SCD without fruit

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I'm just at the end of the 3rd year mark on SCD, and I was doing great

until an antibiotic shot last December, and I basically had to start

over again. I'm an adult with colonic CD. After a month's diarrhea in

January, I finally had to pull all fruit and honey to get stable, and I

added s.boulardii to my regime of probiotics. I had inflammation again

after the antibiotic, though it was slowly coming down, and I was

feeling progressively better, as long as I didn't eat anything sweet. .

A Geneva diagnostics test showed no yeast, but also no acidopholus. So

I started eating some fruit and honey again. Even eating a little bit

caused terrible vaginal and anal itching, and a return of acne, which

was subsiding for the first time since my CD diagnosis (17 years),

which was interesting, since even the wonderful year before that

antibiotic, in which my CD was totally in remission, I still had

constant acne. I was still having solid stools, though there was more

mucus, so I kept eating fruit as the season progressed.

But it finally caught up to me, and brought a return of diarrhea, so I

eliminated fruit and honey again, and have solid stools finally, after

about 10 days. But I am absolutely exhausted; fuzzy brained, almost

dizzy, so tired. I had no appetite those last 10 days of diarrhea, and

felt even worse, so I'm so happy to have solid stools again, and a

return of appetite. The itching has almost gone, and my skin is

clearing quickly. I know I'm on the right track without the fruit and

honey, and I think that stool test was just innacurate concerning

yeast. Especially since I feel SO TIRED, and even going into the third

week of no fruit/no honey, I'm just exhausted and trying not to get too

depressed about it. We also had a cold virus going around the house a

few weeks ago, which I suppose could be adding to the mix.

But my question is, as long as I am eating a wide variety of

vegetables (and before this fruit regression, I was tolerating salads,

coleslaw, lots of different cooked and raw vegetables.) is it safe to

go so long without fruit or honey? I know Elaine said it was critical

to include it, but if even a small amount causes itching and looser

stools, it seems safer to avoid it and have solid bowel movements and

better energy. The fact that I'm feeling like I got hit by a truck

makes me think that die-off is occuring, and I should have avoided

fruit and honey longer than I did.

I am eating meats, eggs, almond flour, walnuts, and pecans, onions,

garlic, carrots, green beans, eggplant, chard, zucchini and tomatoes

(slowly adding back other vegetables), and I tolerate the yogurt just

fine. This seems balanced enough; I'm just concerned about long term

not eating any fruit at all. I asked my naturopath and he said as long

as I'm getting bioflavanoids from other sources (supplements) which I

am, then it should OK. A lot of children on this list have yeast

issues, so I know they have had to limit fruit for a period of time.

If it takes me another year before I am able to tolerate these simple

sugars, is that all right? I am taking GSE, oreganol, and using

enzymes to help combat whatever it is that's growing down there. I

just want to be sure I'm getting enough carbohydrates, and that I'm not

causing any damage. (Since it feels as if I've lost my brain!)

Debora