Healing the Gut in September - Page 23

[treehugginhippie]

Prior to starting the SCD diet I did the urine test strip and it didn't change at all...stayed yellow (acidic I believe). I took another one since I've done SCD for 8 weeks now...it was PERFECT! I know the SCD has worked great for my body!

[Panserbjorne]

Awesome. hat was my experience too. My friend had me do one almost two years ago and I was following Eat to Live which means I was vegan and had maybe one serving of grain a day (usually not) and lived on veggies and beans. I was very acidic and my friend (a nutritionist) kept insisting I was eating a ton of refined floury products. Not at all. I should have been alkaline, but that wasn't the right diet for my body. The SCD gets me to where I should be exactly. Well, to be fair, no grains, lots of veggies and meat gets me where I need to be which is why SCD works for me.

[sparkletruck]

Selenium - too much = gi upset, hair loss, white blotchy nails, garlic breath odor. The *healthy* window is 200-600mcg. First number in chart is mcg per indicated ammount of food, second number is % daily value (according to rda)

Table 1: Selected food sources of selenium [11]

Brazil nuts, dried, unblanched, 1 ounce544780
Tuna, light, canned in oil, drained, 3 ounces6395
Beef, cooked, 3½ ounces3550
Spaghetti w/ meat sauce, frozen entrée, 1 serving3450
Cod, cooked, 3 ounces3245
Turkey, light meat, roasted, 3½ ounces3245
Beef chuck roast, lean only, roasted, 3 ounces2335
Chicken Breast, meat only, roasted, 3½ ounces2030
Noodles, enriched, boiled, 1/2 cup1725
Macaroni, elbow, enriched, boiled, 1/2 cup1520
Egg, whole, 1 medium1420
Cottage cheese, low fat 2%, 1/2 cup1215
Oatmeal, instant, fortified, cooked, 1 cup 1215
Rice, white, enriched, long grain, cooked, 1/2 cup1215
Rice, brown, long-grained, cooked, 1/2 cup1015
Bread, enriched, whole wheat, commercially prepared, 1 slice1015
Walnuts, black, dried, 1 ounce58
Bread, enriched, white, commercially prepared, 1 slice46
Cheddar cheese, 1 ounce46

[Punchy Kaby]

I want to try red peppers (specifically roasted fermented red peppers) but I am worried that they could make DS react. I feel like I have read that they are a highly allergenic food, is this correct or am I getting paranoid?

[Pookietooth]

red peppers are a nightshade, like tomatoes and potatoes, and a lot of people do have problems with them. I think you want to wait until your babe is a year old before introducing it, but I can't be sure. I know that's true with tomatoes, but it might be the acid in them.

[Panserbjorne]

The nightshade family (tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, potatoes etc.) is very problematic for some people. I would avoid if you have known sensitivities for sure.

[Punchy Kaby]

Thank you, I have avoided the other nightshades up to this point too. The red peppers were for me , DS is starting only basic solids-turkey, lamb, parsnip, green beans, squash, peas, and sweet potato. He sure loves his solids! if I am eating he MUST eat or he throws a fit and he grabs at the food because we don't feed him fast enough

[LovinLiviLou]

CO grossing me out

First the good news - the LO has pooped once a day 4 days in a row!!!!! Still no seeds, but at least she's pooping. Now - on to my question - what do you think it means if I am suddenly yucked out by coconut oil? I mean the mere thought of it makes me want to hurl. And of course this is coming right after I just bought a 29 oz jar of it. I was pretty in love with it at the start of SCD a month ago. Anyway - would love your thoughts on if this is my body's way of saying to stay away or is there something else that could be driving this? It's one of my few sources of fat (doing no dairy) . . .

[Pattyla]

Originally Posted by LovinLiviLou

First the good news - the LO has pooped once a day 4 days in a row!!!!! Still no seeds, but at least she's pooping. Now - on to my question - what do you think it means if I am suddenly yucked out by coconut oil? I mean the mere thought of it makes me want to hurl. And of course this is coming right after I just bought a 29 oz jar of it. I was pretty in love with it at the start of SCD a month ago. Anyway - would love your thoughts on if this is my body's way of saying to stay away or is there something else that could be driving this? It's one of my few sources of fat (doing no dairy) . . .

