Side effect of nut butter balls
I little while back, I decided to try making the nut butter ballssince my son always seems to want high protein foods and I wanted himto put some weight on. I used them to add rice protein powder andsome of his supplements. He loved them and I was excited to givethem to him. I assumed he loved them as much as he did because theymade him feel good (satisfaction of feeling full & nutrients).Before I knew it though, he wanted to eat them only which to me is ared flag. I decided to only make them twice a month instead of everyweek out of concern he would become allergic to peanut butter. Allof a sudden, my son who only drank water became intested in applejuice. I thought it was great he wanted to drink something new andused that to put his supplements in. Since he has never had a realproblem with phenols, I wasn’t too worried but I still gave him ZymePrime just in case. Before I knew it, he began refusing water. Nomore apple juice! Saturday night we had In and Out burgers and friesand I caught him scooping a spoonful of ketchup in his mouth. He hasbecome a phenol kid! It started with the peanut butter and when Istopped that, he just kept finding a new high-phenol food to eat.
Over the last couple months my son has been hard to handle. All daylong he goes from one thing to the next getting himself intotrouble. He has been climbing furniture, chewing through electricalcords, putting his fingers through the fan, damaging anything he canget his hands on and getting agressive with his younger siblings. IfI ever put my 10 month old on the floor, he runs over and wants tostep on his head. It has gotten to the point where I have beenwondering how long it will be until we have to institutionalize himfor fear of him hurting our 4 other kids. I wondered if thisbehavior had anything to do with phenols?
I had a bottle of No-Phenol I had gotten since I heard it can helpwith yeast issues but hadn’t opened it up. Yesterday morning I gavehim diluted apple juice but put 1/2 capsule of No-Phenol in. Myhusband was at church with my older two kids for 5 hours which is arecipe for disaster since he knows I am outnumbered (3 little ones athome with no help). It was the most peaceful morning I haveexperienced in years. I kept going into my son’s room to check onhim since he was so quiet (silence usually equals disaster). Eachtime he was happily playing with toys. I can’t believe the immediatedifference. It’s amazing how problems like this creap up slowly towhere you don’t notice it.
This post tagged as: rice protein, protein powder, yeast problem
Wesley Marske said,
Wrote on February 26, 2007 @ 3:46 pm
You have just described my 6yr old ASD son Connor. He has been on the diet forabout 18 months and I have noticed (especially) since starting school again thathe is way more hyper this year. He does the ketchup thing too if I don’t watchhim. I’m ordering No-Phenol right now!!!!
Maxwell Tow said,
Wrote on February 27, 2007 @ 3:20 am
peanut butter is high in phenols?? I knew about apple juice andalmonds but didn’t realize peanuts were high in phenols. I thoughpeanut butter was allowed on the Fiengold diet.
Are ALL nuts high in phenols?
Bethanie Milin said,
Wrote on February 28, 2007 @ 3:53 pm
I had no idea either which is why I did not suspect a problem when hefirst became obsessed with peanut butter. It was not until Irecognized the apple juice and ketchup that I wondered if peanuts arein that category too. I looked at Dana’s website and there is was:
http://www.danasview.net/phenol.htm
scroll down to list of high phenol foods and you will see peanuts onthe list. I don’t know about all nuts but almonds are on that listtoo. That was of interest to me because when my son was on the SCDdiet, I used almond flour alot. Wonder if that is why it didn’t domuch for him.
Melisa Schumpert said,
Wrote on March 2, 2007 @ 3:16 am
Cashews are not. Check here
http://www.danasview.net/phenol.htm