Re: Lots of Trouble with Intro

[Guest guest]

On page 63 of BTVC, in the chapter on Introducing the Diet, Elaine says that

" In general, squash, tomato, string beans, and carrots, all in cooked form, are

well tolerated. " This is for post-diarrhea, which we were at, even though we

were at the intro diet. Since my son seemed to be reacting to oxalates and only

squash, of these four " well-tolerated " vegetables, was fairly low-oxalate, I

took the intro diet as a sample and substituted butternut squash for the carrots

in the soup. I also made a " breakfast pudding " with hot squash, ghee, and a

dash of cinnamon (sometimes with honey and/or applesauce but I suspect the

moderators would say that is for a little later in the diet) and my kids loved

it. (Butter, and especially ghee, are easily digested given that they contain

short-chain fat.) I also figured that, since chicken and ground beef were

allowed, ground turkey was likely okay, so I made breakfast patties of ground

turkey with sage and salt. So our intro diet was low oxalate and egg free, but

tolerated and actually fairly tasty.

Hope this helps you tolerate some healing foods!

Lorilyn

[Guest guest]

Lora,

I would suggest you take a look at some of the foods listed on

www.pecanbread.com in the " Food Preparation " section under the link " ASD Intro

Diet " . There are some ideas there for adapting the intro diet for dairy free

kids.... and some foods that might work for you.

I think if you just simply can't do it, you should definitely go with any legal

foods that you can tolerate, though remember that any fruits and veggies need to

be peeled and cooked at first (ripe banana or avocado are exceptions... don't

need to be cooked).

Then, perhaps you can get better enough to go back and do a couple of days of

the intro diet later on, to jump start to the next level of healing.

Patti

Lots of Trouble with Intro

Hi all, I was on the intro diet for only one day at the beginning of the week.

I had lots of problems with the intro foods, and couldn't continue for even a

second day. Now I am very discouraged, and afraid that I can't try the diet,

because I can't do the intro diet or slow food introduction right.

I have Interstitial Cystitis (a constantly painful bladder condition), and

there are many things I cannot eat (or drink) because of this condition. I found

that the chicken soup aggravated my IC considerably. Also, the vanilla in the

cheese cake did the same. And, I already knew that cheese is a problem with my

gastro problem, which is severe C not D. So between the DCCC for breakfast and

the cheese cake, it was too much for me. I can't eat the jello or drink apple

cider because of my bladder condition. So all I am left with is plain chicken

(not soup) and eggs (and the yogurt too although, If I understand correctly that

shouldn't be eaten in large quantities right away).

So, I don't have enough to make it through a couple of days on the intro.

Plus, since foods are supposed to be introduced slowly, one at a time for a few

days per food, It will take a long time before I have enough to eat in a day (I

can't do any nut baking, due to allergy, and there are a great many fruits I

can't eat because of Interstitial Cystitis). In spite of my gastro problems I do

have a regular appetite, and if I get too hungry I get very dizzy, lightheaded

and nauseous (I have been tested for diabetes, and I don't have it).

The only alternative I can think of is to jump right into eating meals made

only made from legal ingredients that don't affect my Interstitial Cystitis, but

I know that's not how the diet is supposed to be followed. I just don't know

what to do now.

Lora

IBS-C 7 years

Interstitial Cystitis 7years

Fibromyalgia 12 years

Asthma, Food Allergies, Environmental Allergies forever

SCD Barely began before I had to stop

[Guest guest]

Hi all, Thank you to everyone who responded to my post.

Patti, I'm going to head to pecanbread and look at the ASD intro link you

mentioned. And, like you said, even if that dosen't work for me yet I am

still going to work with whatever SCD foods I can, until I can try the intro

again.

Thanks again,

Lora