Introducing foods and tolerance..

[Guest guest]

I have moderate, active UC despite 55mg of prednisone daily. I've been

following the SCD

for about 2 weeks, and saw significant improvements - felt better, and went from

frequent

small amounts of blood in BM's to none at all - very encouraging! I've had my

first

setback, however, and am looking to check my logic on what may have caused it..

I'm following the stages from www.pecandbread.com, and introducing foods over a

3-day

period - small portion day 1, bit more day 2, full portion day 3, then on to a

new food day

4 assuming tolerance. So green beans came in last Friday, and my BM habits

changed

immediately - I chalked it up to differences in routine on Saturday (2 sets of

parents

visiting), but went from 3-4 daily, to 2 on Sat, 7 on Sun, 5-6 since, and now

blood is

showing up again.

The trouble is, I also started using coconut oil on Saturday, so I'm afraid that

might be a

factor. (I know - patience is key, and I should be doing one thing at a time!)

My plan is to

cut out the green beans, switch back to olive oil and see what happens, then

revisit them

both later on. Does that make sense, and is that generally how this is supposed

to work?

I read on the GAPS site that you can do a tolerance test by daubing a food on

your wrist,

letting it dry, sleeping on it, and observing whether there is a reaction in the

morning. Do

folks do this, and does it seem to work?

Thanks in advance, and sorry if I was too graphic!

-Sal

UC since May-2007

SCD since Oct-2008 (anxiously awaiting the yogurt maker!)

Trying to get off prednisone.

[Guest guest]

At 05:46 AM 10/22/2008, you wrote:

My plan is to cut out the green

beans, switch back to olive oil and see what happens, then revisit them

both later on. Does that make sense, and is that generally how this is

supposed to work?

Yes, it does, and you have correctly analyzed what may have gone wrong!

—

Marilyn

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

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