Guest guest Posted August 19, 2006 Report Share Posted August 19, 2006 Hi , Mother's milk is fine if the mother is doing SCD. Navy beans are an advanced food,please wait many months before trying them. All the best,Mimi > Hi, my name is . Our DS Evan is 3.5 yrs old. He has been > casein-free since December 2004 and he is extremely reactive to it. > We did a four-month gluten-free trial and then put it back in with no > changes. He is also allergic to eggs and chicken. I'm looking at SCD > because I feel like his problems related to yeast and the mood swings > and tantrums that come with it are a problem that our entire family > revolves around, and I just want to get rid of it. He requires large > amounts of probiotics each day just to be stable, but we've been doing > that for a year with no real improvements, just holding the line, and > the yeast always flares up right away if we let up a little bit. I > have read Breaking the Vicous Cycle, and I just read Gut and > Psychology Syndrome last week. I am hoping SCD can help him. > > I am just getting started with trying to figure out how to make some > baked goods that will fit the diet. I will have to do them with no > dairy, no eggs, and I do not want to include nuts in his diet on a > regular basis due to his current tendency to develop allergies. I > tried some muffins made from squash, navy beans, coconut oil, and > honey yesterday, and let's just say they didn't work out too well ! I > have been advised by a friend that I can use coconut flour, and I saw > on the website that I can use gelatin as a legal egg replacer. If > anyone else has any tips they can share on doing the baking without > dairy, eggs, or nuts, I would appreciate it. > > Also, I read on the legal/illegal list that fluid milk of any kind is > illegal. Is there any chance that breastmilk would be an exception ? > He still nurses a little and I really don't want to have to wean him > to do this diet because it seems that nursing is one of the things > that helps keep his yeast under control right now, and it's also a > good way to settle him down when he gets out of hand, which is often. > If it's possible to have him on SCD without weaning, then would I > need to go SCD as well ? I'm already casein-free and egg-free and I > don't consume chicken or anything else he can't have - and when he was > GF, I was too - so I'm used to going along with whatever diet he is on > when I need to. I could not find anything specifically about > breastmilk on the website. > > Thank you, > > B. > > > > > > > > > For information on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, please read the book > _Breaking the Vicious Cycle_ by Elaine Gottschall and read the following > websites: > http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info > and > http://www.pecanbread.com > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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