Told to start eliminating food by doc. Help!

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Am in need of some help and advise. My DS1 has had on/off poo problem for the past 2 years. It's sometimes pale in colour and sometimes very loose/diarrhea. He also suffers with wet farts that sometimes leaves a mess. He rarely suffers with stomach pains and the whole thing doesn't seem to bother him. The doctor's have said in the past it's just a virus. But on the last trip to the doc's they decided to do stool and blood tests. All came back as normal, apart from an abnormality in his ammune system. The doc has now told me that he still thinks it could be a food intolerance and to start eliminating foods from his diet.
Confused? I am.
Where do I start? I was under the impression this was supposed to be done via a dietician.
Could anyone help with ideas for other foods to try and cut out over the next few months?
What can I use instead of onion/garlic etc as from same family?
I was looking at doing each eliminated food for about 2 weeks, before going onto the next food. Is this right or should it be longer?

Go back to doc and request guidance from a dietician.

Has the doctor highlighted onion/garlic as a possible problem?
DD's stools used to be light coloured and loose.
We started to use goat's milk because DS was getting stomach pains after eating his breakfast ( we cut out wheat and only used rice and oat based cereals but it made no difference)
Both children have thrived with no problems on the goat's milk.
I do think the advice you have been given is very vague though and agree with pointydog about asking for guidance.

That could be difficult. Old style doc and has already taken 2 years to get allergy tested. Really want to get sorted now without a fight, as DS1 only started school in Sept and already had an accident, and had to be sent home early.

Onion was just a suggestion to start with.

It shouldn't be difficult at all. If the doctor has suggested you cut out foods then s/he need to ensure it is done properly so wither he gives specific guidance or a dietician does.

Will give it another go and make an appointment. Thanks

In the first instance, I would definetly ask for a referral to a nutritionist who will have experience in exclusion. They will also be able to help with dietary advise during exclusion and suppliments if required.

Food intolerences are really tricky and it is difficult to pinpoint what is causing the problem as could be a whole range of things that are causing problems as a result of one underlying issue or just a "stessed" body which needs time to heal.

DS1 has been under a private nutritionist since 2.5, had a list of excluded foods and a list of foods to rotate / limit. We started to see an improvement within 6 weeks and regular normal bowel movements from about 6 months. 18 months in he was able to reintroduce most foods and now 2.5 years in, we restrict wheat, dairy and sugar and he is much better, though still a "delicate" soul!

I would suggest finding a private nutritionist who can do a broad spectrum intolerence test, not generally available on the NHS.

If you want to start straight away, I would start with wheat and dairy.

standard advice would be to remove wheat and dairy for 2 weeks then reintroduce whichever causes you the most problem. It is quite hard to do this properly without advice from a dietician, although there is a lot of help on mumsnet. Most foods include dairy/gluten or both and you do need to exclude all traces. Or you could try ordering Peptizyde enzymes from the internet and see if that improves it - one tablet per meal.

I'd suggest reintroducing dairy rather than wheat if you do the exclusion route as sometimes problems with dairy are a result of damage caused by gluten. If you reintroduce cheese or live yoghurt first they cause fewer problems than milk and goats milk causes fewer problems than cows milk. Good luck.