RE: Intro & Questions! :)

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[mailto: ] On Behalf Of Susie McKenzie

Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 2:01 PM

Subject: Re: [ ] Intro & Questions!

I really can't answer your questions, but I

wanted to encourage you to also place your question at the GAPShelp loop if you

haven't already. I also wanted to mention that casien in the milk may be

a problem in addition to the lactose. I don't know what is or isn't broken down

by the enzymes in raw milk. I am very interested to hear with others say. There

is the homemade 24 hour yogurt that rids the milk of most lactose. Don't think

it does a thing for casien though.

Susie ~

On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 4:21 PM, <brenda@...> wrote:

Hi everyone,

I'm a newbie here. I'm a homeschooling mom in Oregon and I have 4 kids (Boys-8,

7, and 6, and a girl-2). We adopted our youngest 2 and our first born was born

at 26 weeks gestation and is still a teeny guy (40 lbs at 8 years old).

We've been doing the GAPS diet for almost 4 weeks now. Before that, we were

gluten free for a year, and saw some improvement, but not complete. I started

investigating/changing our diet because: 1. I have thyroid autoimmune, weak

immune system, and tend to catch everyone's cold, and just general

weakness--before gf, I also had arthritis (starting at age 29!) and severe acid

reflux. My dad has thyroid cancer and I don't want to go down the same path as

him--he is unwilling to change his diet . 2. Isaac, my 8 year old, didn't

grow well, even on a feeding tube with tons of high calorie formula being

pumped into him every day. (I am wondering now if it was the disaccharides in

the formula). He gained a pound a month when we first started gluten free--and

then tapered off and didn't grow again....I am hopeful that GAPS will help him

grow!!

I feel a lot better since starting GAPS. Isaac is down a pound. I have

family members who are worried that we have him on a low-carb diet and that he

will lose weight.

I'm wondering if anyone else has put an underweight child on this diet &

how they did?

Also, I'm wondering about raw milk--is it allowed, or not? If it's an issue of

the lactose, I'm pretty sure it's broken down by enzymes in the raw milk, I

think?

I'm excited to learn more from all of you!

Thank you!

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