creating new allergies/intolerances?

[Guest guest]

Hi everybody, I have a question.

I am so happy with the results of the diet so far after one

month. My son is already starting to eat foods he would never touch

in the past. Because of all the foods cut out, he is eating more of

certain things than he would have if not on a diet. For example...

He seems to be getting more eggs, for one. My mom is concerned that

eating from a very limited food set can cause the body to lose the

ability to tolerate foods, having been estranged from them. She is

concerned that because we are not eating grains or milk products,

that our bodies will become hypersensitive to them, and lose the

ability to process them if we ever reintroduce them. Now, I see

this as a circular argument, because we wouldn't be on the diet if

not for suspected intollerance of these foods (at least some of

them). However... I am a little concerned about creating food

sensitivities by overdoing it on eggs, and eventually nuts and honey

as part of the diet. Can this happen? Is there a need to limit or

rotate foods within the diet? And what about my mother's idea that

taking away certain foods might make it difficult to eat them in the

long run? Any comments? Thank you.

Carolyn

[Guest guest]

I was about to post a theory on allergies when I saw this one. If you

don' mind, I'd like to add,and hope someone knowledgable and

pioneering will answer?

I want to believe that the human body is very intelligent, and that

we are responding to unnatural " foods " which we've eaten for years

outside of " God's design " so to speak. Histamines are created when a

suspected allergen arises and it " remembers " it. My question is, when

we have food allergies tested, aren't we testing the " unnatural " food

that really is harming us, therefore the body responding to it? So

when we get wise and heal the gut and eat only natural foods,

wouldn't natural meat be ok to the body, because it is just that,

natural? And I do mean in a kosher sense. It makes sense to me that

the meats that most of us previously ate were filled with pathogens,

sickness caused from wrongfully harmed and abused animals, which is

why they need the antibiotics to sell them. I wonder if our bodies

are just responding to the sick meat. So I have really changed my

idea of what is considered " chicken " , and all that organic chemistry

involves in changing the natural design of food. It just makes sense

if you think of it thatway. Our allergies to " food " are really

allergies to the unnatural processes in my opnion. I am hoping that

after the foods are phased out for a while, (Is it 14 weeks? Cant

remember), and you introduce healthy, organically raised meats and

meat products back in, you really shouldn't have a problem. Has

anyone experienced this? Much like how our bodies can shut down by

depression, our immune system, etc, we really can get sick. Mind-body-

spirit. On another note, how much meat does a person really need?

American society really harms itself with modern ideas of food. Any

thoughts? Jeanne.

[Guest guest]

> Also, can a supplement that causes a reaction set you back in your

progress and set you back in the level of food you tolerate in

reference to the stages? He took it about 3 weeks before I realized it

was a problem.

If the supplement had illegals, then those illegals could be damaging

and make it so that he could not tolerate a food he had been tolerating

before.

Regarding the additional food allergies--if he has had illegals in his

diet, such as chicken with additives, it could be damaging and be

responsible for the additional allergies/intolerances.

mom to -12

SCD 4/23/04

[Guest guest]

Hi Carolyn,

>

> Hi everybody, I have a question.

>

> I am so happy with the results of the diet so far after one

> month. My son is already starting to eat foods he would never

touch > in the past. Because of all the foods cut out, he is eating

more of > certain things than he would have if not on a diet. For

example... > He seems to be getting more eggs, for one. My mom is

concerned that > eating from a very limited food set can cause the

body to lose the > ability to tolerate foods, having been estranged

from them. She is > concerned that because we are not eating grains

or milk products, > that our bodies will become hypersensitive to

them, and lose the > ability to process them if we ever reintroduce

them. Now, I see

> this as a circular argument, because we wouldn't be on the diet if

> not for suspected intollerance of these foods (at least some of

> them).>>>>>

Yes, it is a circular argument. If you were able to tolerate them

now you wouldn't need to cut these foods out of his diet -

temporarily. The idea behind SCD is for the diet to heal the

intestines with one of the positive outcomes being the repairing of

the intestinal absorptive cells. The cells carry the enzymes

necessary for digestion. Lactose is one of these enzymes. Once the

body heals eventually he should be producing these enzymes again.

<<<<However... I am a little concerned about creating food

> sensitivities by overdoing it on eggs,>>>>

Elaine said a maximum of 3-4 eggs/day is okay. (not including those

baked into food)

<<<<and eventually nuts and honey

> as part of the diet. Can this happen? Is there a need to limit or

> rotate foods within the diet?>>>>

Some people who have severe sensitivities/food allergies do rotate

foods. Most don't.

<<< And what about my mother's idea that

> taking away certain foods might make it difficult to eat them in the

> long run? Any comments? Thank you.

>

> Carolyn>>>>

Taking them away should not affect long term ability to digest them.

Bowel health will do that. When you are healed and are ready to

introduce foods it is best to start with small amounts and slowly

increase over a few days . That allows the body to adapt to the need

for an increase in certain enzyme production.

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

mom of and