Re: Can anyone tell me... Rotation Diet

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Here is my link on rotation diets, there are several different way you

can do it, depending on your reasons for doing it.

http://home.pacbell.net/cscomp/rotation.htm

.. Our nutrionist

> wants us to do a 4 day rotational diet (4 days same food, then

rotate

> to new food for 4 days - - we do it for 16 days total - - 4 days x

> 4) I have several problems with this.

What is the reason behind this diet? Is it to find other food

intolerances? Is it to avoid developing new tolerances? You don't

have to do the rotation recommended by your nutritionist, you can

modify it based on the information in my link above, depending on your

reasons for the rotation.

>

> 1. My son can only drink rice milk and Darifree. If the has these

> drinks for his 4 days, respectively (8 days total, what will he

drink

> on the other 8 days?

My son drinks only water. But you can also consider pear juice if

your child tolerates that.

> Where will he get his calcium from?

I buy a calcium supplement as a capsule, then I open the capsules and

pour the contents into batter for pancakes and cookies etc. You can

bake calcium because it is a mineral and can handle heat.

> Also, if

> he drinks rice milk for 4 consecutive days he will get constipated

Can you only give him rice milk for his meals, with water between

meals? That might help with the constipation issue. Or put foods on

the rice days that will help him be looser.

>

> 2. My son will reject eating the same EXACT foods for 4 days

> straight. He is already a skinny boy and he only just started

> putting on weight - - I don't want him to lose weight because he is

> tired of the foods we are giving him

Can you make the foods look different? For example, chicken as

chunks, slices, ground meat, etc.

>

> 3. I don't even think there is enough food in his limited diet to

> cicrulate it through a 4 day rotation. It is very hard to make good

> baked foods without combining different flours (e.g., tapioca, rice,

> potato, etc.)

You might want to consider the last rotation option from my link,

where you are only concerned about the foods eliminated, not the foods

given.

>

> If anyone has any experience with this kind of rotational diet

please

> let me know. We are really struggling here. Did anyone ever

modifiy

> the 4 day rotation diet and do 3 days, or 2 days instead?

I went through several types of rotations. My main purpose was

eliminating certain foods for at least 2-3 days in a row each week. I

think this type of diet is acceptable, but you might disagree with

that.

I hope this helps. Good luck.

Dana