Carroll test for food intolerances

[Guest guest]

Sue and I had our 15 mo old tested by our homeopathic doctor using " The Carroll

Test " for

food intolerances (not allergies, which indicate an immune response), foods that

the body

supposedly has difficulty digesting. This test indicated that she is intolerant

of all fruit,

including olives, cashews, avocado.

 

As you can imagine, we are weighing the options at this time and are wondering

if anyone

in the Seattle raw community has any knowledge of this test and/or experience

with it.

 

We are really wanting to remain raw in our family, but we're also having a hard

time

contemplating what a diet devoid of all fruit would look like.

 

Any thoughts??

 

Jim

[Guest guest]

Hi Jim,

I tried sending this message to you privately, but it was returned.

Just so you know, I'm not a parent myself, but I do have access to some good

information

about rearing children on a raw natural diet.

What I'll offer here are just some general ideas for you to consider with

regard to the

problems your baby is having with certain foods.

Firstly, it occurs to me that your baby may be too young to be weaned from

breast milk.

There may be factors that are making early weaning necessary, so I'm just

tossing this idea out

for your consideration. A baby should not be weaned until s/he is fully

equipped to chew and

digest food. That means a full mouth of teeth, not just one or two. If the

mouth is not

properly equipped to effectively masticate solid food, it may be assumed that

the digestive

system is not fully able to handle it either.

Secondly, health professionals generally labor under the same cultural

expectations as the

rest of us with regard to the too-early weaning of infants. (Most health

professionals,

ironically, also know very little about real health.) Therefore it may not

occur to your doctor

that it is perfectly normal and natural for a baby to be unable to digest solid

food at such an

early age. S/he might assume that a pathological situation exists, when it is

most likely just

the case that your baby is not ready for solid foods or that the foods you are

choosing are

particularly difficult for babies to digest.

Here are some interesting excerpts from an essay that was written by Herbert

Shelton called

" Indigestion in Babies " :

" Indigestion in children under two seems to be very common. What causes it?

Nerve energy is

functioning power and anything that lowers nerve energy and brings on enervation

will cause

indigestion: Excessive play, overexcitement, overindulgence, overeating, eating

between meals,

eating when tired, or when excited, starch eating before the end of the second

year, being tired

from outings, neglect of the afternoon nap, being overheated or chilled,

drugging (in which

category supplements, herbs or remedies of any sort would be included). The

first symptoms of

indigestion are " nervousness " , irritability, bad breath, bloated bowels, coated

tongue, cold

feet, constipation, colic, hives, sleeplessness, grinding of the teeth in sleep,

drooling. What

can be done about indigestion in babies? Remove the cause. Stop the

overfeeding. Cease

overexciting the baby. Discontinue feeding it between meals and at night.

Cease feeding starch

and other foods which it is not physiologically equipped to handle. Give it

less juice. Stop

overbathing. Dress it more warmly or less warmly, as required. Do not permit

it to overplay.

Give due attention to its afternoon sleep. Give up the drugging (remedies,

herbs, etc.). "

In the same article, Shelton says that until a baby is two years old it

should have no other

food besides breast milk and fruit juices. Although he only mentions starch

foods specifically

as being inappropriate, the fatty foods you listed in your post would also fall

into that

category -- olives, avocados, nuts and seeds of all kinds, etc. These foods are

even very

difficult for adults to digest.

I hope this information is helpful. There is lots to explore and much more

I could offer,

but I'd have to know more about your particular situation. Feel free to contact

me privately if

you're interested.

Best of luck,

Nora

 

 

 

livinspoonful wrote:

 

> Sue and I had our 15 mo old tested by our homeopathic doctor using " The

Carroll Test " for

> food intolerances (not allergies, which indicate an immune response), foods

that the body

> supposedly has difficulty digesting. This test indicated that she is

intolerant of all fruit,

> including olives, cashews, avocado.

>

> As you can imagine, we are weighing the options at this time and are wondering

if anyone

> in the Seattle raw community has any knowledge of this test and/or experience

with it.

>

> We are really wanting to remain raw in our family, but we're also having a

hard time

> contemplating what a diet devoid of all fruit would look like.

>

> Any thoughts??

>

> Jim

>

>

>

>