Re: Increasing vegetables/fiber without turning yellow or orange

January 8, 2007

It might be kind of like when many start the diet in the first place...they

eventually eat what you serve them as long as you don't offer anything else.

Just start offering more vegetables and less cheese.

We get a lot of greens in my son by making green smoothies. To make them, put

one cup of water in Vitamix or other strong blender, fill blender with organic

raw greens (like spinach, romaine, chard, etc.) and blend until the greens are

blended thoroughly with the water. Then add two or more frozen bananas

(depending on how sweet and thick you like it) and blend. Make sure to add the

bananas one at a time and blend before adding another one. Organic greens are a

great source of protein, too. All of my children beg for these. If you need

to, you could put it in a colored cup with a lid so he doesn't see the color, or

you could tell him it's superhero smoothie and the green color is what will make

him as strong as a superhero.

Increasing vegetables/fiber without turning yellow or

orange

My 8-year-old ASD son doesn't eat very many

vegetables, but the ones he does eat are red, yellow

or orange (he won't touch any of the green ones), so

it doesn't take much (two servings per day) for him to

turn yellow or orangish-yellow. From this I infer that

he has a buildup of beta carotene or something like it

in his system. I heard of a guy who drank a high

amount (quarts or gallons?) of carrot juice a day and

turned orange, but my son's consumption of carrots,

squash and tomatoes is not as high as that. So I'm

wondering:

1. Is there something he can take to help him

metabolize the vegetables or the beta-carotene or

whatever to keep his skin a more normal color?

2. How can I increase his consumption of green

vegetables and fiber on SCD? He is very picky and

also texture-sensitive (prefers purees) and very alert

to small changes in color, smell and taste. He is

borderline overweight and I think he needs to eat more

vegetables (unlike me and most people he is actually

GAINING weight--but not height, alas--on SCD, I think

because so much of his diet is fat--he won't eat meat

and we cut out the whole grains he used to eat before

SCD, so he gets his protein from high-fat sources like

cheese, yogurt and peanut butter, and gets less fiber

without the whole grains) but he will turn orange if

he eats more of the sort he's already eating. He has

rejected the few egg-free nut flour items I have made,

and I won't be able to make any more for a while

because my oven is broken in a way that is very

expensive to fix (basically needs to be replaced).

3. What can I do to help a child stop gaining weight

on SCD?

4. I know that the tomato is botanically a fruit, but

from a dietary standoint, do tomatoes count as fruits

or vegetables?

Thank you for any advice,

mother of Adam (8, PDD-NOS, Lyme, asthma, egg allergy,

SCD 7/06)

__________________________________________________

January 8, 2007

,

Juicing is probably the best way to get some veggies in him if he won't eat

them, and is very aware of the smallest changes. You can juice spinach and

other green veggies, and mix it with a fruit juice.

Meleah

Increasing vegetables/fiber without turning yellow or

orange

My 8-year-old ASD son doesn't eat very many

vegetables, but the ones he does eat are red, yellow

or orange (he won't touch any of the green ones), so

it doesn't take much (two servings per day) for him to

turn yellow or orangish-yellow. From this I infer that

he has a buildup of beta carotene or something like it

in his system. I heard of a guy who drank a high

amount (quarts or gallons?) of carrot juice a day and

turned orange, but my son's consumption of carrots,

squash and tomatoes is not as high as that. So I'm

wondering:

1. Is there something he can take to help him

metabolize the vegetables or the beta-carotene or

whatever to keep his skin a more normal color?

2. How can I increase his consumption of green

vegetables and fiber on SCD? He is very picky and

also texture-sensitive (prefers purees) and very alert

to small changes in color, smell and taste. He is

borderline overweight and I think he needs to eat more

vegetables (unlike me and most people he is actually

GAINING weight--but not height, alas--on SCD, I think

because so much of his diet is fat--he won't eat meat

and we cut out the whole grains he used to eat before

SCD, so he gets his protein from high-fat sources like

cheese, yogurt and peanut butter, and gets less fiber

without the whole grains) but he will turn orange if

he eats more of the sort he's already eating. He has

rejected the few egg-free nut flour items I have made,

and I won't be able to make any more for a while

because my oven is broken in a way that is very

expensive to fix (basically needs to be replaced).

3. What can I do to help a child stop gaining weight

on SCD?

4. I know that the tomato is botanically a fruit, but

from a dietary standoint, do tomatoes count as fruits

or vegetables?

Thank you for any advice,

mother of Adam (8, PDD-NOS, Lyme, asthma, egg allergy,

SCD 7/06)

__________________________________________________

January 9, 2007

Have you ever used anything else to sweeten the smoothie? My son is highly

sensitive to bananas so they are out on this diet. Pears are the only fruit he

can eat on a daily basis, most others are basically rotated every 4 days.

Thanks

Becky

son ASD , DCD 7 weeks

ABarberi wrote:

It might be kind of like when many start the diet in the first

place...they eventually eat what you serve them as long as you don't offer

anything else. Just start offering more vegetables and less cheese.

