Re: 4 mos on SCD: Too many cooked apples & Introducing raw fruit questions

January 19, 2007

If you are thinking of trying raw fruits, I'd start with something soft like

maybe papaya or mango(pealed, of course). I would've said pears, but obviously

that wouldn't work very well. Now, why is he only eating applesauce and eggs

for four months? There are definitely other SCD foods that he could've started

by now. Meats could be beef, lamb, or pork if the chicken was a problem.

Cooked veggies could be carrot, acorn or butternut squash, zucchini, spinach,

ect.

Meleah

4 mos on SCD: Too many cooked apples & Introducing raw

fruit questions

my son is almost 3yrs old and has been on SCD 4 mos. he has had all

solid bm's since day 3 of the diet. I am not sure how to tell if his

gutt is healed. is it too soon to introduce raw fruit? he has been

eating exclusively applesauce & eggs (we sprinkle a few raisins on top)

because we had to eliminate pears and poultry from his diet after we

found out he developed allergies to them. i am worried that he might

build up antibodies to the apples & eggs since this is all he eats. we

are now able to slowly reintroduce chicken, pears and oranges very

slowly and on a limited basis. so we are still going to have to rely

on applesauce and eggs.

January 19, 2007

He's eating ONLY applesauce and eggs? And raisins?

This is definitely not a healthy balance. No vegetables at ALL?

For what it's worth, raisins are a very advanced food (all dried fruit is

advanced) and would probably come AFTER some raw fruits. I would cautiously

give raw (ripe) peach, pear, papaya or perhaps strawberries.... things like

that.... before giving any dried fruits.

But, to me, it sounds like you've not made much progress with gut healing if he

is not eating a wider variety of foods by now. It would be my best advice not to

start raw foods yet.

How do you know he's " developed allergies " to those foods you mentioned? Test

results? Or observable reactions?

Patti