Our new ped referred me to a nutritionist at Bastyr, and we had our appointment this afternoon. If you remember my last trip to Bastyr, you are probably surprised that I visited that place again... but I figured WTH- I could use some help getting our diets more balanced. Maybe they will have some ideas for me. ha ha. 
Basically, after an hour and a half of talking, her response was "I don't know what to tell you" (because DD is allergic to everything that she wanted to suggest.) She's going to consult with our ped and do some research, and we're supposed to go back next week.
Anyway... I already forgot about the point of this thread.
She kept pushing for me to add grains to DD's diet, and it really bugged me. She said that grains are a good way to add calories, which is true... but I responded that DD is still BF'ed, and that very few foods are more calorie-dense than BM; so obviously, the problem isn't calories, it's that DD isn't absorbing nutrients like she should. And grains would only excacerbate that problem by causing more irritation in her gut- RIGHT?
She argued that carbohydrates are vital, and that they are the only source of fuel for our brains, and pointed me to this article which was supposed to support her theory that humans have evolved to eat grains, and that they are very important to the human diet.
So... being the good sport that I am (and after her making me more stressed than I already was about DD's poor weight gain and falling off the growth charts), I read the article. Which does nothing but support MY theory about the grains, especially this part:
So grains have only been a part of the human diet for 0.5% of our existance on this planet, but that is supposed to mean that we have evolved to eat them, and now we NEED them in our diet? Really?
And the article only has one blurb about the need for glucose in the diet. There is one sentence in the whole article which supports what she was telling me:
But when I look up food sources of glucose, I find: "fruits, vegetables, table sugar, honey, milk products, cereals." And the article specifically talks about the problems associated with too much glucose, and high-glucose foods. So wouldn't I want to consume low glucose foods, like fruits and vegetables?
Is there something here that I'm missing? Is there really some important reason to feed my child grains at age 14mo? (I really don't need any convincing- I'm not going to add any grains to her diet [above her occasional bite of my buckwheat waffle]... just thought it would be an interesting discussion.)
Basically, after an hour and a half of talking, her response was "I don't know what to tell you" (because DD is allergic to everything that she wanted to suggest.) She's going to consult with our ped and do some research, and we're supposed to go back next week.Anyway... I already forgot about the point of this thread.
She kept pushing for me to add grains to DD's diet, and it really bugged me. She said that grains are a good way to add calories, which is true... but I responded that DD is still BF'ed, and that very few foods are more calorie-dense than BM; so obviously, the problem isn't calories, it's that DD isn't absorbing nutrients like she should. And grains would only excacerbate that problem by causing more irritation in her gut- RIGHT?She argued that carbohydrates are vital, and that they are the only source of fuel for our brains, and pointed me to this article which was supposed to support her theory that humans have evolved to eat grains, and that they are very important to the human diet.
So... being the good sport that I am (and after her making me more stressed than I already was about DD's poor weight gain and falling off the growth charts), I read the article. Which does nothing but support MY theory about the grains, especially this part:
Quote:
| Though only a few pockets of hunter-gatherers remain on Earth, for the first couple of million years of our species’ evolution—99.5 percent of the human experience—all people sustained themselves by hunting animals and gathering food from wild plants. Agriculture arose only 10,000 to 12,000 years ago, permitting more stable settlements and food supplies. |
And the article only has one blurb about the need for glucose in the diet. There is one sentence in the whole article which supports what she was telling me:
Quote:
| The brain is exquisitely dependent on having a continuous supply of glucose: too low a glucose level poses an immediate threat to survival. |
Is there something here that I'm missing? Is there really some important reason to feed my child grains at age 14mo? (I really don't need any convincing- I'm not going to add any grains to her diet [above her occasional bite of my buckwheat waffle]... just thought it would be an interesting discussion.)
OMG, I can't believe you went back there. Poor thing - sorry it was just as bad as before. I recently had to save my bro from an appointment there and convince him to go somewhere else. Really this phenomenon makes NO sense. How does an excellent school like Bastyr run such a shitty clinic?
Do you have her email? I'd be tempted to email her your (very accurate) commentary of that article. Has she even read it?! Duh.
That's exactly what DP said- "did she even read this article before she gave it to you?" 
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Out of those things: I don't have a safe baking powder, DD is allergic to flax, eggs, sweet potato, carrot, apple, avocado, peas, and possibly rice, olive oil, banana (they were suspect, but I still need to do an official trial.)
