Re: Re: Newbie question no 2

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Hi,

We are now onto day 3 of intro diet, my husband is not at all

impressed-in fact the first day he went on a hunger strike,(I had a

good laugh). He is progressing quickly- diareah day no 2 and he is

now oggling all the recipes and wants me to order Lucy's Cook book!!!

(He is looking forward to eating some nice food). I have warned him

it will be a while for us to get to that stage -especially as me and

my son have the chemical sensitivities.

Question 1; My son refuses to eat the broth/soups and is preferring

just eggs, chicken and beef. (we are dairy free) Does it matter that

he won't eat the broth? He has been wonderful in accepting the diet-

2 years of failsafe deprivation has prepped him well, the only

difference in this diet was taking out sugar, rice and potatoes. No

BM s yet-he was extremely pale and nauseus with no energy and had

hand flapping for the first time on day 2.

Question2; Do you have to wait for a die off reaction (diareah etc)

before you can proceed past intro even if it takes longer than 5 days

to happen?

Question 3; Do you have to have a 'normal' BM before going to next

stage? I am concerned this is not going to happen for me as 'normal'

is so complicated and historically elusive. I rely on 40mg codeine to

keep me 'normal'. Is SCDnormal without codeine?

Question 4: I am just finishing off a course of antibiotics for

unrinary tract infection. How will taking antibiotics during the

intro diet effect it?

Question 5: I take panadol and codeine together for daily headaches

(2-4 per day). Any suggestions as to how I can avoid the starch in

the panadol? Or will it not matter too much? I don't know that I

should go 'cold turkey' on them as well-I think it might be too much

all at once. Any suggestions?

Question 6; Is there an enzyme that can help digest sulhpur so I can

eat eggs?

Regards Sharon (mum to Tris ADHD, mild ASD)

> Butterball turkeys are injection-basted with a solution that

> tenderizes and seasons the meat.... and it does have illegals. It's

> not something that could be washed off... or cooked away. It's

> pretty much throughout the entire bird. Sorry. I think you'd have

> to buy an all-natural turkey.... sometimes only available in health

> food markets. Read your labels closely.

>

> Patti

>

> Re: Newbie question

>

> Uh oh.....I've already eaten it. So...is Butterball SCD legal? I

> hope I don't have to start day one again! I didn't stuff it or use

> anything illegal on it.

>

> Thanks,

> Deb in MA

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It is fine if your son doesn't want to eat all of the foods on the intro diet.

That is simply the list to choose from, but it isn't required to eat each food

on the list. Consider the hand flapping a die off reaction. Changes in

behavior for the worse are common die off reactions. I'm concerned that your

son hasn't had a BM since starting the diet. This is day three, you say, so you

need to get his bowels moving. Please try Elaine's constepation protocall found

on the BTVC web site. I think that Grammy posted it early this evening, too,

for another person whose son hasn't had a BM in several days. If he still

doesn't go in the next day, let us know so someone can help you. You shouldn't

stay on the intro diet for more than five days. If you still have diharea after

five days, you do need to add in more pealed, deseeded, cooked veggies. Check

out the stages chart in the food prep section of pecanbread.com. It will

probably be a while before you can enjoy some of the better SCD foods...at least

that was my experience. Even though we had several fruits and veggies to choose

from along with meat and dairy, I just had a hard time adjusting to the cooking

style. I didn't have an SCD cookbook though, so maybe that will help you. Just

don't rush trying to add in new foods just so you can enjoy more variety.

What's important is to let your body heal.

Meleah

Re: Newbie question

>

> Uh oh.....I've already eaten it. So...is Butterball SCD legal? I

> hope I don't have to start day one again! I didn't stuff it or use

> anything illegal on it.

>

> Thanks,

> Deb in MA

>

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Dear Sheila and Robin,

Thanks for your advice. I used a suppository on Tris this morning,

resulted in a well formed stool but nothing since. Will repeat again

tommorrow if he doesn't open b's.

I also allowed him some carrot curls today D#4 as he has lost 3kgs in

3 days and was not really wanting to eat at all. Once he got the

curls he sparked up a bit and ate some eggs, rissoles and steak

through the day. He was very pale and fatigued again today and layed

and played on his bed all day. Tonight I gave him half a very ripe

banana and some stewed pears with a drizzle of honey (not sure if

honey was ok for d#4?) I hope the fibre helps him a bit-am reluctant

to go for prunes or even the muffins (yet) due to his chemical

sensitivities. There is a lot of salicylates in almonds so am wary of

introducing the flours (cashews have amines and are extremely

expensive) Aside from that I don't know where to source nut flours yet.

I also have a problem; on day 3 I had one bout of diareah, days 1,2 &

4 no bm's. When my b's are over stimulated ie ongoing diareah, they

seem to go into shock and go to sleep for a few days (no pain or

wind). I am actually feeling great which I know I won't be when my

bowels start working again. Whenever I have a dramatic change in diet

it usually takes 2 weeks for my b's to react which makes it hard to

know if I can tolerate a food (have to keep eating it for 2 weeks!)

Should I proceed as normal or force the issue? I know I still have

diareah and adding more laxative type stimulants or fibre has, in the

past, just made it worse. Do you think I should try colonic

irrigation (although I have tried them before and still nothing comes

out) Any suggestions?

None of us have had any bad wind- I am thinking that is not good?

Regards Sharon (mum to Tris 7yrs ADHD mild ASD)

> Hi Sharon,

>

> <<now oggling all the recipes and wants me to order Lucy's Cook

> book!!! (He is looking forward to eating some nice food). I have

> warned him it will be a while for us to get to that stage -

> especially as me and my son have the chemical sensitivities. >>

>

> Lucy's is a great cookbook. There are some pretty basic recipes (the

> sausage recipes when you are okay with spices etc..) and some

> advanced recipes for you to look forward to.

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