Elimination Diet . This diet was developed by William G. The elimination diet we use is based on eating the least allergenic food in each of the food groups. You may need to do this for two weeks since it can take this long for the offending foods to get out of your system and baby’s system. Here is the variation we find helps mothers get the quickest, surest relief for their hurting babies: Eat only range- fed turkey and lamb, baked or boiled potatoes and sweet potatoes (with salt and pepper only), rice and millet as your only grain, cooked green and yellow squash for your vegetable, and for fruit, pears and diluted pear juice. Drink a rice- based beverage drink in place of milk on cereal or in cooking. At this point in your.Do not yet use soy beverage. Take a calcium supplement. Wait a while before you add wheat, beef, eggs, nuts, and corn. Avoid for the longest time dairy products, soy products, peanuts, shellfish, coffee, tea, colas and other beverages containing caffeine, chocolate, gas- producing vegetables (broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, onions, green peppers), tomatoes, and citrus fruits. Vegetables and fruits are often tolerated in cooked form sooner than in raw form. Keep a record of the foods you eat and the problem behaviors; try to correlate baby’s fussy spells with what you’ve eaten in the past day or so. This gives you a clearer perspective and helps you stay objective, which is hard to do when you are sleep- deprived. This is especially important when baby has stayed fussy past four months of age. Do not starve yourself. It may feel, the first day or two, as though there is not enough for you to eat; but you can still eat a nutritious diet. You just have to eat more of the “safe” types of food until you determine what your baby can tolerate. Colicky babies usually respond to mother’s diet changes dramatically and quickly, often within one or two days. With the older baby who is nightwaking, you may have to wait longer to see results. Typically, mothers will find that when they change their diet baby may sleep better for a few nights only to start waking again a lot for a few days or a week or so, at which time the sleep again improves. It’s important to know this so that you will not be tempted to give up when you think “it’s not working.”Older babies are often less sensitive to fruits and vegetables in mom’s diet (and their own), so at this stage we recommend mainly protein elimination, namely dairy, beef, eggs, chicken, shellfish, soy, corn, wheat, and peanuts (plus any other foods you have learned bother baby). What You Can Do. If you will be flying during your first month of pregnancy, there are steps you can take to maximize your comfort while in the air. Research has shown that some foreign proteins get into some mothers’ milk more than others’, and of course some babies are more sensitive to these proteins than other babies. Prevent Diabetes in Your Family with a Real Food Diet. The headline on March 1. Los Angeles Times read: “Almost half in the state are at risk for diabetes.” While many have always thought those “granola- fed Californians” are a bunch of health food nuts, researchers from UCLA have recently determined that 5. California adults either have diabetes or pre- diabetes. This reminds me of a startling statistic from the Centers for Disease Control in the year 2. Unless American families change the way they eat and live, one- third of American children are destined to become diabetic.” Unfortunately, and unhealthful- ly, this prediction is coming true. Parents, we have a problem. While type I diabetes is mostly genetic, type II diabetes is nearly completely due to diet and lifestyle. The bottom line is kids eat too much junk food and they sit too much. Our remedy is the same as the most trusted “physician,” Dr. Mom, who said years ago: “Eat more fruits, vegetables, and seafood; and go outside and play!”The Prevent- Diabetes diet is, quite simply, the Real Food diet. Here are some tried and true tips to keep your family on the Real Food Diet: Eat outside out of the box. Many foods and emails that come pre- packaged are often over processed and full of additives. Avoid chemically colored, flavored, and sweetened foods. Excess sugar and chemical versions of sweeteners and unnatural colors are often added to foods to make them “taste” better, but ultimately they will not help your family feel better. White- out your diet. Try to replace white pasta, white rice, and white bread with more nourishing alternatives. Put more color on your plate. Mom had this one right! Add more natural, colorful fruits and vegetables to your family’s plates. It’s as simple as that! In our practice, as a reminder for parents to keep their children (especially their pre- diabetic children) from going on to develop diabetes, I have three big soda bottles at the checkout counter re- labeled: “Diabetes in a bottle. The Real Food Diet is the best diet to keep their families healthy and diabetes free.
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