Re: Re: weird banana reaction - problems with fruit sugar :(

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Hi Ellen,Let me start by saying I'm pretty new to the diet, and there are way more experienced people here than me. But your reaction sounds almost exactly like mine when I introduced banana's and was drinking grape juice. After I stubbornly continued to do high sugar fruits for another week or two I kept getting worse and having stomach pains (completely new to me). Finally I decided to go back to intro and someone here suggested that I was doing too many high sugar fruits and things. I switched to lemon flavored water anytime I would have been having grape juice and cut out banana's completely. I felt better with in a day or so.

I realized then that maybe I had a yeast problem. " We do occasionally see yeast flare ups when starting SCD. This should be a

temporary increase. As lots of pathogenic bacteria are the first to die off by

not feeding them with starches and sugars, yeast will attempt to take up that

empty space initially. " (-from http://pecanbread.com/p/how/yeast.html). I don't really know if this is your problem, and you should definitely wait to see what other folks here say, since, like I said, I'm no expert. But if you want to read more about the anti-yeast diet check out http://pecanbread.com/p/how/yeast.html or the files here on this mailing list: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/BTVC-SCD/files

I'm 5'2 " and weigh 85 lbs, (I've lost 15 lbs since getting CD), so I completely understand the weight issue. Since I've been following this diet I've stopped losing weight, though gaining weight is hard. But the diet is temporary and I feel so much better for it. It's made such a big difference for me.

Anyway, hope this helps and I really hope you feel better soon. ~CD, SCD 02/21/2010

 

Some people are sensitive to carbs. It might be a good idea to use a lot of bone broth soups and some well cooked veggies instead of the fruits and juices. Juices should be diluted. I drank a lot of peppermint tea with a little honey in it instead of juices. Hang in there!!

PJ

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> This is my third day on the diet. My first two days I had some flu-like symptoms - nausea and fever-like and weak. These problems were getting better day today until after tried my first new food - 1/2 of a small banana. I also felt this sort of sugar high hyper feeling and pains in my stomach after eating the banana - which I've also noticed after drinking the white grape juice. I'm thinking - is fruit sugar a problem for me? Or is it my body is going through die-off and fruit sugar somehow making it worse? The other thing is, I've had these pains since last night after eating salmon - which I figured bothered me because it was too fatty. The weird thing is, it flared today when I had my second glass of white grape juice (diluted) of the day, along with a bowl of grape jelly. I want to continue to have the banana - I've sort of counted on this to get me through the beginning stages of the diet to help me from losing too much weight. Should I wait a couple more days before trying it? I was also thinking of staying off the grape juice for a while as well...would apple cider be a better choice?

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> Thank you,

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> Ellen

> IBS, medicated for constipation, lots and lots of bloating! No real diagnosis

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