I would skip it for now. You may have just gotten too much of it and need a break. What about Ghee? Olive Oil? Palm oil? Do you eat meat? I got a duck several months ago and cooked out the duck fat. I still have it in my fridge and use it to cook in. It is super yummy.

[Pattyla]

About us.

I tried a whey drink today. It didn't taste bad but now dd is wired at bedtime so I'm nervous that is why. We did have a strange day today though so I'm not sure what to think. I may be changing too many things at once.

We did another therapeutic bath last night. (healing from birth trauma). Tonight at dinner time she told a story about a nurse who was holding her and she cried and cried because she wanted some milk and then the nurse poked something in her face and then handed her to mommy. (DD was taken from me at birth and suctioned for meconium and then handed to me briefly before her trip to the nicu). She did insist that after she was handed to me she got to stay with me so I'm not sure what to make of it. DH and I were looking at each other through the whole thing trying to make sense out of it.

We just started the Reuteri. I'm impressed at it's supposed ability to colonize the gut unlike other lactobaccili. I'm so worn out by all of this lately.

And I think that DD has Sensory Integration Disorder. I'm not sure if it is obvious enough to get her free therapy for it though. I think that is why she doesn't sleep, nurses all the time, and a bunch of strange behaviors that she has that haven't ever made sense before. Yet another thing for me to research and try to help her with. I got a book with exercises we can do with her to help her. It makes a lot of sense but it is just one more thing to do...I just want us healed!

[Punchy Kaby]

Originally Posted by LovinLiviLou

First the good news - the LO has pooped once a day 4 days in a row!!!!! Still no seeds, but at least she's pooping. Now - on to my question - what do you think it means if I am suddenly yucked out by coconut oil? I mean the mere thought of it makes me want to hurl. And of course this is coming right after I just bought a 29 oz jar of it. I was pretty in love with it at the start of SCD a month ago. Anyway - would love your thoughts on if this is my body's way of saying to stay away or is there something else that could be driving this? It's one of my few sources of fat (doing no dairy) . . .

CO isn't for everyone. I was using a lot of CO and then my chiropractor/nutritionist suggested I cut it out for a while and I feel so much better without it. It was holding me back from healing. I have been cutting it out of my life completely (shampoo, soap, laundry soap, lotion all have coconut derived ingredients) and my skin has been far less itchy/crawly. Listen to your body

[Pookietooth]

I am also sick of CO, and it tastes like "yuck" to me (ds's words). I think I had too much of it, too. How about ghee? It's lactose and casein free. Kinda pricey, though. How about unrefined sunflower oil? Avocados?

[Panserbjorne]

Different people can handle different things. I live on CO-have for a long time and I seem to do well with it. We used to do clarified butter, but ds can't handle it.

[Annikate]

Originally Posted by Pattyla

About us.

And I think that DD has Sensory Integration Disorder. I'm not sure if it is obvious enough to get her free therapy for it though. I think that is why she doesn't sleep, nurses all the time, and a bunch of strange behaviors that she has that haven't ever made sense before. Yet another thing for me to research and try to help her with. I got a book with exercises we can do with her to help her. It makes a lot of sense but it is just one more thing to do...I just want us healed!

If you haven't yet read Children With Starving Brains by McCandless you should go get it. It's a must-read imo.

[caedmyn]

Question about starting solids: I keep reading that it is best to let babies self-feed, but anything DD can self feed she doesn't digest. Wouldn't it make more sense to feed her pureed stuff that she can digest, with maybe a few bigger chunks occasionally for her to practice self-feeding with? Or maybe I could get one of those little mesh feeders that you put food in and they gnaw on it through the mesh baggie.

firefaery--do you know if there's a difference between what a colon cleanse does and doing a vitamin C flush (lots of vitamin C until you get diarrhea)? Does the colon cleanse do anything "extra"?

Coconut milk yogurt or kefir--any thoughts on whether one of these would be good to give DD as a first food to get some more probiotics into her?

Somewhere in all my reading on various topics, I read something about it being good to take enzymes in between meals to replenish your body's natural store of enzymes that can get depleted eating all cooked foods. Replenishing enzymes was supposed to allow the extra enzymes to heal your body of different things. Any thoughts on this?

