Help! I think kidney beans are causing a major problem

[Guest guest]

Ladies,

I decided to add a new meal to my sons list of scd foods and

made a legal soup of beef, veggies, and kidney beans. I pre-soaked over

night the beans, rinsed and drained them. The basic soup recipe was

from BTVC. He has been eating this for a few weeks just fine maybe

having it once a day but now he has taken some steps backward. His bm's

are very large and appear to be hard as a rock - clogging our toilet's

several times. Also he's having a bm maybe every 3 days, which seems to

be too long for him to go without having one. He's been scripting,

visual stimming again, appearing to be more in his own world. I get so

frustrated becausw I work so hard at this. I'm hoping that starting

this diet for him at almost 6 years old is not too late for him. Do

most kids recover completely from this diet? Are your kids

recovering/recovered? Is this going to always be such a battle? My son

has been strictly on the diet since 01/20/06 and was gf/cf before that.

Can anyone offer any advice?

Thank you,

Tammy

[Guest guest]

> Ladies,

> I decided to add a new meal to my sons list of scd foods and

> made a legal soup of beef, veggies, and kidney beans. I pre-soaked over

> night the beans, rinsed and drained them.

The beans are to be cooked two hours after the soaking before being

even added to another dish like when making baked beans.

I am embarrassed but we do talk about it here. I constantly have that

clogging problem but it means formed and firm stools.

Carol F.

Celiac, MCS, Latex Allergy, EMS

SCD 6 years

[Guest guest]

Kidney beans are hard to digest for some. What one cannot digest ferments and

feeds microbes. Healing the intestine is a step by step process. Healing will be

slowed if eating foods that are indigestable by the body and feed bodily

infections.

6 years old doesn't mean anything in the scheme of getting healthy. The

scripting and all the rest is a tip off for you to address something he is

eating in the diet.

Summer

renato61667 wrote:

Ladies,

I decided to add a new meal to my sons list of scd foods and

made a legal soup of beef, veggies, and kidney beans. I pre-soaked over

night the beans, rinsed and drained them. The basic soup recipe was

from BTVC. He has been eating this for a few weeks just fine maybe

having it once a day but now he has taken some steps backward. His bm's

are very large and appear to be hard as a rock - clogging our toilet's

several times. Also he's having a bm maybe every 3 days, which seems to

be too long for him to go without having one. He's been scripting,

visual stimming again, appearing to be more in his own world. I get so

frustrated becausw I work so hard at this. I'm hoping that starting

this diet for him at almost 6 years old is not too late for him. Do

most kids recover completely from this diet? Are your kids

recovering/recovered? Is this going to always be such a battle? My son

has been strictly on the diet since 01/20/06 and was gf/cf before that.

Can anyone offer any advice?

Thank you,

Tammy

Summer's Family, SCD 08/04 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/openblooms/

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[Guest guest]

Hi Tammy,

> I decided to add a new meal to my sons list of scd foods and

> made a legal soup of beef, veggies, and kidney beans. I pre-soaked

over

> night the beans, rinsed and drained them. The basic soup recipe was

> from BTVC. He has been eating this for a few weeks just fine maybe

> having it once a day but now he has taken some steps backward. His

bm's

> are very large and appear to be hard as a rock - clogging our

toilet's

> several times. Also he's having a bm maybe every 3 days, which

seems to

> be too long for him to go without having one. He's been scripting,

> visual stimming again, appearing to be more in his own world. I get

so

> frustrated becausw I work so hard at this. I'm hoping that starting

> this diet for him at almost 6 years old is not too late for him.

The kidney beans are for when all symtoms have disappeared. There

are other beans that would be better to start with - white pea beans

(also called navy beans). When you start a new food you should try

it slowly and with small amounts - that way if there is any problem

you shouldn't experience a large setback. To get him feeling better

you could try a few days on a more basic diet to clear out the beans.

More bean info at :

http://uclbs.org/tidbits/beans/

http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info/knowledge_base/kb/beans.htm

Do

> most kids recover completely from this diet? Are your kids

> recovering/recovered? Is this going to always be such a battle? My

son

> has been strictly on the diet since 01/20/06 and was gf/cf before

that.

> Can anyone offer any advice?

It was likely just too soon for the beans. Please, don't beat

yourself up about it - these things do hapen especially during the

first year of healing on the diet.

Sheila, SCD 2/01, UC 22yrs

mom of and