Guest guest Posted July 6, 2006 Report Share Posted July 6, 2006 I have been lurking & monitoring the list for about a month now, & started my son & myself on the intro diet on Tues. We followed it for 2 days (though I just found out he sneaked some tic tacs from his brother's room yesterday- I surely hope I don't have to start all over again for him, because we've both been miserable on the intro). Here are the questions on the things I still don't understand even after having looked through everything on this site, reading the book several times (not the newest version, though), and also looking at all the info on the BTVC site: 1. I am not clear on how to add foods. I've printed the stages chart as a guideline, but what I can't seem to find anywhere is how to know when you can move to more " digestively challenging " foods. Neither of us have diarrhea as an issue. His problems have primarily been manifested behaviorally- but he definitely had leaky gut/food intolerance/candida issues. I have an autoimmune illness and sometimes have unexplained bouts of gastrointestinal distress- but I can't seem to tie them to diet per se. I am more doing the diet for myself with plans to stick to it for a month- and if not feeling dramatically better- I can't take it:-) 2. I have read where people write " Oh, x amount of time is WAY too soon to start adding raw produce. " But there is no even rough time table included anywhere on the site- or symptoms to watch for- I just don't understand how long to stick with a particular stage before moving on. Obviously we're both pretty anxious to move on to recipes with nut flours, etc. 3. Also, cheeses aren't mentioned at all in the stages. Where would they fall on that continuum? Thanks so much for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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