scd variety & liver enzymes

[Guest guest]

Hello all,

I have been following the SCD since November '06, however I restarted

the diet in March, this time going more slowly and being

extra-cautious to adhere. I wasn't ingesting illegals before (aside

from iron supplementation prescribed by doctor), but I did add almond

+ peanut butters, stewed prunes, etc. after just 3 months and perhaps

that is too soon by most standards. I didn't have any adverse effects

from adding them so soon, but still, I wanted to be very thorough and

do everything right.

I still experience bloating occassionally, despite going very slowly

with the diet. The bloating is not related to any specific food, and

will seem to come on if I have eaten too large a meal, or for no

apparent reason. I have no other symptoms.

My question is - how does one progress? How do I know when I'm ready

for stage 3 foods? How do I know when I am ready for something raw?

How do I know when I am ready for, say, a strawberry, seeds and all?

For the last two months my diet has consisted of ALL organic turkey,

chicken, beef, bison, and tilapia. Veggies are cooked & peeled

carrots, green beans, spinach, zucchini, squash, tomato juice (Heinz -

just tomato juice + salt). Fruits are apples & pears, cooked and

peeled. I just added plums. Supplements all legal (no longer on

iron), only fats I've added are butter, coconut oil, and olive oil.

[i was tested for food allergies, eggs (whites AND yolks) showed up,

as well as all dairy (including goat), and things like bananas,

almonds, peanuts, etc. So I have been avoiding these foods on the

advice of several alternative health care practitioners (2 naturopaths

+ 1 chiropractor) to avoid these implicated foods for a while. All

agree that they can be added back and that they are likely not true

allergies (I had several illegals show up as allergies as well), but

rather signs of leaky gut. I have only been omitting these implicated

foods since I restarted the diet, in March.]

My second question is regarding liver enzymes. Since restarting the

diet, my liver enzymes have become elevated. I'm also incredibly

fatigued, irritable, having sleep disturbances, funny taste in my

mouth, etc. My naturopath suspects the high protein content of my

diet (I eat meat 4-5 times a day) is affecting my liver, but if not

that, perhaps a virus. I have not seen my doctor regarding these

results yet (my appt. isn't until tomorrow), but I was just wondering

if anyone has had this occur in their own situations, and how they

handled it/remedied the situation. In March, when I had my second

most recent blood test, my liver enzymes were all normal, and I was

eating meat maybe 2-3 times a day (prior to the re-start I was

including eggs/yogurt/legal cheese, so these foods were part of the

protein intake for the day - I don't know if dairy/eggs are as

difficult on the liver as meat?).

Other changes in the last 2 months: I came off Entocort, according to

doctor's instructions. This is particularly interesting because my

liver was functioning normally the whole time I was on the medication

(11 months), but now that I've come off it, the enzymes are up.

Sorry this is so long! I've been sticking it out with this diet for

so long with minimal improvements, mostly because I didn't have amny

symptoms when I started, so it's hard to judge " progress " . I'm

commited to the diet because I have experienced SOME improvement, and

I do believe it's better for me than eating a lot of the processed

garbage out there.

Thanks for your time and your wisdom! If I just need to wait and see

what my doctor says, then that's fine. I just thought I'd pick the

SCD brains out here to get ideas for what I could do about this.

Thanks again!

Crohn's, endometriosis // SCD 11/06 // no meds

[Guest guest]

,

It is possible that you are going through a very long die off

reaction. You probably have a lot of gram negative bacteria. When gram

negative bacteria die they emit much higher doses of LPS, a bacterial

toxin.

More info about LPS::

www.microbialinfluence.com

Elevated Liver Enzymes may be a result of LPS:

http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/full/94/6/2557

You asked:- how does one progress?

This webpage might help:

http://www.pecanbread.com/new/begindiet1.html

Please stay away from peanut butter and other advanced foods till you are

symptom free. The road to healing is sometimes very slow but you are on the

right track. Congratulations for having the courage to restart the diet!

[Guest guest]

I was curious about this myself and did a quick google. I can't find a high

protein diet association with liver enzyme elevation. This site was

informative. http://www.medicinenet.com/liver_blood_tests/article.htm

Good luck with the doctor's appt. Hope it unearths something that is helpful.

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wrote:

Hello all,

I have been following the SCD since November '06, however I restarted

the diet in March, this time going more slowly and being

extra-cautious to adhere. I wasn't ingesting illegals before (aside

from iron supplementation prescribed by doctor), but I did add almond

+ peanut butters, stewed prunes, etc. after just 3 months and perhaps

that is too soon by most standards. I didn't have any adverse effects

from adding them so soon, but still, I wanted to be very thorough and

do everything right.

I still experience bloating occassionally, despite going very slowly

with the diet. The bloating is not related to any specific food, and

will seem to come on if I have eaten too large a meal, or for no

apparent reason. I have no other symptoms.

My question is - how does one progress? How do I know when I'm ready

for stage 3 foods? How do I know when I am ready for something raw?

How do I know when I am ready for, say, a strawberry, seeds and all?

For the last two months my diet has consisted of ALL organic turkey,

chicken, beef, bison, and tilapia. Veggies are cooked & peeled

carrots, green beans, spinach, zucchini, squash, tomato juice (Heinz -

just tomato juice + salt). Fruits are apples & pears, cooked and

peeled. I just added plums. Supplements all legal (no longer on

iron), only fats I've added are butter, coconut oil, and olive oil.

[i was tested for food allergies, eggs (whites AND yolks) showed up,

as well as all dairy (including goat), and things like bananas,

almonds, peanuts, etc. So I have been avoiding these foods on the

advice of several alternative health care practitioners (2 naturopaths

+ 1 chiropractor) to avoid these implicated foods for a while. All

agree that they can be added back and that they are likely not true

allergies (I had several illegals show up as allergies as well), but

rather signs of leaky gut. I have only been omitting these implicated

foods since I restarted the diet, in March.]

My second question is regarding liver enzymes. Since restarting the

diet, my liver enzymes have become elevated. I'm also incredibly

fatigued, irritable, having sleep disturbances, funny taste in my

mouth, etc. My naturopath suspects the high protein content of my

diet (I eat meat 4-5 times a day) is affecting my liver, but if not

that, perhaps a virus. I have not seen my doctor regarding these

results yet (my appt. isn't until tomorrow), but I was just wondering

if anyone has had this occur in their own situations, and how they

handled it/remedied the situation. In March, when I had my second

most recent blood test, my liver enzymes were all normal, and I was

eating meat maybe 2-3 times a day (prior to the re-start I was

including eggs/yogurt/legal cheese, so these foods were part of the

protein intake for the day - I don't know if dairy/eggs are as

difficult on the liver as meat?).

Other changes in the last 2 months: I came off Entocort, according to

doctor's instructions. This is particularly interesting because my

liver was functioning normally the whole time I was on the medication

(11 months), but now that I've come off it, the enzymes are up.

Sorry this is so long! I've been sticking it out with this diet for

so long with minimal improvements, mostly because I didn't have amny

symptoms when I started, so it's hard to judge " progress " . I'm

commited to the diet because I have experienced SOME improvement, and

I do believe it's better for me than eating a lot of the processed

garbage out there.

Thanks for your time and your wisdom! If I just need to wait and see

what my doctor says, then that's fine. I just thought I'd pick the

SCD brains out here to get ideas for what I could do about this.

Thanks again!

Crohn's, endometriosis // SCD 11/06 // no meds

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