leaky gut and food rotation

[Guest guest]

We are new to SCD and will be starting the intro next week. I have a few

questions. We have

been working with a nutritionist who has us rotating our foods every 3 days.

These foods are

the ones remaining after removing all the food sensitivities identified by IgG

testing. I was

told that since the gut is leaky, new sensitivities could develop if foods

weren't rotated. With

intro foods being so limited, how would I continue to rotate? Does anyone use a

rotation

with SCD?

[Guest guest]

I rotate most foods (meats, vegetables, fruits, herbs, cooking oils), but I

don't rely on IgG testing & wouldn't recommend it as it may be unnecessarily

limiting your choices since IgG is often just reflects high exposure foods. I

have never heard of a 3-day rotation & I'm wondering what the justification is

for a 3-day. I have heard of a 4 day (standard) and a 5 day for extremely

reactive people. I'm not sure that a 3-day would be effective, but maybe that

is something that was customized for you personally.

I don't find that rotation limits choices, in fact it forces me to try other

foods I might not have thought to try. The result is it expands our diet. It

also makes grocery shopping easier as I shop for 5 days/5 rotations and make

little piles in the cart (day 1, day 2, etc.). It also kept my picky eater from

getting stuck on a particular food.

Since you are used to rotation, I would continue with it to help you as you

journal progress. I would rotate in any legal foods that your IgG test said to

eliminate to look for a true reaction. If you don't see one, just rely on your

journal and observations.

I was thinking of eliminating rotations at some point, but then a veteran of

SCD who said her son could have been the " SCD poster child " told me that after

years on SCD her son improved even more when she began rotating SCD on a 5-day

cycle. I decided to keep rotating when she told me that, since the rotations

have actually made meal planning, diet expansion and shopping easier anyway.

HTH,

wrote:

We are new to SCD and will be starting the intro next week. I have a

few questions. We have

been working with a nutritionist who has us rotating our foods every 3 days.

These foods are

the ones remaining after removing all the food sensitivities identified by IgG

testing. I was

told that since the gut is leaky, new sensitivities could develop if foods

weren't rotated. With

intro foods being so limited, how would I continue to rotate? Does anyone use a

rotation

with SCD?

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[Guest guest]

Where can one find information about food rotating? Are there books

or websites with thorough information?

It would seem quite difficult (impossible) to do a food rotation until

having been on the SCD for a few months. If one is only adding one

new food per week, coming off of the intro diet

(fish/meat/dccc/eggs/carrots/juice), it would take quite a while to

have a good enough base with which to rotate.

Thanks!

Crohn's (4/06), endometriosis (years) // SCD 11/06

no meds

>

> I rotate most foods (meats, vegetables, fruits, herbs, cooking oils), but I

> don't rely on IgG testing & wouldn't recommend it as it may be unnecessarily

> limiting your choices since IgG is often just reflects high exposure foods.

> I have never heard of a 3-day rotation & I'm wondering what the

> justification is for a 3-day. I have heard of a 4 day (standard) and a 5 day

> for extremely reactive people. I'm not sure that a 3-day would be effective,

> but maybe that is something that was customized for you personally.

>

> I don't find that rotation limits choices, in fact it forces me to try

> other foods I might not have thought to try. The result is it expands our

> diet. It also makes grocery shopping easier as I shop for 5 days/5 rotations

> and make little piles in the cart (day 1, day 2, etc.). It also kept my

> picky eater from getting stuck on a particular food.

>

> Since you are used to rotation, I would continue with it to help you as you

> journal progress. I would rotate in any legal foods that your IgG test said

> to eliminate to look for a true reaction. If you don't see one, just rely on

> your journal and observations.

>

> I was thinking of eliminating rotations at some point, but then a veteran

> of SCD who said her son could have been the " SCD poster child " told me that

> after years on SCD her son improved even more when she began rotating SCD on

> a 5-day cycle. I decided to keep rotating when she told me that, since the

> rotations have actually made meal planning, diet expansion and shopping

> easier anyway.

>

> HTH,

[Guest guest]

Yes, there are books on food rotation. I haven't found any good websites (ones

that give detailed instructions and food family lists). You can probably find

some good books if you search amazon. I got my rotation list from a book that

was compiled locally. The author initially learned from another author, Dr.

Sally Rockwell. You may want to look her up.

After the intro, there are enough food families to rotate them. For instance,

it is possible to shop the asian market and get eggs other than chicken eggs.

Fish are their own food family, so if you had a different type of fish each day,

you are rotating the family. You can do beef/buffalo one day, chicken/pheasant

another, etc, etc.

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wrote:

Where can one find information about food rotating? Are there books

or websites with thorough information?

It would seem quite difficult (impossible) to do a food rotation until

having been on the SCD for a few months. If one is only adding one

new food per week, coming off of the intro diet

(fish/meat/dccc/eggs/carrots/juice), it would take quite a while to

have a good enough base with which to rotate.

Thanks!

Crohn's (4/06), endometriosis (years) // SCD 11/06

no meds

>

> I rotate most foods (meats, vegetables, fruits, herbs, cooking oils), but I

> don't rely on IgG testing & wouldn't recommend it as it may be unnecessarily

> limiting your choices since IgG is often just reflects high exposure foods.

> I have never heard of a 3-day rotation & I'm wondering what the

> justification is for a 3-day. I have heard of a 4 day (standard) and a 5 day

> for extremely reactive people. I'm not sure that a 3-day would be effective,

> but maybe that is something that was customized for you personally.

>

> I don't find that rotation limits choices, in fact it forces me to try

> other foods I might not have thought to try. The result is it expands our

> diet. It also makes grocery shopping easier as I shop for 5 days/5 rotations

> and make little piles in the cart (day 1, day 2, etc.). It also kept my

> picky eater from getting stuck on a particular food.

>

> Since you are used to rotation, I would continue with it to help you as you

> journal progress. I would rotate in any legal foods that your IgG test said

> to eliminate to look for a true reaction. If you don't see one, just rely on

> your journal and observations.

>

> I was thinking of eliminating rotations at some point, but then a veteran

> of SCD who said her son could have been the " SCD poster child " told me that

> after years on SCD her son improved even more when she began rotating SCD on

> a 5-day cycle. I decided to keep rotating when she told me that, since the

> rotations have actually made meal planning, diet expansion and shopping

> easier anyway.

>

> HTH,

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