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Posted 11/13/2009 1:29 AM (GMT 0)
I've just started the SCD but am having trouble getting rid of the diarrhea. I've been on the intro diet now for 2 weeks (with minor cheating incidences here and there) and still can't get it under control. The good news is the bleeding stopped, but I'm so SICK of carrot and chicken soup! Does anyone have any suggestions? I'm tempted to just start the regular portion of the diet but don't want to have to start over again.

Also - how do you start introducing new items in? I'm ready to eat real food again!
Posted 11/13/2009 4:29 AM (GMT 0)
I tried the scd, but i won't lie, i failed miserably cuz of the intro part of it....i have since found the book called "The Maker's diet" by jordan rubin....it is similar, but i found it much much much easier to follow. I don't know how effective it has been because i started doing it at the same time i started remicade, so i have had amazing results, but i will say that 2 days ago, i cheated big time and i had runny stools the next day, and yesterday i did it correctly and had formed stool today, so i think it does help, i too could not stand the carrot chicken soup and eating only a couple things. I would definitely read the maker's diet.....the author had a very severe cas of crohns and nearly died. he went from 180 lbs to 95 lbs before discovering the diet. It is a good read i thought and very thought provoking as well as similar to scd without as many restriction and not nearly as complicated. You start off with a wide variety of food choices and many of them i really like.
hope that helps
Posted 11/13/2009 6:59 PM (GMT 0)
I agree that a high quality probiotic - I recommend Natren or Custom Probiotics - and a fiber supplement could really help you get the D under control. The SCD is great, but in my experience, it takes more than diet alone to promote healing. I'd also advise you not to get hung up on the intro diet. Do broaden your range of foods to other SCD allowables. Tender white meat of chicken or turkey or mild white fish, scrambled eggs, soft-cooked green beans, carrots and English peas, baked apples, pears and winter squashes, nut butters and very ripe bananas were all very safe SCD foods for me. Just be careful with nuts, nut flour, dairy, beans, and raw veggies or fruits. These should all come later.
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