I started SCD/GAPS diet because it seemed to be the most popular diet to treat UC. I started SCD/GAPS diet when I had 0 symptoms. Because I thought if I can change something I have control of(diet)...
@Sean88 Does soaking them remove the starch? Or only the sugar?...
Hi, I was wondering if some one could tell me how to do the following as I dont have the book. For the SCD diet. "Dried legumes must be prepared according to the instructions in the book, Breaking...
They are two specific diets supposed to be aimed towards helping some diseases like colitis and chrons....
Why is Aloe vera illegal on SCD? Because it contains polysaccharides? Apparently its legal on GAPS after a good amount of time. I'm in bit of a dilemma my sister has colitis and IBS. She takes two...
Your GI let you be drug free? Where abouts is your GI located? Maybe same one :)...
Hey,Jimbo NZ I live in Auckland too. Thanks for all the suggestions. I found 100% coconut water, not milk. This is SCD/GAPS legal?...
Is it good to eat 100g of nuts a day? A serving is approx 25g I think. Yea unless your a girl its pretty hard to eat enough. It would be so much easier if you could eat starchy vegetables like...
Preheat oven. Roast dish fill of vegetables with olive oil. (carrots, pumpkin, potato, kumara etc) Roast chicken breast.Greens in microwave. Done. Eat nuts and fruit in the day. No preparation....
How do you know deep down the drugs are making colitis worse based on the fact that the drugs only prevent inflamation and mask the colitis.( I think.) Making the colitis worse by decreasing White...
How do you know if medications like 6mp etc are actaully doing more harm then good? I ask this because according to the logic behind the SSI vaccines is that the immune system is at a deficiency...
zzz... under gaps foods to avoid "canned coconut milk" The only way I can think of getting enough calories is eating for example 10 bananas a day. Is there any worry about this?...
One problem is I live in New Zealand so can't get those brands here. I'll look in supermarket though. After looking at manufactures site they all seem to contain guam gum....
@ kazbern Thank you for suggesting coconut milk. It never crossed my mind. Apparently 1cup contains 550 calories which is hard to believe. I've never really tried it. I just hope I can find straight...
For the people that are dairy free. How do you manage to get your calcium?...
Yes, im eating straight nuts and peanut/almond butter. I find if I eat too much nuts my stools don't completely firm up and the water goes a bit murky. Is SCD helping me? I have literally zero idea....
I add olive oil to my vegetables which is approx 100cals per tbsp same as coconut oil. I guess I could try eat a chicken breast during the day....
Hi, Ive been doing the SCD/GAPS diet for 1.5months now and I was getting enough calories as it is hard to eat enough calories to maintain weight. My diet consists of the following per day: 2 eggs...
............so apparently there's a link to milk/casein and autoimmune diseases, type 1 diabetes and links to inflammation and colitis. So if I want to be 100% safe I cant: Drink milk Consume cheese...
Such as almond milk? Yes but has illegal SCD ingredients where I live. I've never heard of non cow/milk cheeses...
Thanks for that info :) Im on the SCD/GAPS diet so I cant eat tofu, otherwise I would :( I don't know still because do you expect me to eat 4 cups of cooked spinach a day which is apparently 56g...
Its only almond milk with added calcium which gives the 455mg per cup right? I really don't want to take a supplement. Therefore im pretty much stuffed. I have a fear of dairy because I feel my...
I wonder if any of you have a similar problem. Because i've excluded dairy I thought I must be lacking calcium. Apparently you need 1000mg a day from ages 19-50. To get that you would have to drink 3...
A new study shows that pregnancy alters microbe populations in the gut. The interactions with these microbes cause metabolic changes that likely help the pregnant mother and developing baby....
If a wide variety of good foods increase good microbes, then the SCD and GAPS diet removing grains and starches is doing more harm then good?...
Ok, so I planned out my daily food/calorie intake and here it is. 3 eggs 225cal +vege 20 cal, = 245 cal 0 50grams cashews 292 cal Fiber 1.44 Banna/pear/apple daily 105calx3 = 315cal 12g fiber Avacado...
