Are you supposed to have die-off... and when to expect it?

[Guest guest]

My husband and I started the intro diet 2 days ago. Both of us feel " better " ,

not worse. I feel more energetic and my husband doesn't feel " yucky " immediately

after he eats. Yet neither of us feel any " major " change.

My kids started this same diet a month ago and 2 out of 3 of them had extreme

die off. I KNEW this was a good diet for them due to the die off (at least

that's what I keep hearing).

So, I'm expecting this major die off with my husband and I and neither of us

feel bad at all!!?? Don't get me wrong, we aren't complaining. We do feel good,

just not as drastic as I had hoped. ...I'm now looking around to knock on

wood as tomorrow I'll probably have so much die-off I'll have hoped I didn't

mention it! HA!

We are only on day 3. Is it " supposed " to get worse? How long does it take for

die off to start? We are both VERY extreme on this diet.

Thanks!

Dawna

[Guest guest]

At 07:58 AM 12/30/2009, you wrote:

We are only on day 3. Is it

" supposed " to get worse? How long does it take for die off to

start? We are both VERY extreme on this diet.

<grin> Ever hear the line " Everyone is

different " ?

I didn't have die-off initially. (Or if I did, I was so out of it from my

gall bladder surgery, I didn't notice.)

Only thing I had for my three month flare was a craving for

illegals.

Then, several years into SCD, I started using s. boulardii and had the

die-off from hell.

I'd count my blessings that you aren't coming unglued.

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

[Guest guest]

I got a mild bit of die-off at about a month, and a bit more at three

months. Neither that bad, not nearly what I had been pre-SCD. I'm

now coming up on 6 months, so we shall see...