NEWBIE SCDGFCF HELP Please...

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Hello to all... reaching out cuz I need a little help here....

my son (3 1/2 with autism) has been GFCFsoy free corn free with low-no sugar & starch for over a year, we have had a great deal of progress with gains in speech & behaviors, bowels are still not functioning good with direeha (<~~spelling?) and constipation alternating. And unfourtunately we are still with the never ending battle with yeast :-(

Anyway I want to try SCD properly with the intro diet & then proceed to the phases as stated in the BTVC book & on the site. However I am quite nervous about the milk products since we have been casein/lactose free for over a year and am terrified of going backwards and loosing all the progress we've made. Also honey is very scary cuz in the past that has feeded yeast for my little guy big time!!!! He is so sensitive to any kind of sugar, even fruit. Can anyone tell me what they're experaince has been with thier child who has a casein sensitivity & big yeast problems both clostridia & candida and how SCD has either helped them or made them worse??? I need feedback either way here.

Thankyou big time in advanced,

(motherwarrior 2 jayden)

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Have you looked at pecanbread.com. It is a SCD site for kids with ASD and it is

dairy free to avoid any problems with casein. They have a yahoo group too.

PJ

>

> > Hello to all... reaching out cuz I need a little help here....

> >

> > my son (3 1/2 with autism) has been GFCFsoy free corn free with low-no

> > sugar & starch for over a year, we have had a great deal of progresswith

> > gains in speech & behaviors, bowels are still not functioninggood with

> > direeha (<~~spelling?) and constipation alternating. Andunfourtunately

> > we are still with the never ending battle with yeast :-(

> >

> > Anyway I want to try SCD properly with the intro diet & then proceed to

> > the phases as stated in the BTVC book & on the site. However I am quite

> > nervous about the milk products since we have been casein/lactose free

> > for over a year and am terrified of going backwards and loosing all the

> > progress we've made.

>

> Do you know if your son was reacting to casein or to lactose? It's much

> more common to react to lactose, but of course some people do react to

> both.

> If he had/has a lactose intolerance only, then introducing the SCD yogurt

> and later, aged cheese, shouldn't be a problem: the 24-hour fermenting

> process removes lactose from the yogurt, as does aging the cheese (like

> cheddar).

>

>

> Also honey is very scary cuz in the past that has

> > feeded yeast for my little guy big time!!!! He is so sensitive to any

> > kind of sugar, even fruit. Can anyone tell me what they're experaincehas

> > been with thier child who has a casein sensitivity & big yeastproblems

> > both clostridia & candida and how SCD has either helped them ormade them

> > worse??? I need feedback either way here.

> >

> > Thankyou big time in advanced,

>

>

> He certainly doesn't have to eat honey, though the diet is obviously

> easier if he can tolerate honey.

> Even though he's so young I would strongly suggest that you look at

> getting him on LDN (low-dose naltrexone) at the appropriate does for his

> weight. It may well do wonders for him, as it forces the body to produce

> more endorphins, which then begin to regulate the immune system. That's

> why it works so well for things like Crohn's (which I have), but also for

> asthma, joint issues AND allergies (all of which I also have). And it has

> no nasty side effects as most drugs do.

>

> I wish you -- and him -- well.

>

> n

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Protein digestion should improve for him over time on the diet, at least,

it sure has for me. When I was tested for HCl I was producing none

at all and for decades before SCD I always took HCl when I had

protein with meals (you don't need it just for veggies and fruits).

Well, since starting the diet, I am eating twice as much protein and

taking half as much HCl and am about to start experimenting with taking

none.

n, it's hard to say whether it was the casein or lactose that he

had the sensitivity too because I eliminated both gluten & casein @

the same time & he just got better with time & then the removal

of soy. Is there anyway to know or check before hand which one? The thing

I've learned with casein is that it's the protein he can't digest,

because he's not allergic to it on the ige or igg test.

Thanks so much!