Another Newbie Question - Constipation

[Guest guest]

I have noticed the intro diet and first few foods are those I

associated with helping loose stools, rather than constipation.

My daughter suffers from severe constipation. She has been constipated

almost constantly for 2 years now. Has anyone encountered problems

with this - i.e. their child was constipated rather than suffered from

diarhea? It seems that most ASD kids seems to have diarhea rather

than constipation. Are there substitutions I should be making?

Thanks again!

, mum to (3, severe ASD, global delays)

[Guest guest]

My son has also suffered from severe constipation for 2 years also.

When he was 15 months, or should I say after the MMR Vac. he had

severe loose stools, but then around 2.5 he started to become

constipated. We started the SCD diet 4 days ago and he finnally

went to the bathroom last night after giving him a pediatric

suppository. I just purchased Magnesium Citrate capsules to give

him every day to help keep things moving ,advice from Dr. Buie our

GI doctor. That might help if you havent done it already. Our DAN

doctor told me yesterday that sometimes constipation happens at the

begining of the diet and then it resolves itself. Hope this helps!

Son 4years ASD/SCD 4 days - Daughter 2 Bowels issues SCD 2 days

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> I have noticed the intro diet and first few foods are those I

> associated with helping loose stools, rather than constipation.

>

> My daughter suffers from severe constipation. She has been

constipated

> almost constantly for 2 years now. Has anyone encountered

problems

> with this - i.e. their child was constipated rather than suffered

from

> diarhea? It seems that most ASD kids seems to have diarhea rather

> than constipation. Are there substitutions I should be making?

>

> Thanks again!

> , mum to (3, severe ASD, global delays)

>

[Guest guest]

My son's doctor recently recommended Oxypowder for cleaning out the intestines

and colon. It makes some pretty remarkable claims of weight loss too. My doc

uses it on her two sons who have autism.

April.

SCD first month (already fell off the wagon!) 7yo ASD (he fell off

first!)

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[Guest guest]

Hi --we are really newbies here too but I wanted to let you know my

2.75 year-old ASD son had diarrhea that improved further with ASD. My almost

1.5 year old NT son has been severely constipated for over six months. The

first day on the diet he had diarrhea. Since then all has been fine--no

screaming, forcing, suppositories, etc. All this with lots of applesauce and

bananas--I would have never thought it would work

Another Newbie Question - Constipation

I have noticed the intro diet and first few foods are those I

associated with helping loose stools, rather than constipation.

My daughter suffers from severe constipation. She has been constipated

almost constantly for 2 years now. Has anyone encountered problems

with this - i.e. their child was constipated rather than suffered from

diarhea? It seems that most ASD kids seems to have diarhea rather

than constipation. Are there substitutions I should be making?

Thanks again!

, mum to (3, severe ASD, global delays)

[Guest guest]

said: I have noticed the intro diet and first few foods are those I

associated with helping loose stools, rather than constipation.

Dear ,

Our daughter use to pendulum swing from diarrhea to true hard and true

constipation to pseudo constipation....when her gut would just not move...even

though she truly wasn't " constipated " .

SCD has taken it all way, and helps to regulate the intestines for all of us.

This is what we did: When constipated we just added more fruit purées and water

into the diet, also using watered down apple cider. WE also used Nordic

Naturals Fish Oil, this seemed to help too/not over doing it. I like Nordic

Naturals because it is free of mercury and heavy metals.

I am sure others may be able to help you more too.

Antoinette and family of 5 SCD 2/06 (celiac, add, adhd, asd and more)

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[Guest guest]

I just went to Oxypowder's website, www.oxypowder.com/

Accordingly, here are the ingredients in " Oxypowder " :

<<Complex Magnesium compound 3,425mg *

Organic Germanium-132 27.5mg *

Natural Citric Acid 125mg >>

Looks like it gives a SUPER mega-dose of magnesium... but it doesn't say what

form. Probably mag oxide and citrate as those are the most laxative, least

absorbably and the cheapest. Could even be sulphate (epsom salts)... it doesn't

say. Anyway, whatever form it is, it's a GIGANTIC dose. I personally would feel

uneasy about using this very often. Well, to be honest, I would not ever

consider giving this to my daughter, and she does tend to be more constipated on

SCD.

