SCD diet question

Try not to panic. A small amount of blood in an isolated incident may mean nothing at all. It could even be hemorrhoids or a small anal tear. The healing process has it's natural small setbacks and some may be without obvious cause or explanation. I don't think almond butter would cause bleeding. Almond flour would be more likely to irritate.

You could certainly ask your doctor about mesalamine enemas or try l-glutamine to help with gut healing.

Ok... I'll try not to freak out. I think I'll stay off the enema and cancel the nut products for a couple days and see what happens. It really could be nothing I guess. I haven't gone since this morning at 8, so, at least I'm not having serious D like I did after the yogurt and banana. So maybe it isn't a reaction to those foods, i guess only time will tell... Patience, patience, patience

NatWell, the SCD diet is not a cure-all and it doesn't work for everyone. I tried it when I was in a severe flare and I only get sicker because the carbs were the only thing keeping weight on my body. I lost a lot of weight and was in the worst shape ever after being on the diet for about 2 months. The starting diet should just be the soup, no almond flour or sweet fruit... You need to follow the diet list very closely but almond flour and all nuts in general should be avoided in the beginning.

thanks everyone. Sounds very similar to me. I cannot use magnesium because it causes diarrhea, I am now going to use powdered calcium citrate which is more constipating. I want to add psyllium husk for better stool formation, but I have read repeatedly that you have to be in remission to benefit, then it is as effective as mesalamine drugs--- which is very good news to me. I wish I could get a solid answer on Ovamed and whether psyllium husk harms the Ovamed product or not. I will post an answer to this if I find out. I cannot afford the weight loss either. I have been doing alot of research into the starches and I think for me at least, something might be off with the data. I am using white rice only, not other grains, but just white rice because it is giving me some bulk (cannot form a stool out of nothing) and in China, white rice is always used when ill because it is considered the perfect food. The starch conversion is also minimal compared to all the other grains I compared, so rice is in, but only white. The rest of SCD I am following except the almond flour is causing diarrhea for me I think. I also am limited to about 1 tbl of yogurt per day. If this doesn't work, I will limit it altogether for now. Chicken seems to hard to digest. Fish is ok. But fish and vegetables is enough to keep about 100 pounds going and that is way off since I should be 125. Any suggestions for weight? I am AVOIDING ALL HIGH SULFUR FOODS. If you want to get rid of gas, this will absolutely reduce hydrogen sulfide,but it takes 4-10 days after last ingestion to get results fully. I am also looking into sulfur foods with higher thiol. Those highest are most reactive, those lowest are less sulfur available. The gas comes always before I get worse or start bleeding again. Any helpful link on how to reduce sulfur (when it is just in everything!) please send it over. thank you everyone

I can't seem to tolerate almond flour very well either but almond butter seems to be okay.

If you are still going to be eating white rice and taking psyllium supplements, there is little point to doing the SCD. It's has to be all or nothing in order for it to have any chance of working for you. This is not something where you can cheat a little due to the way that the diet works. You can and should adapt the diet to you but that means taking things out not adding things.

Natwell,

That's actually what I'm doing to put on weight. A smoothie consisting of SCD yogurt, 1/2 avocado, 1/2 coconut milk, 1/2 banana, and 1/2 cup of frozen fruit, and a tsp of honey. At least 1000 calories easily. In three weeks I've gone from 118 to 130 lbs. My goal is to make it to 140 lbs in a couple weeks, along with weight lifting. At two shakes a day, along with other meals it should be enough to pack on the pounds.

@natwell.

you will loose weight first 3-6 months on this diet and then things will settle. avoid rice. is a no no for scd. if you want to see if scd works for you just stick to the principles - no starch, no sugar.

NatWell said...
To eilminate sugar overall but still use just white rice, I think will be ok because only white rice has the lowest starch conversion and reaction for sugar.

It's not so much about the quantity but the molecular type of the sugar. Any amount of the wrong type will cause the bad bacteria to proliferate, defeating the entire purpose of the diet. I don't think there is any room for debate on white rice.

I have been on the diet for 8 months now and have made many, many mistakes along the way. (As such, I am always skeptical when someone "tries" it for a month and then concludes it doesn't work for them. It is very difficult to get this diet right.) The first time I tried it, I thought I could cheat a little, too. Sorry, it doesn't work that way. It took the threat of Humira to finally get me serious about the diet. There's no question it works (for me). I just wish it wasn't so darn hard to get right and to stick to it!

Rice is a no-no for me. I'm by filipino by ethnicity, so it's torture not being able to eat the stuff. My carb intake is primarily through smoothies at this point. I haven't graduated to nut flours yet.