Reactions to natural food chemicals - Confused

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Hi, My name is and I could really use some feed back. I am going to

be posting this to other groups as well so some of you might see it twice.

My dd is 19 months old and below I have written about our problems. I could

really use some help and guidance as I don't know where to go from here.

Please ask questions as necessary as I really need to figure this out. We

have started introducing Brainchild vitamins and minerals as well as using

Trienza and No Phenol enzymes along with Kirkman Pro Bio probiotics inulin

free. I can get her to take the enzymes and probiotics but the vits and

minerals are proving impossible. She is mostly breastfed at this point and

eats a few solids 1 -2 times a day. We tried GAPS and we did okay in some

areas but it turned other areas worse.

Thanks,

Dd seems to react to multiple types of natural food chemicals but I am so

overwhelmed by the different types and could use some insight.

Beef Bone Broth - I thought it was the vinegar I was using when making it

that caused her to break out in a dry bumpy rash on her entire trunk and

arms but then I made plain broth with water and bones (grass fed) and it

still happened. This is the same reaction she got from chicken broth, eggs

and chicken. It is finally clearing up after two weeks. Someone mentioned

that it could be the *glutamates* in the broth that are the problem?

Sulfur foods - For awhile her poop was slap you in the face pungent with

amonia/vinegar type smell and I figured out it was the broccoli,

cauliflower, brussel sprouts and now asparagus that were the causes. Someone

mentioned sulfer and all of those plus many other foods are naturally high

in *sulfur*. These also seem to coincide with very mush poop.

*Salicylates* - Those foods high in salicylates seem to cause the majority

of behavior problems for dd. Huge energy, can't stop moving, defiance etc...

I have also read that *histamine* foods tend to go with salicylate

intolerance so add in that list of foods. If I try and go low sals those

foods low in sals are ones she reacts to in a different way such as the

sulfur foods. Coconut oil for example is supposed to be really healthy but

it sends her thru the roof with energy and is really high in sals.

Then there are Oxalates, amines, phenols etc.... They all cross each other

out and I have no idea what to eat! I can either get her to where she has no

rash, no rrod (red ring around anus) but still wakes every two hours or so

and has crazy energy. Poop everyday but it smells or is really mushy or poop

every 3-4 days and be of a more normal consistency. It just feels like she

is allergic to everything. I sometimes wish I could just start this whole

thing over again and do better at removing one thing at a time instead of

groups of things which is what I should have done. UGH I had reached what I

though was baseline enough but I know it really wasn't and that is hard.

I also know that I am probably mal-nourished due to all of this and am going

to the Dr. to get checked on my vitamin and mineral levals and whatever else

I should have checked to see if it is something I am contributing to. I have

read a little on detox pathways and such but that is something else I am

really overwhelmed with. I need to balance my own body to help her imo.

My picture of baseline for dd at 19mo is normal smell and shape poops

everyday, no rashes, no rrod, regular energy levals and the ability to sleep

at least 4 - 5 hours in a row at night. That would be awesome. I have yet to

get there and am really tired. She is still nursing all the time and while

she does eat a little more solids it is still not much. I have no problem

nursing her like this but it is why I think I need to try and fix myself in

order to help fix her, kwim?

Then there are groups that would say the dry rashes and eczema could be

healing reactions and the bodies way to get rid of the bad stuff and

replacing it with the good. I am not sure what to think of that. I know bone

broth is supposed to be really good for you but is the rash an allergic

reaction or is it a healing reaction? I don't want her to react at all!!!

Now what? What do I do about her being sensitive to practically everything?

What do I ask my Dr. to test for? I have no energy, foggy brain, no sex

drive at all and am just really feeling depleted. Do I just focus on myself

and do what I can for her but because she reacts to everything what do I eat

to help nourish myself? I have 10 accupuncture treatments that I get from

when I managed her office so I will be starting those hopefully once a week

and that will help as long as I can get there.

Dd is currently recovering from stitches and she received local pain shots

so I have no idea what was in them so I feel like this is a good time to try

and start a new game plan but like I said I have no idea what that should

be.

Help please I am just feeling really overwhelmed and want someone else to

make the decision for me! I know you can't but a little help would be

great.

(San Diego)