any suggestions?

[Guest guest]

Hello - I have been on SCD now for 7 weeks, but didn't do the intro as my bowels

movements aren't too bad. In second week I felt terrrible, then picked up. In

the fourth week I added VSL3 probiotic and felt terrible again. I stopped

taking it and picked up. Last week I tried going onto the intro diet - ate

chicken broth, veggies, and added in eggs after a few days, and yoghurt and some

sauerkraut juice, and a lot of raw garlic (as recommended in Natasha

McBride's book. Anyway, after 4 days I felt dreadful again, and today noticed

that I am not digesting some of the veg I was eating - the spinach came through

completely intact. It wasn't this bad before intro. Can anyone suggest why the

more purely I do the diet, the worse I feel? My main symptoms are nervous and

psychological, and its these that get bad when I do things to improve my gut

(like the intro diet).

Thanks for your help.

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

The diet has to be done " purely " from the get go. Mixing the various diets- like

GAPS and SCD don't work- even though there is some overlap. On pecanbread.com,

there is a guideline for the order of adding foods. Note, this is for ASD kids

who are dairy free. SCD does not have to be dairy free, unless you don't

tolerate it.

Sauerkraut juice and raw garlic (anything raw except a banana) are advanced

foods. It takes a while for the gut to heal, and eating advanced foods are a

common mistake. VSL 3 is also not a legal probiotic on SCD.

Suggestions- go back to intro for a short while. Cook your veggies well and

puree them until you digest them better. Hold off on eggs and introduce them

slowly. Keep a food diary, and go slow. I'm 7 months into SCD and I still puree

my spinach although I can handle other veggies without having to puree them.

Hope this helps

PJ

>

> Hello - I have been on SCD now for 7 weeks, but didn't do the intro as my

bowels movements aren't too bad. In second week I felt terrrible, then picked

up. In the fourth week I added VSL3 probiotic and felt terrible again. I

stopped taking it and picked up. Last week I tried going onto the intro diet -

ate chicken broth, veggies, and added in eggs after a few days, and yoghurt and

some sauerkraut juice, and a lot of raw garlic (as recommended in Natasha

McBride's book. Anyway, after 4 days I felt dreadful again, and today

noticed that I am not digesting some of the veg I was eating - the spinach came

through completely intact. It wasn't this bad before intro. Can anyone suggest

why the more purely I do the diet, the worse I feel? My main symptoms are

nervous and psychological, and its these that get bad when I do things to

improve my gut (like the intro diet).

>

> Thanks for your help.

>

[Guest guest]

At 01:52 PM 12/8/2009, you wrote:

Hello - I have been on SCD now

for 7 weeks, but didn't do the intro as my bowels movements aren't too

bad. In second week I felt terrrible, then picked up. In the fourth week

I added VSL3 probiotic and felt terrible again. I stopped taking it and

picked up. Last week I tried going onto the intro diet - ate chicken

broth, veggies, and added in eggs after a few days, and yoghurt and some

sauerkraut juice, and a lot of raw garlic (as recommended in Natasha

McBride's book. Anyway, after 4 days I felt dreadful again, and

today noticed that I am not digesting some of the veg I was eating - the

spinach came through completely intact. It wasn't this bad before intro.

Can anyone suggest why the more purely I do the diet, the worse I feel?

My main symptoms are nervous and psychological, and its these that get

bad when I do things to improve my gut (like the intro

diet).

Well, as I see it -- you've made two major mistakes.

1. You used the VSL-3, which made you feel terrible, and which you

stopped -- but it takes time to recover from that kind of thing!

2. You used a whole bunch of raw garlic. No disrespect to Dr. C-M, but,

geeze, garlic is a potent item, and " a whole bunch " can make

almost anyone sick. It'd do ME in, and it's a usual fact that if one of

my recipes calls for 2 fingers of garlic, I probably put 8-10 fingers in

when I make it for me! I love garlic, but I had to cut WAY back on it the

first year or so I was on SCD!

You were not doing the SCD " purely " when you were using VSL-3.

Many items which are recommended on GAPS are not SCD legal.

What are you eating now? " Veggies " can encompass a wide range

of things which might, or might not be suitable.

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

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