Re: HELP! Intro diet for 5 weeks and still constipated!

[Guest guest]

I am not surprised that you would be constipated eating only meat, eggs and

bananas.

Why are you limiting the menu to only these foods???

This is NOT the way SCD should be done.... at ALL. You've GOT to add some

vegetables and other fruits.... you need more variety and fiber.

Patti

HELP! Intro diet for 5 weeks and still constipated!

We have eaten nothing but beef, chicken, eggs and bananas for 5 weeks

now and are still constipated. We are on Miralax too! We had big time

die-off at week 2 & 3 (aggression and insomnia). Now we have insomnia

and are very hyper. (ASD child 11 yrs old). Other than the insomnia

and hyper-activeness, behaviors are much improved.

What am I doing wrong?

Dave

P.S. I am doing the diet with my son and have lost 12 pounds!

(hopefully due to the diet, not the stress from working 2 jobs with no

sleep)

[Guest guest]

With nothing but meat, eggs, and bananas, I think anyone would be constipated.

Why don't you try adding in some veggies?

HELP! Intro diet for 5 weeks and still constipated!

We have eaten nothing but beef, chicken, eggs and bananas for 5 weeks

now and are still constipated. We are on Miralax too! We had big time

die-off at week 2 & 3 (aggression and insomnia). Now we have insomnia

and are very hyper. (ASD child 11 yrs old). Other than the insomnia

and hyper-activeness, behaviors are much improved.

What am I doing wrong?

Dave

P.S. I am doing the diet with my son and have lost 12 pounds!

(hopefully due to the diet, not the stress from working 2 jobs with no

sleep)

[Guest guest]

I totally agree with ABarberi that more vegetables and fruit should be

added to the menu. The SCD Goat Yogurt also helps. Start out with a tiny dose

such as 1/8 of a teaspoon.

Mimi

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> With nothing but meat, eggs, and bananas, I think anyone would be

> constipated. Why don't you try adding in some veggies?

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> HELP! Intro diet for 5 weeks and still constipated!

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> We have eaten nothing but beef, chicken, eggs and bananas for 5 weeks

> now and are still constipated. We are on Miralax too! We had big time

> die-off at week 2 & 3 (aggression and insomnia). Now we have insomnia

> and are very hyper. (ASD child 11 yrs old). Other than the insomnia

> and hyper-activeness, behaviors are much improved.

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> What am I doing wrong?

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> Dave

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> P.S. I am doing the diet with my son and have lost 12 pounds!

> (hopefully due to the diet, not the stress from working 2 jobs with no

> sleep)

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[Guest guest]

Well, you have already been told by many that you should have introduced other

fruits and vegetables by five weeks in. Remember though, that you should

introduce them one at a time...allowing a couple of days between new foods to

make sure that you don't see in problems with them i.e. behaviorally, diharea,

ect. Also, make sure to peal, seed, and cook them unless otherwise

noted...avocado and banana. If you haven't already seen it, the " beyond the

intro diet " section at the pecanbread.com site can be helpful in guiding you to

which foods are usually more easily tolerated first. You'll find it in the food

preparation section.

Meleah SCD 05/06

iel 3.5yrs. ASD, Ethan 5yrs., Mark 19mths., both NT

HELP! Intro diet for 5 weeks and still constipated!

We have eaten nothing but beef, chicken, eggs and bananas for 5 weeks

now and are still constipated. We are on Miralax too! We had big time

die-off at week 2 & 3 (aggression and insomnia). Now we have insomnia

and are very hyper. (ASD child 11 yrs old). Other than the insomnia

and hyper-activeness, behaviors are much improved.

What am I doing wrong?

Dave

P.S. I am doing the diet with my son and have lost 12 pounds!

(hopefully due to the diet, not the stress from working 2 jobs with no

sleep)

[Guest guest]

To get the full affects of SCDiet it was important for us to follow the

guidelines outlined in BTVC book. Without adequate fiber from frits and

vegetables a person will never get over constipation. Intro for five weeks is

not required. Only two days, or until diarrhea is cleared. Anything else can

defeat the purpose and cause nutritional deficiencies and other side affects

that you surely do not want. The bad gut bugs die off fast when not being fed.

Question the rationale that you are having to make you think that intro is

needed for such an extended time frame.

Hope this gives hope so that you can move on to more foods! If this does not

help his constipation issues, be sure to ask the serve for Elaine's Constipation

Protocol. But I truly do not think it will be needed once you add peeled and

cooked veggies and fruits.

Antoinette and family of five ( SCD 2/06/ add, adhd, autism, sieuzres, cd, ibd

and more)