About a month into the SCD diet...

So, I'm almost a month in on the SCD diet. The first week or so went perfectly fine but lately i've had diarrhea a few times and I dont know whats causing it. My meals basically consist of eating 2 or 3 eggs at one sittings per day then for dinner eat some meat whether it be beef, pork, chicken and once shrimp. Vegetables I eat are basically carrots and fruits I've been eating bananas, strawberries, blueberries, pears and apples.

So, as of a few days ago I cut out bananas after some research. I checked out my latest stool's (diarrhea from today on multiple occasions) and saw tons of pieces of some cashews I ate last night & a few blueberries. I assume I should stop eating those so I will. The only drinks I drink are water, apple cider diluted in water and grape juice diluted in water.

Thats it! I take 2 probiotic either in the morning or before I eat. I Take 2 Klaire Labs digestive enzymes before I eat and 6 Betaine HCL pills before I eat while taking about 8 L-Glutamine pills (two at a time, 4 times a day).

Actually it may be coincidence but the diarrhea started around the time I started taking the digestive enzymes about 2.5 weeks ago. I didn't start SCD with them...

Does anyone have any suggestions? I would greatly appreciate any. What is causing the diarrhea, a particular fruit, a certain meat??

Yes, I did until I looked in the fridge and saw strawberries! lol. But yea I will keep strict to phase 2 for now. How long do you plan on staying on each phase?

As far as the supplements yes, they're all legal. I got them all from the scdlifestyle site. They recommended the brands for the supplements..

good idea! Eat the same foods 3 straight days. thanks. do you take any supplement?

I take:

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Spring-Valley-L-Glutamine-Dietary-Supplement-Tablets-1000mg-100-count/11028022

supposed to heal the gut

http://www.naturesbounty.com/product/013582

get rid of the bad bacteria

http://www.klaire.com/prod/proddetail.asp?id=K-VZM

digestive enzymes to help digest the food

http://www.nowfoods.com/Betaine-HCl-648-mg-120-Capsules.htm

and them which are supposed to help build the stomach acid back up in your gut to let foods flow better.

ok, so I havent improved yet as just now I had D that lasted forever. I bought a pineapple two days ago and have been eating that and I could basically see all the pineapple in my stool. Very painful.

What should I do? Cut out all fruit or just limit my fruit intake?

Nope, was raw.

Ooh. I never noticed that! Thanks.

I haven't introduce pineapple yet but I will cook it in a small amount of water for at least an hour (that's what I do with apples) and then if it's not soft enough I will blend it.

Well, I think it's safer for start to make it more like sauce. It should be very soft to be digested well.

It seems as if during the week I have real small BM's like a few little rocks but then once a week during the weekend usually I have a large BM that lasts about 30 mins of pain.

I believe this is a constipation issue still. I'm stopping bananas for good for now at least.

heres my daily foods:

yogurt
eggs
beef/chicken/pork
carrots
juice
2 baked apples
butter


which ones of these should I eliminate first for this constipation?

blk44-you might trying checking the FODMAP food listing as well. This is a list of foods that contain all sorts of poly stuff, fructose, etc...that are hard to digest. Appleas are on the NO list. All stone fruit is on the NO list (I used to love fruit), anything that makes you belch is on the NO list. Check it out and I hope you feel better soon.