Day 28 - Help!

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Hi,

I'm trying really hard with SCD but I just can't seem to get past the

D. Can anyone offer suggestions? I'm feeling really desperate right

now. I'll explain where I'm at.

I'm on day 28 of the 100% diet right now. (I actually started over 1.5

months ago, but i was taking a drug for another condition that I later

learned was illegal so I've since replaced it.) In addition to the

food I've been eating I also take Freeda SCD Multi and B Vitamins,

Fish Oil and occasionally the Lyosan Probiotics.

Foods Attempted

I did the intro for a full 5 days (actually probably a bit longer) and

have introduced additional foods since them. I am still stuck at Stage

1 and still not having success getting past D. All of the food I eat

is prepared at home and carefully peeled, seeded and cooked for a long

time. I've almost always been careful to only introduce foods one at a

time and test them out for a few days to see if I get a reaction. Part

of the problem is that I'm never sure if I'm getting a reaction or not

because I almost always have D. I've been trying to remove the various

foods in Intro/Stage one to see if one of them is causing D. My only

real constant through the whole time has been the chicken soup with

pureed carrots which I eat everyday and hamburger. The following items

are all things I tried but have also tried removing because I thought

they may cause the D: eggs, SCD yogurt, applesauce, bananas, ghee,

curd, honey, welch's, ghee, green beans.

Current Foods

I'm currently eating the chicken soup, broiled hamburger patties,

honey, curd, zucchini (peeled, seeded and well steamed), broiled fish,

french cut green beans.

SCD Yogurt

When I was trying the yogurt I was very careful making it. I've got

the yogourmet maker and use the correct yogourmet starter. I follow

all the instructions through the process. I monitor the temp and make

sure it's on for 24 hours. While eating the yogurt I was getting a lot

of bloating, gurgling and gas so I switched to goat's milk, however

that didn't hlep. I've since removed the yogurt and now I don't get

very much bloating, gurgling or gas which is positive.

Symptoms

BM's are almost always D, either water or loose. Occasionally I'll get

something a bit firm but it's rare. I usually go 1-3 times a day but

sometime up to 7 or 8 and some days and very rarely not at all. My

BM's often smell like ammonia which I've read it a sign of bacterial

overgrowth. I keep a very detailed food log, but I still can't seem to

figure out what is causing problems. Occasionally a get a tiny bit of

pain in my guts, but not too bad; I don't get blood in my BM's.

Any help would be much appreciated.