Like I haven't blogged about the DAN! conference. I love going to them every year. They renew my fighting spirit and I always learn something new. This year I found out that there is a feeding clinic not too far away. So I've spoken with them and we're in the process of getting started with that. I'm hoping we can get the insurance company to pay for some of it. Brady's eating is terrible and it makes my heart sad. He's eating for two....him and the freaken yeast parasites living in his gut.
We're never going to kick the yeast to the curb once and for all until we change Brady's eating habits. He's sustaining himself on potato chips, Tings (sorta like a chip but made from corn), and a soy yogurt he'll eat occasionally. See....total yeast food. I describe Brady as an addict and the yeast is the drug. They have to have their fix as well so they make Brady crave the carbohydrates and sugar. As long as he gives them what they want it's all good.
So that's where SCD comes in the picture. It's the Specific Carbohydrate diet. This says it way better than I could....
WHAT IS THE SPECIFIC CARBOHYDRATE DIET?
SCD is the autism diet that is in accord with the latest scientific findings. Research confirms that gut pathogens (the microorganisms in the gut) cause digestive and brain problems. This research has established that gut pathogens can damage the GI tract and impair the brain function of autistic children. It attests that harmful gut pathogens survive because they feed and thrive on carbohydrates that are difficult to digest. When SCD eliminates the pathogens' favorite carbohydrates, it starves them out. They can no longer live and continue destroying our children's guts and brains.
Brady had said up to 60 different words at one time. But something has happened and it's like he's unable to say them anymore. I can't tell you how much that scares the crap out of me. How can we be losing words???!!! We waited for so long for all those words and now all we get is "go" and "bye"? For some reason it didn't dawn on me till a fellow autism mom mentioned it. The yeast has stolen his words. It might sound crazy to the typical person but in the world of autism yeast is a mighty beast that can impair your child's brain just sort of the way a vaccine can. It's scary crap and it's hard to beat. Antifungals just aren't doing it. We can keep taking the antifungals but the yeast is constantly being fed so it's going to continue to thrive.
Now the first few weeks of SCD are going to ugly, and I mean ugly! Brady's going to be like an addict coming down, falling hard. The SCD diet is our version of intervention. He's got to start eating vegetables, fruits, and god forbid meat. We always joke that he's a self-imposed vegan minus the vegetables.
So I've ordered The Gut and Psychology Syndrome book, and a yogurt maker. I bought a whole organic chicken, organic carrots, and organic pears today. I'm going to prepare all those and then freeze them in daily portion sizes. That way by the time we start the diet I'll have the food cooked and ready to go. Who is going to have time to cook when your cute little addict is jonesing for some potato chips and you have to keep him from tearing the house apart? But you know what? I welcome that kind of behavior because I will know for sure we're doing the right thing.
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