Please Help! Stages/ yogurt/ yeast questions

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Hi Everyone.

After a year of dairy free scd (and 5 months prior to that of gfcfsf),

I am still afraid to introduce goat yogurt to my son Clay, 4, ASD.

I started him on scd after reading BTVC but not knowing about the

stages. I knew he'd never do the intro, so I went right into scd at what I now

know was about stage 3 (nut flours/butters, raw fruit). He was noticeably

improved over gfcfsf right away, yet he still has mushy poop except when he's on

an antifungal and antibiotic (like lamisil and flagyl). Over the year, he still

ate a pretty limited diet of mainly fruit, chicken, meatloaf and nut flour baked

goods, with very few veggies like green beans, broccoli and squash (and

sometimes avocado snuck into the meatloaf).

I have this nagging concern that since he never did the intro and the

subsequent stages, that his gut never really healed and that I've wasted a year.

Yet I know he won't do the intro and would never eat cooked fruit. And on the

few recent occasions that he's had an infraction, he had NO reaction at all, so

then I think there must be some gut healing. So confused....

Anyway, I'd really appreciate some input on these questions:

1. Can you heal the gut without following the stages, but it just takes

longer? Or must you do the stages to heal? (Elaine didn't come up with the

stages, but then her book is more aimed at the gastro-impaired people, not

specifically ASD kids, right?)

2. If not doing the stages, can you expedite healing the gut with scd legal

enzymes?(I'm considering adding enzymes vs. going back to intro and trying to do

the stages.)3. Does mushy poop mean the gut is still leaky? Or does it mean

that the gut may be healed but there is a yeast/bacteria problem?

4. Are there yeast/bacteria problems which scd alone can't resolve?

5. Is it better to introduce yogurt in its natural custardy form 1/8 tsp and

work up slowly, not knowing if any bad reaction is due to die-off or due to an

intolerance or allergy to dairy? Or is it better to introduce yogurt in a baked

item, like a bread? I know you'd lose the probiotic benefit if you baked it,

but wouldn't any reaction to a baked yogurt item be due to an

intolerance/allergy and not a die-off? It seems that so many people are afraid

of the yogurt and also have trouble interpreting whether the bad reaction is due

to die-off or intolerance, that it'd be great if there was another way to see if

they can tolerate the dairy without having to wonder if its die-off.

Well, thanks in advance to all who can help me decide what to do!

Tracey, mom of Clay,4, ASD, scd 8/05

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