According to their website, " Germanium 132 " is:

<< We have recently increased the effectiveness of our Oxy-Powder product with

the addition of " Organic Germanium-132 " which is made up of the elements

germanium, oxygen, carbon, and hydrogen. Organic germanium-132, technically

bis-beta-carboxyethyl germanium sesquioxide, is also known as Ge-132. High

levels of the mineral are found in shelf fungus, ginseng, garlic, comfrey, and

watercress. Ge-132 is claimed to have immuno-stimulatory and other health

benefits. Germanium has been described as one of the greatest secrets in the

field of nutritional medicine. It has been labeled " Good for just about any

health condition " . Germanium is a mineral with an atomic weight of 32. We are

now the only company in the world to provide Germanium with a stabilized oxygen

product. Oxy-Powder will now release more oxygen and have a broad range of

health benefits. >>

I have never heard of it, but I'm no expert. I'm more than a little sceptical

about anything that claims to be " good for just about any health condition " .

I am wondering if it would be legal on SCD? Not really sure. I *could* venture a

guess as to what Elaine Gottschall's opinion of this product would be... but I

think I will keep my mouth shut.

Can't see any problem with the citric acid, in terms of the diet, though it

seems like a lot. As far as claims of weight loss, hmmmm.... I would have to

wonder if it just makes ALL of your food move on through without being properly

broken down and nutrients being absorbed. I have no idea if that's the case, but

I'm wary.

My personal take on this is.... at $43 a pop, despite their purported " Dr.

Group's 100% Poop It Out Guarantee " , I wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole.

My humble opinion.

Patti

Re: Another Newbie Question - Constipation

My son's doctor recently recommended Oxypowder for cleaning out the intestines

and colon. It makes some pretty remarkable claims of weight loss too. My doc

uses it on her two sons who have autism.

April.

SCD first month (already fell off the wagon!) 7yo ASD (he fell off

first!)

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[Guest guest]

Some kids do start SCD with constipation problems, rather than diarrhea....

both are signs of gut disbiosis. You're right, starting SCD can tend to increase

problems with constipation. There is a " constipation protocol " on Elaine's

website: www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info that you might want to be prepared

to use.

I also agree with on the use of magnesium citrate. Adding a few hundred

mgs of that has helped my daughter tremendously.

Patti

Another Newbie Question - Constipation

I have noticed the intro diet and first few foods are those I

associated with helping loose stools, rather than constipation.

My daughter suffers from severe constipation. She has been constipated

almost constantly for 2 years now. Has anyone encountered problems

with this - i.e. their child was constipated rather than suffered from

diarhea? It seems that most ASD kids seems to have diarhea rather

than constipation. Are there substitutions I should be making?

Thanks again!

, mum to (3, severe ASD, global delays)

[Guest guest]

Thank you to everyone for your advice! I have been anxious about

this, but am feeling a bit better. I missed the article about

constipation on Elaine's website - it is helpful!

[Guest guest]

Dear April, I was told that SCD alone has this ability to " clean " out the gut,

plus stop the vicious cycle, even help detox, heal away food intolerances, and

do much, much more when implemented the way the book tells us to do it. I would

suggest doing SCD first. Many DAN! doctors and physicians do not understand how

SCD works. SCD also helps those overweight to regulate back down to the proper

weight and those under weight to gain back up to the proper weight. It is truly

a God send for so many problems. Try to do SCD with no infractions for one

month....and see if it works. This is the only way you will truly ever know if

it will help your boys or you. Start over with intro...and take a shot at it

again. We are truly seeing success in our autistic daughter...we are SCD

keepers! Do searches on Elaine Web site and learn more about how SCD works.

We all make mistakes...try to forget about it and move on to healing.

Hope this helped, Antoinette (celiac) mom to Kiki (celiac autistic) 2/06

For information on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, please read the book

_Breaking the Vicious Cycle_ by Elaine Gottschall and read the following

websites:

http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info<http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info/\

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and

http://www.pecanbread.com<http://www.pecanbread.com/>