Should start the diet after he has been weened off the steroids ?
The diet is an adjunct to medication as has been stated publically by Elaine, we all want to get of these drugs but in the *interim* don’t fool with medications like Prednisone. Coming of that has to be done extremely s l o w l y!! (Our daughter, diagnosed at 14, 7 years ago is presently coming down on prednisone – she has been on it for about two years) You need not worry about the diet working because the medications only alleviate the symptoms while the SCD gets to the root of the problem – starve the bacteria. This *soup* in the gut is in turmoil, it takes time to reverse the biochemistry. The opening sections of the book describe in simple terms what is happening. Not one of the medications (most borrowed from other treatments) are a cure so you need not worry about whether the diet or medication are affecting change. > 2.The dieticien at the hospital recommended he stays away from salads Well stated in other replies, even now, our daughter does not eat raw salads or fruit as she
