Researching SCD.... Just diagnosed with Crohn's

[Guest guest]

I am wanting to start SCD and am still trying to learn all I can. I am under

control right now, with meds. No diarrhea for over a month. Do I still need to

do the intro phase of the diet?? Also, do I have to do the yogurt? I can't

tolerate dairy very well.... should I still try it. I really want to give this

diet all I've got... praying it can get me off the 20 pills a day, that I'm

currently taking! Any help is greatly appreciated!!

[Guest guest]

Yes you need to do the intro diet. Mostly because you need to slowly introduce

foods to see what you react to and to heal your guts properly. If you aren't

having symptoms you'll be able to intro foods a litle faster than some of us.

Add one new food every 3 days. www.pecanbread.com has a list of stages that work

pretty well but isn't for everyone.

You don't have to eat the yogurt. You can get acidophilus pills from

www.LucysKitchen.com. However, since the SCD yogurt is cooked for 24 hours

virtually all of the lactos is removed versus store bought yogurt that is only

fermented for about 4 hours. Many find goat yogurt easier to tolerate. Then

there is almond milk and coconut milk yogurt made with homemade almond or

coconut milk.

Misty Kimble

CD - no meds

SCD - Jan 2008

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> I am wanting to start SCD and am still trying to learn all I can. I am under

control right now, with meds. No diarrhea for over a month. Do I still need to

do the intro phase of the diet?? Also, do I have to do the yogurt? I can't

tolerate dairy very well.... should I still try it. I really want to give this

diet all I've got... praying it can get me off the 20 pills a day, that I'm

currently taking! Any help is greatly appreciated!!

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[Guest guest]

I would definately do the intro diet for at least two days, and go slow

introducing new foods from there. When we start this diet, we are switching away

from having all the BAD bacteria in our gut digesting our food for us. It's like

the gut system has to learn how to properly digest food again, and it needs to

be healed at the same time, so I did my best to follow the stages on

pecanbread.com. I started to feel better pretty quickly, and moved through some

new foods pretty fast, but for some it takes much longer. (I have not been

diagnosed with Crohn's though, I just suffered a lot of IBS, joint aches,

painful bloating, and low energy before I found SCD.) And there are some foods I

learned I could not longer tolerate like tomatoes, peanut butter, and coconut

flour, which I hope to add back into my diet at some point in the future. You

will know once you've been on the diet for a few weeks/months what you can

tolerate as you mointor your own progress.

I was ultra intolerant of wheat & dairy for a few years before starting this

diet, and at first I dreaded having to make the yogurt, but I now LOVE the

yogurt. I highly recommend at least trying it. It goes so great in morning

smoothies! And after years of staying away from cheese, I can now totally

tolerate cheddar without any problems!

Good Luck!

SCD 10 weeks

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> I am wanting to start SCD and am still trying to learn all I can. I am under

control right now, with meds. No diarrhea for over a month. Do I still need to

do the intro phase of the diet?? Also, do I have to do the yogurt? I can't

tolerate dairy very well.... should I still try it. I really want to give this

diet all I've got... praying it can get me off the 20 pills a day, that I'm

currently taking! Any help is greatly appreciated!!

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