neurologically, but he appears more sensative to foods now than

prior to SCD. We did not start with the intro diet, so maybe this is the

problem. He still has undigested foods in his stools.

I am finding the actual work required to do the diet is getting easier, but

my worries about it are increasing.

Kath (Mum to 3 boys, one ASD)

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Hi, Kath,

Here's a link about rickets:

http://www.umm.edu/ency/article/000344.htm

Since it is also known as vitamin D deficiency, I doubt that potatoes

are the answer.

Cod liver oil is a good source of vitamin D

If you want more calcium, you could try salmon with the bones. After

a while longer on SCD you can try goat cheese and goat yogurt. The

almonds and the bone broth are good to be eating in the mean time.

For undigested food in the stools, you might try pureeing those

particular foods, or trying the intro diet, followed by adding in one

new food every 2-4 days.

mom to -12

SCD 4/23/04