Re: Going slow on the diet?

July 22, 2010

> Hi, Trying to figure out if one needs to go slow introducing foods on > the diet because it is ineffective other wise? When I started, two weeks > ago, I kept to yogurt,eggs and beef for the first five days. Now I am > eating everything I can that is legal. Some times my stomach hurts a > little and some very loose stools but nothing I can't live with. My > question is does this invalidate the diet? Will I not heal if I don't > go slow on the foods I eat? Also one other question. How do I get my > fiber on this diet? Before I knew I had UC I took fiber suppliments to > help my loose stools?>> Thanks,>> Phil>How fast you can add new foods is an individual thing. Some people can do it quickly -- as I also did -- some simply can't. If you're eating meat and vegetables and fruit (and add some nuts soon) you're getting a great deal of fiber. You certainly shouldn't need to supplement it.Actually, the probiotic S. boulardii helps for loose stools (among other things). I'd definitely take that, if I were you.n-- Now available. A fine gift for cat lovers:Confessions of a Cataholic: My Life With the 10 Cats Who Caused My Addictionby n Van Tilwww.wordpowerpublishing.com ; signed copies; free shipping in U.S., reduced shipping elsewhere

July 23, 2010

Phil,

I had the same problem 4 months ago when I started the diet. This is not the

right approach! Read Elaine's book and definitely start with the introductory

diet and then start slowly adding foods. It is a very long process, but you will

get more effective results in the end. I started with the intro diet and did not

eat yogurt until the 3rd or 4th week because then I started having less cramping

and harder stools. For the first two weeks try to eat boiled fruits and veggies

and eat meat. Eat eggs and make homemade jelly. It is all in Elaine's book. I

tried to do what you are doing - eating differnt legal foods without the right

order, but was having pains and loose stool. Then I started the intro diet and

adding foods slowly. Now, at my fourth month, I started having hard stools no

matter that I am still adding on foods - and this is without problems. I used

this website when I was beginning the diet, but it might be different for

different people: http://pecanbread.com/p/how/stages.html. Hope that helps!

Get better!

>

> > Hi, Trying to figure out if one needs to go slow introducing foods onthe

> > diet because it is ineffective other wise? When I started, two weeksago,

> > I kept to yogurt,eggs and beef for the first five days. Now I ameating

> > everything I can that is legal. Some times my stomach hurts alittle and

> > some very loose stools but nothing I can't live with. Myquestion is does

> > this invalidate the diet? Will I not heal if I don'tgo slow on the foods

> > I eat? Also one other question. How do I get myfiber on this diet?

> > Before I knew I had UC I took fiber suppliments tohelp my loose stools?

> >

> > Thanks,

> >

> > Phil

> >

> How fast you can add new foods is an individual thing. Some people can do

> it quickly -- as I also did -- some simply can't.

>

> If you're eating meat and vegetables and fruit (and add some nuts soon)

> you're getting a great deal of fiber. You certainly shouldn't need to

> supplement it.

>

> Actually, the probiotic S. boulardii helps for loose stools (among other

> things). I'd definitely take that, if I were you.

>

> n

>

> --

> Now available. A fine gift for cat lovers:

> Confessions of a Cataholic: My Life With the 10 Cats Who Caused My

> Addiction

> by n Van Til

> www.wordpowerpublishing.com ; signed copies; free shipping in U.S.,

> reduced shipping elsewhere

>

July 23, 2010

The benefit I see to adding one food at a time and waiting several days to a week before adding another is that if you have a symptom come up, you have an idea about what might have caused it. When I was introducing new foods, I worried a bit less about the stages and a bit more about the foods that I normally have around and like to eat, started with the least likely to bother me and worked my way up. There have been foods that HAVE bothered me in this process and it has been easy to pinpoint them this way.

KelleyCeliac 4/10SCD 5/10

Phil,

I had the same problem 4 months ago when I started the diet. This is not the right approach! Read Elaine's book and definitely start with the introductory diet and then start slowly adding foods. It is a very long process, but you will get more effective results in the end. I started with the intro diet and did not eat yogurt until the 3rd or 4th week because then I started having less cramping and harder stools. For the first two weeks try to eat boiled fruits and veggies and eat meat. Eat eggs and make homemade jelly. It is all in Elaine's book. I tried to do what you are doing - eating differnt legal foods without the right order, but was having pains and loose stool. Then I started the intro diet and adding foods slowly. Now, at my fourth month, I started having hard stools no matter that I am still adding on foods - and this is without problems. I used this website when I was beginning the diet, but it might be different for different people: http://pecanbread.com/p/how/stages.html. Hope that helps!