SCD- need clarification

Nuts are not part of the beginning SCD diet. You'll have to read up on what foods are "legal" to start with. Nuts and SCD yogurt come later. You can't really go by the recipes, have to go with the intro plan or you will be frustrated when you don't see improvement.

Actually I was frustrated with SCD when I tried it years ago, no improvement. I believe in the basics of it: no grains, no wheat, low starches, no gluten (other things have gluten than wheat) but had to test individual foods for myself. Others here have found the same. Alinus uses a different diet NSD which I believe stand for No Starch Diet. Similar but different. Many roads can lead to improvement, you'll have to be your own detective.

Good luck.

As imagardener stated, nuts are not something you will be able to eat right from the start. They come at about the 2-3 month mark (assuming you can tolerate them). For the first month you'll probably be eating a lot of chicken soup, broiled beef patties, eggs, and steamed carrots. I actually did OK with the SCD yogurt right from the start but I know others don't. It may have just been because I've always eaten a ton of yogurt prior to SCD that I was able to tolerate it. Another thing I did OK with in the beginning was cheddar cheese. It's really a trial and error process, though. Some people can progress faster than others, some can't. You just have to go slowly and introduce things one at a time. It can be frustrating at first but once you know of atleast 3-4 things you can eat without problems it becomes much easier.