How do you tell?

[Guest guest]

I'm wondering how each of you tell if something is " die-off " or if you're doing

or eating something that your body just can't deal with and shouldn't have? I

think part of the reason I ask is that I've been SCD for at least 4 years now.

I make all my own stuff, I don't eat anything illegal. Ever. But I do have a

mini flare every month, no matter what (hormone related?). And this past year

I've had 3 major flares. We haven't been able to figure out what caused them

(no infection, no sign of disease, no new foods). The starter diet isn't enough

to get my symptoms under control anymore but, fortunately, I've found that my

body responds really quickly to a juice fast (heh...pre-starter diet for me )

and then I can start adding one food at a time from the starter diet. During my

last colonoscopy (a couple weeks ago) my doc said that there was no sign of

disease and to keep doing what I'm doing. After doing this for four years it

seems unlikely that these are episodes of die-off but I'm really not sure how to

tell if flare symptoms and die-off symptoms seem to be the same (I say this

because I've not experienced the achiness/headache/fever etc symptoms - it's

always flare). So I'd like to hear how you can tell whether you're actually

flaring or having to deal with die-off?

Stacey

[Guest guest]

I'm wondering how each of you tell if something is " die-off " or if you're doing

or eating something that your body just can't deal with and shouldn't have? I

think part of the reason I ask is that I've been SCD for at least 4 years now.

I make all my own stuff, I don't eat anything illegal. Ever. But I do have a

mini flare every month, no matter what (hormone related?). And this past year

I've had 3 major flares. We haven't been able to figure out what caused them

(no infection, no sign of disease, no new foods). The starter diet isn't enough

to get my symptoms under control anymore but, fortunately, I've found that my

body responds really quickly to a juice fast (heh...pre-starter diet for me )

and then I can start adding one food at a time from the starter diet. During my

last colonoscopy (a couple weeks ago) my doc said that there was no sign of

disease and to keep doing what I'm doing. After doing this for four years it

seems unlikely that these are episodes of die-off but I'm really not sure how to

tell if flare symptoms and die-off symptoms seem to be the same (I say this

because I've not experienced the achiness/headache/fever etc symptoms - it's

always flare). So I'd like to hear how you can tell whether you're actually

flaring or having to deal with die-off?

Stacey