[bluets]

Originally Posted by caedmyn

Question about starting solids: I keep reading that it is best to let babies self-feed, but anything DD can self feed she doesn't digest. Wouldn't it make more sense to feed her pureed stuff that she can digest, with maybe a few bigger chunks occasionally for her to practice self-feeding with? Or maybe I could get one of those little mesh feeders that you put food in and they gnaw on it through the mesh baggie.

the mesh feeder was awesome! i would often put pieces of apple in it (ds is an apple fiend). ice when he was teething (before he go the hang of stuffing the whole ice cube in his mouth). it was a lifesaver the weekend in February when ds had rotavirus. he alternated between nursing and apple in the mesh feeder. thouhg our living room did look like a fruit pit for a while, complete with ants in the early spring - from all that fruit juice slung around.

if he hadn't been in daycare where they really push self-feeding, i would have used it a whole lot longer. as it were, he wanted to use the spoon.

[Chinese Pistache]

Argh! I'm so frustrated with dd's diet. Anything she'll eat consistently isn't good for her--like grains and fruit. I have the hardest time getting her to eat vegetables. Eggs and meat are hit and miss. I'm not sure what to do. I have wasted so much Reuteri and Culturelle because I'll dump it into food she won't end up eating.: Any ideas?

Also, if you're dealing with eczema, do different foods cause different problems for you? In dd, dairy leads to raw, red streaks behind dd's knees and under her arms, but soy leads to crusty patches all over body (particularly, her cheek, legs, and back). Anyone know anything about that?

I'm considering taking dd to the doctor this week. I don't know this FP very well, but she's somewhat holistic-minded. She was the one that prescribed a steroid-antifungal cream for dd's eczema/yeast rashes. I've hardly used it because it only eliminates symptoms but doesn't get to the root of the problem. I really want her to prescribe a liquid form of Diflucan, but I don't know if she will. I hate using medicine, but I'm feeling really desperate at this point. Any thoughts on that? Reasons why or why not?

[Punchy Kaby]

Originally Posted by caedmyn

Question about starting solids: I keep reading that it is best to let babies self-feed, but anything DD can self feed she doesn't digest. Wouldn't it make more sense to feed her pureed stuff that she can digest, with maybe a few bigger chunks occasionally for her to practice self-feeding with? Or maybe I could get one of those little mesh feeders that you put food in and they gnaw on it through the mesh baggie.

I read about self feeding also and while it is good in theory for development I didn't want to do that to his gut since he had a poor start (yeast.) I give DS the foods I started with on SCD, all cooked and pureed at first, we are getting into chunks now and sometimes we give him food to pick up and put in his mouth on his own. It is easy to add probiotics and vit c to his pureed food. DH commented today that DS's (solid) food is yummy and always smells delicious. It is a relief for me to have DS eating solids now, it was getting to the point where I couldn't pump enough milk at work while I was away from him. I hate to make it seem like DS is a guinee pig but it has almost been easier to pinpoint some of his sensitive foods because he has a quicker reaction than if I eat it and then nurse a couple hrs later.

[Panserbjorne]

Caedmyn-a big old yes for the coconut yogurt! IT would be a great first food.

A colon cleanse will get alot more. By mouth you are taking alot of fiber which acts as a broom to the intestines. IT will clear out stuff that is caked on (nice, huh?) Doing a colonic will get even more.

Self feeding-this is such an important part in the baby's development. She can't do pieces of avacado, squash etc. on her own? Are you really limited in foods beyond the SCD or anti-candida? There's plenty that you can make that's legal that would be more "solid" and baby friendly.

Chinese Pistache-why diflucan? That is so hard on the liver. Have you considered Nystatin as an alternative if you feel a perscription is necessary? You can get it sugar free, and it is far less harmful. The best way to get it is from England in a powdered form that you can "compound" yourself.

[Punchy Kaby]

Originally Posted by firefaery

Self feeding-this is such an important part in the baby's development. She can't do pieces of avacado, squash etc. on her own? Are you really limited in foods beyond the SCD or anti-candida? There's plenty that you can make that's legal that would be more "solid" and baby friendly.

He gets peas, sweet potato chunks , chunks of meat, little chunks of carrot, but the main portion of his food is smooth still. I realize it is important for development too but he is a HUNGRY little guy and I need him to get full on the solids too. I just could not keep up with the BM. So far anything raw he has tried (avocados, bananas, apple) has given him a rash (bright red skin around his mouth with little white bumps) within a minute of eating it. The banana he tried last week brought on a huge flair up of eczema and he had loose stool for 3 days.