Crohns and SCD Diet

I have tried the same as you, sadly spending over 500 month just in supplemets and probiotics.... scd can work depending on severity.... the greens are good for u, vsl100 probiotics etc and digestive enzymes..along with the regular liquid vitamins.... scd is very restrictive although some find it helps somewhat.Theres a really good book out the on it (sorry I forgot the name but the author is elaine something ?? .... I figure everything is worth a try, although I wouldnt put all your eggs in one basket so to speak...good luck!

David Wilson, You may get temporary relief by taking probiotic supplement, but that's not a permanent solution. Bifido- and Lactobacillus bacteria feed on Candida Albicans (yeast) and other harmful bacteria thus providing temporary relief. But, the harmful bacteria grow back again and cause gastro-intestinal problems. The only solution would be to reflourish gut microbiome (increase the number of friendly bacteria that help the immune system with certain functions) by providing them PREBIOTIC.

I was on the specific carbohydrate diet (SCD) for a year. Before that I was bleeding twice a week to death! My stools were completely black and foul. The medicines I was taking did nothing to control the bleeding and I was able to eat what a toddler could! During a year on SCD, I could recover from many food sensitivities. Now I eat normal foods - wheat, rye bread, whole-grain oatmeal, whole-grain rice, eggs, raw mushrooms, raw bell pepper, raw vegetables and fruits. I eat grapes and a raw apple everyday. I drink luke warm lemon water in the morning on an empty stomach every day. I drink 5 times strong coffee in a day (I had GERD and gastritis earlier. I would get terrible stomach ache and vomiting for coffee) and sometimes 2 bottles of beer in no time. There is nothing that I avoid.

SCD is somewhat non-scientific. It's rather a restrictive diet / symptom avoidance diet than a healing one. Don't trust the Author Elaine Gottschall! The book is overpriced with lot of research articles copied and printed in the book with less scientific evidence and explanation.

I can recommend you a low carbohydrate diet and a lot of anti-bacterial foods, supplements etc. You need to do a lot of research. One also needs to understand how our health care system works. You need to get information on BigPharma - How much profit does it make, how it controls the information on the internet, what research it has faked, how its Agents murder alternate medicine doctors, vaccines - MMR etc., flase flag disease outbreaks - Ebola, Measles etc. All the best.

I didn't follow any stages. The foods were very limited for me as I'm a vegetarian. For a year, I ate the same food - almond bread, coconut bread, steamed vegetables, eggs etc every day without getting bored. My suggestion to you is to avoid High FODMAP foods in the beginning and slowly add them checking for symptoms. You need to spend a lot of time in the kitchen cooking food and cleaning dishes.

Till your kitchen is ready, you can read the book and make a meal plan. I would recommend you to eat REAL FOODS and avoid eating fancy - SCD cake, crackers, muffins etc.

You can join the SCD yahoo group. There are a lot of friendly and helpful people that will guide you through the SCD journey.

https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/BTVC-SCD/info