We get a lot of greens in my son by making green smoothies. To make them, put

one cup of water in Vitamix or other strong blender, fill blender with organic

raw greens (like spinach, romaine, chard, etc.) and blend until the greens are

blended thoroughly with the water. Then add two or more frozen bananas

(depending on how sweet and thick you like it) and blend. Make sure to add the

bananas one at a time and blend before adding another one. Organic greens are a

great source of protein, too. All of my children beg for these. If you need to,

you could put it in a colored cup with a lid so he doesn't see the color, or you

could tell him it's superhero smoothie and the green color is what will make him

as strong as a superhero.

Increasing vegetables/fiber without turning yellow or

orange

My 8-year-old ASD son doesn't eat very many

vegetables, but the ones he does eat are red, yellow

or orange (he won't touch any of the green ones), so

it doesn't take much (two servings per day) for him to

turn yellow or orangish-yellow. From this I infer that

he has a buildup of beta carotene or something like it

in his system. I heard of a guy who drank a high

amount (quarts or gallons?) of carrot juice a day and

turned orange, but my son's consumption of carrots,

squash and tomatoes is not as high as that. So I'm

wondering:

1. Is there something he can take to help him

metabolize the vegetables or the beta-carotene or

whatever to keep his skin a more normal color?

2. How can I increase his consumption of green

vegetables and fiber on SCD? He is very picky and

also texture-sensitive (prefers purees) and very alert

to small changes in color, smell and taste. He is

borderline overweight and I think he needs to eat more

vegetables (unlike me and most people he is actually

GAINING weight--but not height, alas--on SCD, I think

because so much of his diet is fat--he won't eat meat

and we cut out the whole grains he used to eat before

SCD, so he gets his protein from high-fat sources like

cheese, yogurt and peanut butter, and gets less fiber

without the whole grains) but he will turn orange if

he eats more of the sort he's already eating. He has

rejected the few egg-free nut flour items I have made,

and I won't be able to make any more for a while

because my oven is broken in a way that is very

expensive to fix (basically needs to be replaced).

3. What can I do to help a child stop gaining weight

on SCD?

4. I know that the tomato is botanically a fruit, but

from a dietary standoint, do tomatoes count as fruits

or vegetables?

Thank you for any advice,

mother of Adam (8, PDD-NOS, Lyme, asthma, egg allergy,

SCD 7/06)

__________________________________________________

January 9, 2007

You can actually use any frozen fruit. Pineapples make it really sweet and

good. For added sweetness, you could use dates, raisins, or honey. You could

also replace the water with fresh orange, apple, or pear juice juice. I haven't

tried it, but I bet frozen pears might work, too. Oh, and blueberries will mask

the green color somewhat.

Hope this helps,

Increasing vegetables/fiber without turning yellow or

orange

My 8-year-old ASD son doesn't eat very many

vegetables, but the ones he does eat are red, yellow

or orange (he won't touch any of the green ones), so

it doesn't take much (two servings per day) for him to

turn yellow or orangish-yellow. From this I infer that

he has a buildup of beta carotene or something like it

in his system. I heard of a guy who drank a high

amount (quarts or gallons?) of carrot juice a day and

turned orange, but my son's consumption of carrots,

squash and tomatoes is not as high as that. So I'm

wondering:

1. Is there something he can take to help him

metabolize the vegetables or the beta-carotene or

whatever to keep his skin a more normal color?

2. How can I increase his consumption of green

vegetables and fiber on SCD? He is very picky and

also texture-sensitive (prefers purees) and very alert

to small changes in color, smell and taste. He is

borderline overweight and I think he needs to eat more

vegetables (unlike me and most people he is actually

GAINING weight--but not height, alas--on SCD, I think

because so much of his diet is fat--he won't eat meat

and we cut out the whole grains he used to eat before

SCD, so he gets his protein from high-fat sources like

cheese, yogurt and peanut butter, and gets less fiber

without the whole grains) but he will turn orange if

he eats more of the sort he's already eating. He has

rejected the few egg-free nut flour items I have made,

and I won't be able to make any more for a while

because my oven is broken in a way that is very

expensive to fix (basically needs to be replaced).

3. What can I do to help a child stop gaining weight

on SCD?

4. I know that the tomato is botanically a fruit, but

from a dietary standoint, do tomatoes count as fruits

or vegetables?

Thank you for any advice,

mother of Adam (8, PDD-NOS, Lyme, asthma, egg allergy,

SCD 7/06)

__________________________________________________

January 9, 2007

Just a side note..... blended juices like this, made from raw veggies and

fruits, are not for beginners. You can use home-juiced juices as a beginner, but

you need to use the type of juicer that strains out the pulp...... otherwise,

all fruits and veggies need to be cooked first, then blended. One good option

for fruit smoothies is to steam fruit chunks, then freeze them on a cookie sheet

(so they don't stick together), then you can add these frozen chunks to a

smoothie base (coconut milk, nut milk? water and a ripe banana?) in the blender

and it turns out like a milkshake..... cool and frosty.

Patti

Re: Increasing vegetables/fiber without turning yellow

or orange