Re: Patti - Intro diet: how long?

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Thanks for the explanation, Patti. Better a long one than an incomplete one.

:-)

I will definitely be cooking his fruits and veggies for a couple of months,

and I promise to go slow with the nut muffins. I hadn't planned on using nut

flour for a while, so that's no problem. But to be able to use some nut

butters would be really good, as they have the much needed fat. I'm just so

concerned about him being really hungry and not being able to satisfy him. I

guess I'll cross that bridge when (if!) I come to it.

Thanks for the reassurance.

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>Reply-To: pecanbread

>To: <pecanbread >

>Subject: Re: Intro diet: how long?

>Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 10:37:48 -0700

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>This is the explanation I always give... (okay, usually not this long )

>....

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>You may not see the same overt symptoms of IBS, Crohn's or colitis, etc...

>but, if you are trying this diet to heal a leaky gut with a kid with autism

>or ADHD, etc... then there is still most likely a situation where there is

>overgrowth of gut pathogens, or an imbalance going on in the gut... or

>perforations in the lining of the gut, due to those colonies of bad

>bacteria.

>

>Once you start SCD, the bad guys will die off ... and be shed from the

>lining of the gut, leaving behind tender new tissue that needs to be

>handled with care, until the gut flora is balanced again and everything is

>functioning normally. This does not happen overnight.

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>It may happen more quickly with one child than another... but there is no

>way for us to predict this or to advise you on when to start more advanced

>foods.

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>Once he starts SCD, you may see die-off symptoms and changes in his BMs

>that will surprise you. Just keep in mind that tender new tissue in the

>lining of his gut... and that you want to be gentle with it... babying it,

>pampering it... making everything as EASY TO DIGEST as possible until you

>are SURE he is ready for something more challenging.

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>You may be anxious to move on... to get back to " normal food " , but you

>can't push the river. If you're tempted to add things like raw foods too

>soon, you may regret it. Be on the safe side... give it a few months and

>then GO SLOWLY. Add one new food at a time, and OBSERVE. Keep a journal....

>watch for any behavioral changes, skin changes, bowel changes.

>

>Slow and steady wins the race.... we just can't emphasize this enough. This

>is not a " quickie cure " kind of thing. We've just seen SO many parents

>adding things like raw, unpeeled fruits and veggies WAY too soon... being

>understandably anxious to have easier options and more variety... but many

>of these parents have regretted this decision, and have had to backtrack.

>They have THOUGHT their child's gut was ready for the more advanced foods,

>but discovered that it really wasn't.

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>The whole end-game point of this diet is TOTAL healing... and being able to

>return to a somewhat " normal " diet (although many, MANY of us will never

>return to feeding our kids processed, refined grains and sugars). In other

>words, EVERYbody wants that... so we all know how you feel. But, for long

>term healing... it might be better to go slow and steady now... and not

>have to take two steps back in a month or so.

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>If you introduce nut muffins fairly soon.... just go easy. Start with

>one... see how it goes. Don't jump in to letting him have four a day. Check

>out the " sneaky muffins " recipe on pecanbread.com... OR try making the

>muffins with nut BUTTER, instead of nut FLOUR at first. A little smoother

>on the new gut lining.

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>hope that helps...

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>Patti

> Intro diet: how long?

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> My son will be starting the diet in a little over a week. He does not

>have

> any Inflammatory Bowel disease. But he is dyslexic and has a horrible

>time

> concentrating. I do plan to put him on the intro diet, but after that,

> should I introduce foods fairly quickly? I'm guessing that since he

>doesn't

> have the bowel diseases, I could go a little more quicker with him. Am I

> right on that? I'm guess he's going to be pretty hungry, so I was

>wondering

> if introducing the nut muffins would help with that. But I don't want to

>do

> things too quickly either. Any suggestions?

>

> TIA,

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> Celiac

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