Re: Newbie question no 2

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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.

<< 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? >>

It doesn't matter that he won't eat the broth. You could try

different things with the broth. Simmering it down until

concentrated as a gravy to put on meatballs. My son would drink it

from a mug but not a bowl.

<< 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 >>

After 5 days you should introduce foods that are not on the intro.

The intro diet should only be done for a *maximum* of 5 days

regardless of symptoms. But, your symptoms at that point will guide

you on what foods to introduce next. If you still have loose stool,

diarrhea or constipation stick with peeled and cooked fruit and

veggies. If yeast is a big problem a new veggie may be best to try

first - peeled cooked small zucchini, cooked squash otherwise ripe

banana, homemade apple or pearsauce. Introduce the new food in small

amounts spread throughout the day and gradually increase over a few

days - depending on the bodies' reaction to the food. If all is

well continue to increase to a reseasonable amount/day if possible

negative reaction either stop increasing or remove until a later date.

<< 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? >>

What you want is improvement in bowel symptoms not necessarily

a " normal " bm. If bowel symptoms get worse when you introduce a food

then you aren't ready for it.

<< 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? >>

Maybe nothing, but most do notice worsening bowel symptoms with

antibiotics. Probiotics and/or yogurt helps with this. Also S.

boulardii helps with antibiotic induced diarrhea. Just search the

pecanbread archives with keyword " boulardii " in the 'Search' box

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/pecanbread/messages

<< 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? >>

Some medications can be compounded without starch and made up with

legal fillers. Legal fillers list at

http://pecanbread.com/supplements.html

For some the small amount of illegals in meds isn't a large concern

and doesn't greatly affect their bowels. It may only be micrograms

of starch.

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

can eat eggs? >>

I don't know. I find that preparing eggs different ways makes a

difference for my digestion of them. When on the intro I couldn't

eat hard boiled eggs but poached was okay. Also I had immediate

stomach pain from eating regular store eggs but free range chicken

eggs were better than fine. They felt as if they contributed to

healing. But then Elaine used to say that eggs were one of the

perfect foods.

Sheila, SCD Feb. 2001, UC 23 yrs

mom of and