I'm so glad to hear Tom is able to have more foods now! Oh man, I
remember back in the BBC days you going through the fear of knowing
he was losing everything. I'm so happy he's making improvements.

So as far as rotating, would it work if I feed her along these lines:
Day 1: venison, broccoli, green beans (every meal)
Day 2: same
Day 3: lamb, squash (every meal)
Day 4: same
Day 5: beef, broccoli, green beans (every meal)
Day 6: same
Day 7: chicken, squash (every meal)

Is that what you did basically (different foods but same idea) or
was it a daily change? I have to always give green beans or squash
with every meal b/c those are the two foods I can get in baby food
form (organic) and mix her meds with. Poor little thing is quite
orange b/c of all the squash she eats.

Thanks for helping me with this. I rotated foods with the older
kids but didn't know how to do it with such a limited diet for her.

Wyndie

--- In foodallergyautism@yahoogroups.com, szmidford@... wrote:
>
> Hi Wyndie,
> I'm so sorry to hear Faith is reacting to her last foods. I hope
NAET gives her some relief - long enough to heal her gut a bit and
maybe bring in some new foods. I think it's terrific your
practitioner will barter!! The cost (and time commitment) of NAET
has always seemed prohibitive on top of the cost of HBOT, ABA, and
all our compounded meds and supplements, but I have always wanted to
try it.
> I wonder if you have ever tried rotating Faith's foods? It really
worked well for Tom, although it's quite hard with such a limited
food list. We didn't rotate with Tom til he was 3, and at that
point he didn't have very many foods left. Once we went SCD (which
took away his remaining grains - quinoa and buckwheat and milet), he
was down to just a few meats and veggies and oils - no fruits (and
we were too cautious to try nuts or seeds, or even foods in the
families he was already reacting to, like eggplant or green peppers,
because he developed new allergies so easily). We were very afraid
he'd lose all foods eventually. So we had 16 months of a very
restricted diet where he rotated food sets every 2 days (2 days on
and 4 days off each food set), and each food set had only 2 veggies
and 1 meat and 1 oil. We had to give him very large quantities of
those foods in order to get enough calories in him - he basically
ate 7 meals a day, all huge quantities of food. After about 8 mon
> ths we introduced pure juices (Knudsen's Just Juice) of fruits he
had never developed allergies to - blueberry, cranberry,
pomegranate, and after 12 months we introduced some fruits he'd
never had before: papaya and mango, along with their juices. Still,
he'd never outgrown an allergy, and we were really nervous about
introducing new foods because we viewed the list of foods he'd never
become allergic to as our "reserve" of foods that would have to last
a lifetime - assuming that once he became allergic to a food, it was
gone for good.
> The rotation idea worked though. He stopped developing new
allergies. He didn't lose any more foods once we began to rotate.
And finally, 2 months ago, at age 4.5, we challenged a few old
allergens - carrots and cauliflower - he passed!!! And, we began
even trialing some foods that we used to be very cautious about -
some seeds and nuts. So, we are cautiously optimistic that he may
be able to outgrow his allergies eventually - at least some of them.
He has failed a few challenges too (avocado, strawberry, kiwi, egg),
and his gut problems are still quite severe, but I'm starting to
have hope that we will be able to continue expanding his food list
gradually. Today I had a moment of Mother's Day enthusiasm and
popped a cherry tomato in his mouth and am watching for reactions as
I write.
> He's still quite toxic and has many health problems (hypothyroid,
seizures, hypooxaluria, LNH, gastritis, asthma, etc., etc.), so we
have a long road ahead. But we feel like there's a light at the end
of the tunnel for food allergies at least.
> Just thought I'd pass this along - in the food-allergy world I
have come to believe that the idea of rotating foods doesn't get
enough credit, and it's been a real lifesaver for us. I sure hope
NAET is for you, and I look forward to hearing how Faith does with
it. I bet you'll learn a lot about it, and I look forward to hearing
what you learn.
> Best of luck to you and your little girl,
> Suzanne
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