Re: Re: anyone had clostridia - For Sheila

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Sheila,

Thank you so much for all of your help/information. My boys are two years old

and have been on the diet for 7 months. Right now they are doing okay with

cooked hamburger meat, cooked chicken, acorn squash, butternut squash, zuchinni,

pureed green beans, avocado, pears, apples, eggs, jello, and goat yogurt. Every

thing is peeled, deseeded, and cooked well.

So, we are in the very beginning stages of the diet. This is the farthest we

have gotten without having to pull stuff and go back to intro. Recently, I had

to pull bananas and honey and almond flour baked goods and go back to the

starter diet. We have not reintroduced bananas or honey or the flour and they

have done very well. It had gotten to the point where refused all foods

except bananas and muffins and fruit sweetened with honey. He was very much in

his own world and had strange sensory issues. These are starting to clear up

and he is much, much more alert. But occassionally the wierd sensory issues

such as fear of climbing up steps or being put on a carousal horse will return

briefly and I feel it is yeast or bacteria related.

I plan to try candex in a few weeks for the whole family. Then much later we

might try the S. Boulardii. Thanks for the warning about yeast allergy possible

problems. I did not realize S. Boulardii was some form of yeast.

Thanks again, Dana

Sheila Trenholm wrote:

Hi Dana,

<< I am very interested in this also because my two boys are not

responding as well as I would like to the diet. It seems like they are

having yeast issues >>

What symptoms do you feel may be from yeast?

What foods are they eating?

How is the food cooked?

Approximate ratios of foods?

Any treatment for yeast (Prescription, supplement etc..)?

<< I was just wondering if I could treat for it with S. Boulardii

without truly knowing if Clostridia is the issue. Is S Boulardii safe

to use if you do not know for sure? >>

I have been tested many times for Clostridia and it continues to come

back negative . I had multiple doses of antibiotics and flare-ups this

year. I discussed Saccharomyces boulardii with my GI after a check up

following a week long hospital stay. He said that some testing

indicated that taking S. boulardii *may* be helpful in Clostridia

overgrowth. My GI is extremely conservative in what he will give any

credence to (he's still not big on diet) After doing some

investigating on my own it seems that S. boulardii may be helpul in

preventing antibiotic induced diarrhea/colitis.

There is a lot of info on the net about S. boulardii. Here are some:

http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?

artid=105172 & tools=bot

http://www.allergyresearchgroup.com/proddesc/discuss/SBoulardiiPDFProduc

tSheet050905.pdf

http://www.aidsinfonyc.org/pwahg/info/sacc.html

http://www.thebody.com/pwa/sacc.html

I have had persistent yeast overgrowth over the past couple of years

and the S.boulardii *seems* to be helping with it. I finally started

to have solid stool and was able to tolerate yogurt again (S.boulardii

is supposed to help good bacteria create a better micro-organism

balance in the body). If you decide to try it start with a small

amount in case there is a yeast reaction/allergy. (Don't take it if

you have a true known yeast allergy). It will also likely cause die

off so gradually increase it and use the usual die off fighters (epsom

salt baths and/or activated charcoal) accordingly.

Sheila, SCD Feb., 2001, UC 23yrs

mom of and

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