Re: GFCF vs SCD. Makes Me So SAD!

[Guest guest]

Only today I heard of another little autistic boy whose mom tried GF and

declared it to not help enough to be worth it. Believe me, I identify. The

first thing I tried was Feingold and coming from a typical American diet didn't

think it produced enough difference to be worth the trouble.

I only wish parents would try a rare foods rotation diet before they throw in

the towel. It won't be the answer the answer for everyone but it was SUCH a

miracle for Andy... and gluten-free wouldn't have helped him at all since

grains weren't his problem.

Love,

Artful Carol

> >am hoping he tolerates it better.

>

> SCD is, by definition, gluten-free, since we eliminate ALL grains.

>

> Many folks who have been GFCF choose to do SCD

> dairy-free, particularly if they have been CF for

> awhile. However, after gut healing has taken

> place, many of them find they can use SCD goat

> yogurt (starting very low and very slow, because

> it can be potent stuff!) because the long

> fermentation process denatures the casein and makes it more digestible.

>

> In the mean time, you can use a dairy-free probiotic and/or nut-milk yogurt.

>

>

> — Marilyn

> New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

> Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

> Darn Good SCD Cook

> No Human Children

> Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

> Babette the Foundling Beagle

>

[Guest guest]

At 05:14 PM 9/19/2010, you wrote:

Only today I heard of another

little autistic boy whose mom tried GF and declared it to not help enough

to be worth it. Believe me, I identify. The first thing I tried was

Feingold and coming from a typical American diet didn't think it produced

enough difference to be worth the trouble.

I only wish parents would try a rare foods rotation diet before they

throw in the towel. It won't be the answer the answer for everyone but it

was SUCH a miracle for Andy... and gluten-free wouldn't have helped him

at all since grains weren't his problem.

I want to cry when I think of all the people who could be helped by

special diets.

They're not easy, and it can be frustrating to figure out what YOUR

system will tolerate.

There's so little guidance out there, and so little encouragement from

medical practitioners. That's why this group exists.

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

Babette the Foundling Beagle