Another poop question

July 6, 2006

Hello everyone. I have another poop question. My son has a history of

having undigested food in his stool. Since starting the SCD, I have seen

carrots and blueberries. I can also see what looks like nut butter but his

stools are a good color and nicely formed. Does this mean he is not ready

for these foods? I really don't want to hear that that is the case. It has

been challenging to keep a two-year old on this limited diet. He is getting

very tired of the intro foods and gives me a hard time at mealtime now,

which he never did before. He says he doesn't like to eat now :-(. If they

are passing through the stool are they really hurting him? Are they causing

undue stress on the intestines since they are in the process of healing? Or

is it just that he is eating the food but not getting much nutrition from

eat because it is passing through undigested? Other people I know are using

SCD in conjunction with enzymes and I really think this might help us.

Please share your thoughts with me.

Tammy

SCD 3+ weeks for multiple food allergies and systemic yeast

Spencer SCD 3+ weeks for asthma and food/environmental allergies

July 6, 2006

Tammy,

You wrote:

<<Does this mean he is not ready

for these foods? I really don't want to hear that that is the case.>>

OK... well, I'll do the best I can, but some of this might not be what you want

to hear.

You said: <<He is getting very tired of the intro foods.>>

I have to ask why you are still on " intro " at three weeks? You can definitely

move on from the intro diet. But... actually, it sounds like you already HAVE

moved on from intro if you're already using blueberries. So... I'm a little

confused....sorry.

If you're seeing undigested carrots, I'm wondering if he is chewing them well? I

know most kids that age are not so good at this. You might have to puree them.

Some find carrots are not easily digested... and other vegetables are better

options for them (Butternut squash? Zucchini?). In your case, it might just be a

matter of preparation.

Three weeks seems soon for blueberries. If you're seeing them passing through

undigested.... I'm not sure exactly what you're seeing but blueberry SKINS and

SEEDS are probably what tends to pass through undigested. Not sure these are

well digested by ANYbody. Blueberries would be considered a more advanced food

for that reason... unless you're straining the seeds and skins out after

cooking.

I really don't know about the nut butter. It might be that his stool is just

resembling nut butter.... in color and consistancy. Not sure that would mean

he's not tolerating it. Are you using nut butter in recipes... as just one

ingredient? So, it's blended in with other foods? That would be best... and if

so, it wouldn't seem likely that it would be passing through and still

resembling nut butter.

Depends on what type of nut butter, too. Some don't digest peanut butter well...

and it's suggested they start with other nut butters.

What they say is that anything that can't be digested can potentially feed the

bad gut pathogens that you're trying to get rid of. If the point is to HEAL the

gut, you need to give it a chance to heal. So, yes.... the undigested bits COULD

be harming him.

I'd say try to find a way to prepare the carrots so you minimize the chance of

finding chunks of it undigested in his stool.... and really, I'd remove the

blueberries, unless you're straining out the skins and seeds. You could cook

them and mash them through a fine sieve... but it might be hard to strain out

those really tiny seeds. Blueberries, steamed or boiled, then strained....

leaves behind a beautiful, sweet, blue/purple juice that could add flavor and

color to apple or pear sauce, etc.

Patti