Re: 2 wks on diet with HUGE, GOOD changes! And HELP PLEASE!!!!!

[Guest guest]

Thanks so much for the great response. I really appreciate it. As I was

really looking over the intro diet (we didn't do it) I am realizing that we

should have now. So, we are going back to square 1. So, how on earth can I

bake things, like the cheesecake, without EGGS? My son is VERY allergic to

egg whites (23 on IgE test), so we can't use them. I have used flaxseeds,

but can't continue to use them as he is somewhat allergic, plus no seeds for

3 months, right??? This diet is so hard.I think I am going to snap!!!!!

All I ever do is sit in the kitchen trying to cook for him, PLUS I have a

demanding 1 yr old too (also with special allergies, and hypoglycemic -

tried her on the diet and she had her first seizure! Combo with moving to

higher altitude. Nightmare).

And, I don't think he will eat the intro diet either. SOOOOO picky, and

mostly eats the Applegate Farms hotdogs and deli meats (all illegal I

guess). He did test pretty allergic to cow's milk for IgE (2.64) and had

bad milk allergies (vomiting) from birth, but tested fine on IgG for any of

the dairy, yogurts, cow's milk, etc. I am scared to do the yogurt b/c of

the cow's milk allergy..any advice here? Is the yogurt something completely

different from the cow's milk after it is fermented????

Please any advice would be great!!!!!

Anne

Re: 2 wks on diet with HUGE, GOOD changes! Also, ANY

safe hotdogs?

Anne,

You said:

<<I am talking HUGE changes in behavior, verbal

communication, and really " there " .>>

Congratulations! This is wonderful to hear.

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[Guest guest]

Anne,

Have you read through the website? www.pecanbread.com ?

Doing the intro diet really is essential. It's only for two days. If it's still

just completely impossible for some reason, you *can* ease into SCD.... and then

go back and do intro a little later, when he's more used to the foods.

There is a section in the Food Preparation section on doing the Intro Diet for

kids with autism.... with some suggested variations for kid menus. I'm sure

there are some ideas there that will help. If your child can't have eggs, you

won't be using the cheesecake that's allowed on intro anyway.

Most kids here start SCD dairy free.... and then if they do dairy at all, they

do SCD GOAT MILK yogurt.... and go on from there.

Flax seed is illegal .... period..... on SCD. There are a number of egg and

dairy free recipes on the website also.... in the " Recipes " section. There are

also a couple of recipes there for legal egg replacers you can try.

You'll also see a link called " Overcoming Difficulties " , which has a subsection

on " Picky Eaters " . Please read through those completely. You are not alone in

having a picky eater.... that is very common around here. Luckily, most kids

expand their food selection (believe it or not!) as time passes on SCD. You will

be surprised at what he will accept.

Patti

Re: 2 wks on diet with HUGE, GOOD changes! Also, ANY

safe hotdogs?

Anne,

You said:

<<I am talking HUGE changes in behavior, verbal

communication, and really " there " .>>

Congratulations! This is wonderful to hear.

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[Guest guest]

Anne -

My son is very allergic/intolerant of eggs too - especially the whites. When

he had his IGG test they gave us a personalized booklet with all of the foods he

couldn't have and all of the foods he could have. They said he can have Duck

eggs. They taste the same but I guess the proteins are different. I find mine

at New Seasons health food stores or the local farmers markets. He doesn't

react to them at all.

Good Luck,

Lori

Patti wrote:

Anne,

Have you read through the website? www.pecanbread.com ?

Doing the intro diet really is essential. It's only for two days. If it's still

just completely impossible for some reason, you *can* ease into SCD.... and then

go back and do intro a little later, when he's more used to the foods.

There is a section in the Food Preparation section on doing the Intro Diet for

kids with autism.... with some suggested variations for kid menus. I'm sure

there are some ideas there that will help. If your child can't have eggs, you

won't be using the cheesecake that's allowed on intro anyway.

Most kids here start SCD dairy free.... and then if they do dairy at all, they

do SCD GOAT MILK yogurt.... and go on from there.

Flax seed is illegal .... period..... on SCD. There are a number of egg and

dairy free recipes on the website also.... in the " Recipes " section. There are

also a couple of recipes there for legal egg replacers you can try.

You'll also see a link called " Overcoming Difficulties " , which has a subsection

on " Picky Eaters " . Please read through those completely. You are not alone in

having a picky eater.... that is very common around here. Luckily, most kids

expand their food selection (believe it or not!) as time passes on SCD. You will

be surprised at what he will accept.

Patti

Re: 2 wks on diet with HUGE, GOOD changes! Also, ANY

safe hotdogs?

Anne,

You said:

<<I am talking HUGE changes in behavior, verbal

communication, and really " there " .>>

Congratulations! This is wonderful to hear.

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[Guest guest]

Anne,

First, Hang in there. We are 5 months into SCD, with no eggs, having

trouble with nuts, and were without the dairy for awhile. My best suggestion

for egg, which unfortunately won't work in cheese cake but will work in both

baked goods and chicken pancakes, is avacado. it is really great, and good for

us as well. When I bake, which is not often because my daughter cannot do very

many nuts, I use avacado and acorn squash.. makes amazing muffins, cupcakes

and cookies.

good luckk and I hope this helps. By the way, no set amounts of avacado.. I

just kind of wing it.

Ellen

Mom to Emma age 3 5months SCD

eosinophilic colitis, lead toxicity

[Guest guest]

Hi Anne,

> Thanks so much Ellen! Do you have any recipes for the chicken

pancakes, or

> anything else? I am so desperate for recipes!!!!

The chicken pancake recipe can be found in the " Pancakes " section of

http://pecanbread.com/recipes.html

More scd recipe sites:

http://www.scdrecipe.com/recipes.html

http://www.scdiet.net/scdfood.htm

http://www.scdiet.org/2recipes/indexa.html

http://www.uclbs.org/recipes/

Some menu ideas at

http://pecanbread.com/foodprep.html#menu

> Also, do you know

> anything about yogurt being the same thing as cow's milk allergy?

Depends on what you mean by cow milk allergy - which part of the cow

milk you are allergic to and do you mean a sensitivity or a true

(anaphylactic) allergy. Some people you the word sensitivity

interchangeably with allergy. For example: some who are lactose

intolerant would call it an allergy.

The casein in cow's milk changes from a three dimensional shape to a

two dimensional shape. The change in shape makes it much easier to

digest and some people who were unable to tolerate milk can tolerate

the 24 hour yogurt.

Also, goat's milk has smaller milk protein than cow's milk - which

are easier to digest. Fermenting goat's milk to 24 hour SCD goat

yogurt will also change the shape of the casein molecules from 3-D to

2-D. This is why we often suggest goat yogurt as a good leaping

point for those interested in adding some dairy back into their diet.

Sheila, SCD, Feb. 2001, UC 22yrs

mom of and