Is it just me or does ever SCD recipe taste like shit? The pictures on the sites look delicious, how ever when I make them they look nothing like the pictures and it and taste yuck. I tried banana...
Yea apparently you cant get like a world record for immune system by eating flawless. Once you are 'healthy' its not going to increase beyond the optimum level. Technically the only way to increase...
Hi, im taking aloe vera capsules because I always hear its good for colitis and for healing in general. I read that aloe vera stimulates the immune system and TNF. 6-mp and other immunosuppressants...
I used to drink approx 1 litre+ of milk for 1.5years before dx'd. Stoped drinking and no more problems....
So day 3 of SCD and every time I go toilet the bowel is always murky, i can hardly see the stools. Tiny bits of cashews floating at the top of the bowel. Poo's feels firmish, abit soft. How ever when...
EDIT - I've made a daily food list in my latest post. ========================================= I didn't know where to ask, but I think I could ask here since the specific carb diet is popular here....
But I haven't been in a flare since I first got colitis 8 months ago. 0 other symptoms and only happens when my next bowel motion is going to come anyway. ie late at night, which is close to morning...
But I don't know if its normal or not. Its like when I used to go to school way before having colitis I would wake up in the morning and the thought of going to school made me need to go toliet. Its...
Yes. Why? Its like the feeling you need to go toilet if you need to go some where and are nervous. Like emotions trigger it. Sometimes when I get the feeling I go to the toilet and by the time I get...
I was wondering if I had urgency. I went toilet this morning once at usual time. Tonight I was watching tv in bed and I got up to go on the computer and found some thing exciting to look up on the...
I've seen a few people from Nz on these forums and was wondering if any of them know how to get VSL#3 probiotics in New zealand. Thanks....
I really don't feel like I want to stop taking aloe vera capsules... Do you think one illegal thing will matter? I tried the SCD diet today and have been hungry all day. I'm finding it hard to eat...
I also noted on the SCD Aloe vera is Illegal, yet I take it and was told it was benefitial Aloe Vera ILLEGAL This item is Illegal. It contains mucilaginous polysaccharides as well as increasing the...
Hey no problem with the surgery. Just had a day of constipation after because lack of water and fruit I think. And maybe nerves or something. The wound is almost healed. One morning I saw blood when...
Hi, I wanted to have a specific diet which promotes colon/gut health and was wondering what foods I should eat and avoid. I've been doing some research and different sites say different things... I...
Yea just to the side of my tail bone. Not the head sinus lol. Well the doctor said he is gonna leave the wound open i think and not close it up, and i'm going to have dressing changes every day for...
Hey I have a pilonidal cyst/sinus and going to have surgery. I see antibiotics can be used to help treat the sinus. If the doctor gives me antibiotics will it effect my pancolits?...
Why do people with U.C I see on these forums some times are on gluten free diets?...
What about when you take something like Asacol that directly dispenses on the colon, and say you happened to get a flare. Does the immune system still attack the colon but Asacol masks or heals any...
How can people go many years, even 20 years with out medication and not get a flare? I thought this was an autoimmune disease, but for some reason the immune system decides to attack the colon 20...
Hey, I also have rectal pressure as well. I was dx'd with U.C. which should not create any pressure pain. How ever I have a hemorrhoid inside the opening of my ass, about the size of a marble when...
Hey, my GI hasn't mentioned anything to me about PSC, its just my past history of LFT's prior to UC dx'd got me thinking. Would you or any one know generally how much any enzymes would have to...
Hi, im curious I had elevated alkaline phosphatase levels of around 150 about approx 1 year b4 dx with U.C, found via a bloodtest for an other issue. I had an ultrasound of abdomen,...
I had sacroiliac joint pain that shifted from side to side. I had it about 1 or 2 months before U.C symptoms/diagnose. The first week of it, it was very painful and had to lie down alot. Although I...