not sure what to do-intro diet-reaction?

[Guest guest]

We have been SCD for 6 days. My son is having a hard time with the

carb withdrawl and I am not sure about something.. Before he could not

tolerate fruits or veggies but now he has been doing ok with pear

sauce and juice, bananas and today he had zuchini. I thought he was

doing ok with this stuff but the way he is acting I am not sure. He is

whiny and withdrawn and complains constantly about the diet asking to

go back to his old one. He use to get like this -except for the

whining about the diet part- when he had fruits or veggies with gfcf.

I am just not sure what to do. Take him back off fruits and veggies

all together and wait? But then all he would be eating is eggs and

chicken again..sigh. Or is this still just die off?? He is on the

yogurt too 3/4 tsp today. Advice would be appreciated!

Mandy

[Guest guest]

Hi Mandy,

> We have been SCD for 6 days. My son is having a hard time with the

> carb withdrawl and I am not sure about something.. Before he could

not

> tolerate fruits or veggies but now he has been doing ok with pear

> sauce and juice, bananas and today he had zuchini. I thought he was

> doing ok with this stuff but the way he is acting I am not sure.

He is

> whiny and withdrawn and complains constantly about the diet asking

to

> go back to his old one. He use to get like this -except for the

> whining about the diet part- when he had fruits or veggies with

gfcf.

> I am just not sure what to do. Take him back off fruits and veggies

> all together and wait? But then all he would be eating is eggs and

> chicken again..sigh. Or is this still just die off?? He is on the

> yogurt too 3/4 tsp today. Advice would be appreciated!

The intro diet should only be done for 2-5 days maximum. Usually 4-

5 for those with diarrhea and 2-3 days for everything else

(constipation etc.)

The pear sauce you mentioned previously is fine to eat on

pancakes . Pearsauce isn't on the intro but you've probably done

the intro long enough since you've been on the diet 6 days. It

sounds as if your son needs the legal carbs.

Between just starting the diet and having yogurt I would chalk

the " whining " up to die off. Have you tried epsom salt baths? -

many find them very helpful

see http://pecanbread.com/difficulties.html#initial and

http://pecanbread.com/badreaction.html

Sheila, SCD 2/01, UC 22yrs

mom of and

[Guest guest]

Mandy,

This is very typical for a child on SCD for only 6 days. It should be temporary.

Yes, I expect this is all due to die-off. Since you're also doing SCD yogurt,

there are some really big changes going on down there.

I would suggest you try to gradually shift the balance toward more veggies, if

possible. Don't cut them out, though.

Patti

not sure what to do-intro diet-reaction?

We have been SCD for 6 days. My son is having a hard time with the

carb withdrawl and I am not sure about something.. Before he could not

tolerate fruits or veggies but now he has been doing ok with pear

sauce and juice, bananas and today he had zuchini. I thought he was

doing ok with this stuff but the way he is acting I am not sure. He is

whiny and withdrawn and complains constantly about the diet asking to

go back to his old one. He use to get like this -except for the

whining about the diet part- when he had fruits or veggies with gfcf.

I am just not sure what to do. Take him back off fruits and veggies

all together and wait? But then all he would be eating is eggs and

chicken again..sigh. Or is this still just die off?? He is on the

yogurt too 3/4 tsp today. Advice would be appreciated!

Mandy

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

and

http://www.pecanbread.com