Goal of SCD (WAS Re: Bacteria in CDSA & OATS tests)

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Mimi: Thanks for this suggestion and the others in the other post.

I guess I was wondering if others, who've had lots of success with

SCD, still struggle with bad gut bugs, or whether SCD (with yogurt,

etc., etc.) alone is enough to keep those in check. I can't really

do yogurt, due to severe sensitivities to any dairy items. Have

others (with or without yogurt) been able to get clean OATS/CDSA

test results by doing SCD? Isn't getting rid of bad bacterial

dysbiosis in the gut the whole point, or the goal, of doing SCD?

Thanks,

Angie

> > For the veterans out there -- my almost 5-yr old son has been on

> > strict SCD for 20 mos. (I'm so strict that I even use different

> > microwaves & refrigerators for non-SCD foods!) Although I think

SCD

> > is very healthy and has helped to heal his leaky gut, I am still

> > mystified by something. He continues to have clostridia in his

gut

> > (according to the OATS & MAP testing by both Great Plains and

Great

> > Smokies), as well as a variety of bacterial infections shown in

his

> > stools (according to Doctor's Data and Great Smokies CDSAs) --

strep

> > bacteria, pseudomonas, citrobacter freundii, etc. I'm wondering

if

> > others have seen the same thing, or if others have seen an

eradication

> > of (or at least a decrease in) gut bacteria. Theoretically, that

> > should happen on SCD, right? If you can help to enlighten me,

I'd

> > really appreciate it.

> >

> > Thanks,

> > Angie

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > For information on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, please read

the book

> > _Breaking the Vicious Cycle_ by Elaine Gottschall and read the

following

> > websites:

> > http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info

> > and

> > http://www.pecanbread.com

> >

> >