Newbie and questions

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I was wandering if Erythritol, natural sweetener is legal.I still have inflammation in my guts and sweat a lot at night and need to take electrolytes. The ones I have been using are not legal (Alcacer) is there a brand that is legal.I find myself in a hard place. Started the SCD 8 days ago, am still on 5mg of prednisone and 9 Asacol a day and still have inflammation but no diahrrea for quite a while. If I am on the beginning diet I loose weight which I absolutely cannot afford, I am skin and bones and is not good at 57 years old. So I started more advanced foods such as 1/2 and 1/2 yoghurt mixed with regular yoghurt, cheese, almond butter, nuts, more veggies also and juice and all the

other stuff meat, fish, fruts...but all this fat is difficult to digest even though I enjoy eating all these foods that I haven't eaten in many many years

because I would get headackes and indigestion. So far on this diet I am tolerating it better but it seems to make me tired. I would also say that I have more pain in the guts than before the diet when at the beginning of LDN. I saw my trusted and excellent Tibetan doctor who confirmed I couldn't loose any more weight and said it was due to not eating grains anymore and complex carb. Obviously she was not supportive of me not eating grains at all and said that my body type (Vata) really needs grains, earth and that possibly the diet was not good for all body types. I didn't follow her advice but am struggling. Any suggestion?Also eating all this fat will it not increase my cholesterol. Sorry for my ignorance. I believe I am a little afraid of fatty stuff because I haven't done well with it in the past.Also I need sleep aids, particularly that I am on steroids. right now I take ambien because I have to sleep and hope to

ween myself when i stop the steroids. I used to take some melatonine (not legal) and L-tryptophane. What are some legal sleep aids that people use, other than camomille, valerian and that type of stuff that do nothing for me? I have heard of Gaba but haven't tried it.Thanks to those who have responded to my previous questions. Very grateful for the helpClaudeCD 2 yearsLDN 6/19/09SCD 6/30/09 not yet 100% but trying