Potato intolerance?
First of all, thank you all for your wisdom, commitment and endurance. Justreading thisboard has helped so much!!!!
My 20 month old son has been on a gfcf soy free corn free diet since June. Ithas made aworld of difference!!!!
He still goes into the spacey zone from time to time, more some days than others…(I call it”going to France” cause he seems to be in different country!!) I’m keepingtrack of foods etcand my suspicion is it’s potatoes…including Vance’s Dari-free milk substitute.But he doesn’tget hyper, just spacey. Is this a possible connection and if so WHY?…I meanwhat is INpotatoes that would cause this (ie phenols or something). I partly ask so thatI might knowwhat else to try and eliminate that contains this same chemical. Any suggestionswould begreatly appreciated!
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Winfred Berno said,
Wrote on May 11, 2007 @ 5:01 am
Potatoes are a nightshade veggie and not everyone responds well tothem. They are also extremely high on the glycemic index. So you ifyou notice your baby acting funny, stop feeding them to her and seeif you notice a difference.
Winfred Berno said,
Wrote on May 11, 2007 @ 2:46 pm
There is an dietary incapatability between nightshades and type Ablood. In actuality they are all classified as toxic and some arenarcotic. Nightshades contain high levels of alkaloids which causethe bones to excrete calcium, other minerals, and trace elements fromthe body (thereby weakening teeth, bones, etc.), which is whyknowledgeable docs suggest eliminating them from the diet ofarthritic patients (a problem many type A’s also have). They also arevery high in potassium and we often crave them to balance out thehigh sodium content of animal foods.
So you want to eliminate white potatoes (sweet potatoes and yams arenot the same family), tomatoes, peppers (sweet and hot), paprika, andeggplant, most of which are high in phenols as well. This speciesalso includes tobacco, poisonous belladonna, and the toxic plantsherbane, mandrake, and jimson weeds. I’m going to assume you do nothave your child on tobacco, but it is certainly another reason tokeep her from being around smokers.
Winfred Berno said,
Wrote on May 13, 2007 @ 11:55 am
For those who sufferblood sugar issues (such as diabetics) too much of a refined carbsuch as sugar or a high glycemic (high sugar) fruit or vegetable cancause your blood to spike sugar levels, which as any diabetic knows,makes you loopy and tired.