Almond Flour Intolerance During Flare - Any alternatives?

Baked goods aren't necessary when on SCD so I'd just stick to the bare basics if he is flaring. All those nut flours are super fibrous so I'd stay away from subbing other nut and seed flours, too.

I'd have him stick to the "legal" foods if he wants to be strict and just focus on lots of meat, broth, eggs, yogurt/kefir, cheeses (low lactose), and the various fruits and vegetables.

I noticed that while I was able to gain 10 lbs on SCD following these rules, I think adding resistant starches benefited me much more!! That's just my personal experience but I do well with some starch in my diet and don't agree with the author's thoughts that they are damaging to the intestines.

The fiber in almond flour is non-tolerated by my gut. I used white rice flour mixes and read the ingredient list carefully to avoid brown rice flour and bean flour because they too have more fiber than gut can handle. Luckily it's gotten easy, my regular grocery has it on the shelf in the flour section. King Arthur and Betty Crocker are good, Tom's Red Mill is a no due to aforementioned ingredients.

Even so I keep consumption of baked goods fairly low even in remission. Toast in morning (Udi's White Bread).
To gain weight add healthy oils into whatever food possible. Smoothies: add coconut cream and oil, eat mayonnaise on everything (it's just oil and egg). Put lots of butter on baked potatoes, make stir fry meals and add coconut milk and coconut oil. Melted swiss cheese is yummy and can be made into savory "cookies" too. Potatoes cooked in many ways have been a great benefit to my gut healing.

As mentioned it is hard to gain weight while flaring.

For some diet can be helpful in managing symptoms, and for a few it seems to tame the UC. I hope SCD helps.

This board is most useful if you share the details of treatment. Many use a signature to do this. What other therapy is in place? Are there medications? How bad is the flare? What are the symptoms?

Thanks all for the responses - we ended up speaking with a dietitian who is very well versed on UC and SCD. Heset up a diet plan to get it under control. Very bland for now, but as it calms down we'll add more foods like nut butters and bananas, SCD yogurt etc...He seems hopeful that he can gain weight so we're holding onto that little ray of hope haha.

As for the medications -- Remicade, Imuran, Uceris Foam, Prednisone, Florastor, Turmeric supplements, L-glutaminem, and now,...SCD

He has been on prednisone for over a year :/ the dosage has varied, from 60mg when it was really bad last year down to 5mg now, trying to taper off

I'd give SCD 4-6 weeks to respond, if it will. Not everyone does respond to diet modifications, but certainly you don't know unless you try.

You're certainly trying everything else that's standard: Remicade, Imuran, Uceris Foam, Prednisone, etc.

Have you tried other biologics like entyvio?

Prednisone-dependence over the long term is very bad. Surgery is definitely a lot more preferable to prednisone. I'd keep surgery as an open option to research and ponder should you not be able to kick the pred, it's a very good solution for the vast majority who under take it. A huge improvement in quality of life.

OOPS!
apologize,
did NOT see the word flare ( or missed it because I guess I was just adressing the almond flour)
Sorry!
when Im in a flare, I can barely get anything to stay in me for long, but possibly an over ripe banana and lots of water.
The cashew flour is a nice substitute when one is feeling better.
And then there's that old tolerance issue,about how we with this chronic condition react so very individually to all food and meds.
Hope he feels better soon!