Emily,
Hi. As Amy said rutabaga is very high in C as is parsley. Also try
getting some powdered C, buffered maybe, check what it is buffered
with and the additives. Sprinkle just a bit like lightly salted
something, veggies. Just remember, C hangs on to sals in the body so
you may be right about picking your poisons. Kale is well tolerated
by many and I think may be high in C.

HTH, Moni

--- In FailsafeNT@yahoogroups.com, "Emily Mechner" <emily@...> wrote:
>
> Hi again,
> It's a while since I've been here, so I hope it's not too
> presumptuous of me to jump right back in with a plea for help.
Last
> March or so I learned that my breastfeeding baby boy is sensitive
to
> salicylate, so he and I have been on a pretty strict failsafe diet
> ever since. He also reacts badly to eggs, but gluten and dairy
> turned out to be fine.
> Anyway, despite a diet with plenty of meat, he has come up anemic.
> Worse, though, he has a high lead level. The rest of the family
has
> yet to be tested. Anemia and lead often go together because they
> compete chemically, and it's a bit of a chicken and egg situation,
> where it's not clear which came first. The recommendation is to
> supplement with iron, and to keep to a diet that is conducive to
iron
> absorbtion, which will encourage the release of lead. And that
means
> plenty of fruits and vegetables.
> So, I'm kind of stumped. He can't tolerate almost any fruits or
> vegetables. He likes cabbage, but there is only so much cabbage
you
> can get a one year old to eat. He likes pears, but... ditto. He
> can't digest banana very well, and I'm afraid to start giving him
> other fruits. Recent accidental exposures to onion, pepper, and
some
> other flavors suggest that he is very, very sensitive.
> But I'm finding myself in "pick your poison" territory, and the
> poison we're trying to get rid of, well, it's a really bad one. I
am
> still reluctant to jump too fast into dietary territory that I am
> pretty sure is going to cause some misery and havoc. If it were
me,
> I'd experiment a little to find out what I can tolerate. But it's
my
> baby, and I don't like the idea of experimenting on him.
> Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the dietary balance
> here, or specific experience dealing with lead on a failsafe diet?
> Thanks.
>
> Emily
>