What about the SCD diet??? Anyone try that? PART 2!!!

I'll have to check out TJ's when I'm ready for dried fruit. I've never been able to find unsulfured before.

Maybe coconut milk is high in sulfites? Just checked and it may or may not be sulfited. It does not have much sugar content, so that should not be the problem - about 1 gram per 1/3 cup.

Nope- Osprey doesn't know. I just checked out coconut milk's composition according to the USDA, and it's a lot of fat and a little bit of sugar. Shouldn't cause problems at all. But- Elaine knew her stuff. Best not to consume it for the first six months of the diet.

If I had to guess, I'd say soluble fiber. But there's not a lot of fiber in there, either.

Edited to add: If you're using it for cooking, a small amount should be safe if you're doing well with things like diluted fruit juice, etc.

Basil....CONGRATS!!!

emsgigi, no, I know of no substitutes for almond flour--unless it's another nut flour, which I'm guessing you can't have either. It is conceivable, though, that after a good while on the SCD--without almond flour--that some allergies may mysteriously disappear. Many report this... It's possible that you could introduce it ever-so-slowly down the road...

Honestly, I don't use almond flour that often. You don't have to use it to do the diet--unless you can't live without baked goods, that is.

The arachidonic acid in peanuts is pro-inflammatory because it is a precursor of some inflammation agent (I for get which one). I don't know if it would work in your recipes, but you could try grinding coconut into a fine powder and using that. It likely will not make good bread, but some of the others it might work. I have basically eliminated most baked bread-like things except a few based on eggs and squash/zucchini so I may not be the best one to talk about flour substitutes.

I have a question about when legal cheese can be introduced on the SCD diet. I have looked through Elaine's book and pecanbread.com and I can't seem to find when is the time that cheese is allowed. Is cheese safe early on in the diet as long as it's not causing a reaction?

I LOOOVE dried fruit too but it HATES me....It is kind of ridiculous...I love raisins about as much as I love chocolate, and since I can't eat chocolate anymore, I want to down three pounds of raisins...wierd I know. All other dried fruit (I love all of it - apricots, cherries, etc.) gives me the same major problem!!! Gas, cramping, and the big D.

I just had a really depressing visit to the GI dr. today....it's always depressing for me because they always say REMICADE, REMICADE, REMICADE, and any mention of diet and I get the eye roll, as if I'm the biggest moron alive for thinking that diet may have ANYTHING to do with a digestive disorder!!!!!! GRRRR!!!!! It's very difficult to manage - working with the medical community AND trying to be a "maverick" and find my own solution through diet - because the two don't work together, and I cannot keep getting on and off remicade because it becomes less effective and the possibility of building up a resistance to it is a threat.

I went to see a naturopathic dr last year. He did a food allergy blood test and determined that I should eliminate wheat, dairy, and sugar, but I still ate rice, oats, potatoes, corn, and all sweeteners other than sugar. I was on this for 6 months before I stopped remicade in May (I had been on it for three straight years with no flares). I only lasted until September before flaring for a month and ending up back on remicade. I've had two cycles of it so far, and it is not working like it used to. I only discovered the SCD recently. I am going to give it all my effort, as well as get a C. diff test this week to eliminate that as a possible factor.

Is there anyone out there that knows of a good GI dr who is supportive of the SCD in Massachusetts??? I've googled this, but have not come up with any. I've also looked on Elaine's site - but there are no drs in MA on that list.

Help! I'm feeling so depressed after another discouraging dr. visit where all I hear is "you'll always be on medication" and where I get no support for trying to get drug free so I can someday try to have children without being sick or drugged!!!!!!!!!

You might consider joining the yahoo SCD group and ask there! It's a large group with many following the SCD. Surely someone there would be able to help!