new to group - some questions

[Guest guest]

Hi Everyone,

I have two daughters (5 and 2) who have what seems to be various

food and possibly environmental sensitivities. They both have some

kind of a-typical eczema. My 5-year-old has rosacea-like cheeks –

red, with white, acne-like dots. She wakes up in the morning with

nearly clear cheeks, but as the day goes on, they get more red and

bumpy. In addition to food and environment, her cheeks definitely

react to temperature, exercise and her emotional sate. She also used

to get a red, itchy/painful vagina that almost looked like it was

burned, but after we eliminated wheat (over a year ago), that

symptom stopped. My 5-year-old also has asthma, but only when she

gets sick. She has been under the care of a " regular " doctor as well

as a N.D. for these issues. Her N.D. did Elisa (spelling?) testing

and in addition, we've done extensive elimination diets and have

determined that she is sensitive to grains (including soy, corn, and

potatoes) and acidic fruits like oranges, strawberries, and

tomatoes. She is currently taking probiotics, intestinal repair

complex & PH balancing water. Even with all this, her cheeks are

perhaps only 50% better than when we started this a year ago. I'm

missing something. So her ND suggested that I read BTVC, which I

did, and now have decided to try SCD for one month to see if it is

helpful.

My two-year-old has spots of typical eczema on her cheek, legs, arms

and tummy but also has the white, acne-like bumps on her arms and

legs. Like her big sister, food is definitely a culprit, but I just

can't seem to figure out which ones, so she is going on the SCD too.

Neither girl seems to have any major bowel, behavior, sleep problems.

If you don't mind, I have a few questions for the experienced folks:

1) Is it absolutely necessary that I introduce foods in the

stages as outlined in the book? Both girls have already been on a

virtually grain and dairy-free diet for over a year – but have been

eating some illegal foods such as pinto beans. We are already a

whole foods family and so neither of the girls has been eating

processed foods, preservatives, etc.

2) What vinegars are legal? Balsamic? Regular distilled? Red

wine? Apple cider? White wine?

3) Are organic Turkish figs okay?

4) What is the difference between Majdol dates and others?

5) Is there actually a recipe for Pecan bread? It sounds so

good!

Any other advice specific to my situation would be greatly

appreciated. Thanks in advance for your words of wisdom.

Corey

[Guest guest]

Welcome to the group Corey,

> I have two daughters (5 and 2) who have what seems to be various

> food and possibly environmental sensitivities. They both have some

> kind of a-typical eczema. My 5-year-old has rosacea-like cheeks –

> red, with white, acne-like dots. She wakes up in the morning with

> nearly clear cheeks, but as the day goes on, they get more red and

> bumpy. In addition to food and environment, her cheeks definitely

> react to temperature, exercise and her emotional sate. She also

used

> to get a red, itchy/painful vagina that almost looked like it was

> burned, but after we eliminated wheat (over a year ago), that

> symptom stopped. My 5-year-old also has asthma, but only when she

> gets sick. She has been under the care of a " regular " doctor as

well

> as a N.D. for these issues. Her N.D. did Elisa (spelling?) testing

> and in addition, we've done extensive elimination diets and have

> determined that she is sensitive to grains (including soy, corn,

and

> potatoes) and acidic fruits like oranges, strawberries, and

> tomatoes. She is currently taking probiotics, intestinal repair

> complex & PH balancing water. Even with all this, her cheeks are

> perhaps only 50% better than when we started this a year ago. I'm

> missing something. So her ND suggested that I read BTVC, which I

> did, and now have decided to try SCD for one month to see if it is

> helpful.

>

> My two-year-old has spots of typical eczema on her cheek, legs,

arms

> and tummy but also has the white, acne-like bumps on her arms and

> legs. Like her big sister, food is definitely a culprit, but I just

> can't seem to figure out which ones, so she is going on the SCD too.

Both of my children had eczema and the bumps on the back of the arms

etc. and it went away after I put them on the diet.

> Neither girl seems to have any major bowel, behavior, sleep

problems.

>

> If you don't mind, I have a few questions for the experienced folks:

> 1) Is it absolutely necessary that I introduce foods in the

> stages as outlined in the book? Both girls have already been on a

> virtually grain and dairy-free diet for over a year – but have been

> eating some illegal foods such as pinto beans. We are already a

> whole foods family and so neither of the girls has been eating

> processed foods, preservatives, etc.

It isn't absolutely necessary, but is highly recommended.

Considering that you haven't been able to determine which foods are

troublesome for your daughters doing the intro diet and then

gradually adding back in foods would be an invaluable tool in at

least two ways. It would

1. flush out toxins, harmful microbes etc. (since they are being

starved of their necessary foods - complex carbs etc.)

2. potentially allow you to see which foods are triggering the skin

reactions.

> 2) What vinegars are legal? Balsamic? Regular distilled? Red

> wine? Apple cider? White wine?

Balsamic is illegal (unless you buy the Real Bal. vinegar which costs

over $100 for a few ounces. There is a recipe for a SCD legal Fake

Balsamic at http://scdrecipe.com/recipes/r_018_00016.php

Regular white distilled vinegar is legal.

Red wine, white wine and apple cider vinegars can be legal but you

need to check the label for added illegals. (If unsure of the

legality of an item you can check at

http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info/legal/legal_illegal_t-z.htm

and if not there ask on pecanbread. )

> 3) Are organic Turkish figs okay?

As long as they don't have sugar added/or are coated in sugar they

should be legal. If they are for your daughters I would wait a good

while until their symptoms have cleared before trying any dried fruit.

> 4) What is the difference between Majdol dates and others?

Medjool dates taste kind of ... " chocolatey " my son really likes them -

but won't eat other dates. Loose california dates are legal as long

as there are no illegal additives. What is illegal are the dates

that are all " squished " together. Like figs it will likely be too

soon for dates ( and all dried fruit) until your daughters symptoms

have improved.

> 5) Is there actually a recipe for Pecan bread? It sounds so

> good!

There are bread recipes at:

http://scdrecipe.com/recipes/r_005_00003.php

http://pecanbread.com/recipes.html

And in the book, " Breaking the Vicious Cycle " (BTVC)

To make pecanbread all you need to do is substitute pecan flour for

whichever nut flour is in a recipe. Hopefully others will write in

with their favorite recipes.

Sheila, SCD 2/01, UC 22yrs

mom of and