Almond flour and colitis

Trying to keep my son on the SCDiet, but even the finest almond flour seems to cause bleeding. He does okay with rice flour, but that's not allowed! Do you think there's too much fiber in almond flour?

I eat a ton of almond flour and its never bothered me, but everyone is different.

I know rice and potatoes aren't scd legal, but it doesn't seem to bring on symptoms.  He would starve without red potatoes only (less carbs). I read once that when you are trying to heal, you must eat mainly white rice, bananas, soft cooked carrots and broth.  I also give him ground lean chicken, already half chewed, lol. This does seem to work for him, but as soon as I make something with almond flour, it starts again.  I read that raw nuts, even ground finely, can irritate as much as whole grains, so not baked goods for him! It's all trial and error.  Thank you all!

I followed SCD (past) and think it has some good points but IMO almond flour can be too abrasive for some colons, mine for example. I feel my colon healed faster when I stopped using so much almond flour.

Parts of SCD simply didn't work for me. My colon disliked fruit juice and many fruits that were allowed. In the end I paid attention to my gut and let it tell me what to eat. I follow a Paleo-"ish" diet of meat and veggies, no grains, no gluten, no dairy except aged cheese (which is un-Paleo). Walnuts and pecans are fine but not almonds, I don't like cashews but the suggestion to use them instead of almond flour sounds good for your purpose.

Best wishes.

I love all your help folks. Cashews are dryer and more brittle, Im sure the flour is very fine. My child rarely ever gets belly pains, just bleeding and inflammation . I swear it's a foreign bacteria his colon is fighting! Oh have any of you read Jordan Rubin's book? He was almost dead from Crohn's and his father is a GI doctor.

I had the same thing happen with my son. For three months straight he was having 2 bm's per day, formed stool (he is in remission). I made him a pizza using almond flour for the crust. His next three bm's were not formed. I can't be totally sure that it was from the almond flour. I am going to try the pizza one more time, but if I see the same thing, no more almond flour.

Yes, I think it probably was the almond flour. The irony is that he has never had a problem eating anything else, not even greasy pizza or fast food although we don't eat that very often. That is why I think I will try the almond flour one more time just to see if it was really the problem. Just my luck that he actually like the pizza and then can't eat it! I sure won't be crying a lot of tears over not having to buy this $12/lb almond flour anymore! Ha! I try to keep him on a pretty healthy diet but not restrict him from eating things that aren't SCD legal like rice and potatoes! My dinners are mostly whole foods, no wheat flour/gluten. He loves crackers for snacks so I let him have those even though they have the wheat/gluten in them. He likes scrambled eggs and oatmeal so I make those several days per week for breakfast but I let him have cereal about 2 times per week and try to stick with the ones that have less sugar. I think an important thing to remember with kids is that growth is an important factor and food is going to help them grow. He loves to eat and eats a lot and I am happy with that. If he has another flare soon, I might have to look at putting him on a more restrictive diet, but for now I am sticking with what I am doing and see if he can stay in remission longer. We found a different doctor last November and started different medications along with the probiotic and I am hoping that will do the trick.

As far as blood goes, I only see it if he is having a flare. He has had one flare since being diagnosed and luckily I was able to catch it early. He is homeschooled and I always check whatever he leaves in the toilet. He brags to his two older brothers that he doesn't have to flush!! Boys are something else!!!

He is on 1 packet of VSL#3DS per day. I started him on just 1/4 a packet and over a 3 month time frame worked up to 1 packet. He never had a problem with gas or bloating. I mix it in unsweetened applesauce or yogurt and he is fine with eating it. The package states that it has 900 billion bacteria. He was already in remission when I started the VSL, but I am hoping that it will help keep him in remission.

Sincerely,
Susan

Susan, I have been giving my son Schar or Udi's gf bread and I started him out no carbs to kill any possible yeast/bacteria. Check out Candida yeast symptoms. Also check out GMO's, Im keeping him off those. He is on very low sugar, which feeds the bad guys. Trying to give him lots of veggies and low sugar fruits. The chicken stock soup helps him every flare. He hasn't had a bad one since November, but we see a little blood too often. So, he needs low insoluble fiber. Trying to keep him off of Remicade, Prednisone, or the any immune suppressor.

I may switch him to VSL#3, or give him 2 of renew life a day. Thanks so much for your input! Sounds like your son is doing great! Was he ever on a lot of antibiotics? What do you think triggered his UC?

Just a note on reading diet books or other things: They write them to make sense. That's what sells them. It would be stupid if they wrote a book that didn't make sense. Reading a book encouraging meat eating makes sense and reading a book claiming the evils of meat eating makes sense too. Ditto all other books and readings.

Why don't you try baking with coconut flour. It's scd legal and less expensive. It's a very fine flour.

Susan, 

Sounds like your son is doing great and sounds like you have a great doctor. My son picked up the mild flu and started this small flare.  Do you give him the enema every night?  I am asking his doctor to switch to the enemas and he already suggested trying Imuran.  Here is my email if it would be easier.

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I bet the reason for a rise in IBD:

Long after we stop eating GMOs, we may still have potentially harmful GM proteins produced continuously inside us.
Put more plainly, eating a corn chip produced from Bt corn might transform into living pesticide factories, possibly for the rest of our lives.

I think raw carrots could. carrots are one of the hardest veggies to digest. I know I still cant eat raw ones.