New to SCD - Questions

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Hey all,

A quick intro, although some of you might have seen my post about

making yogurt with a heating pad (which made SUCH a mess, by the way -

I broke down and bought a yogurt maker).

I started the SCD yesterday after tapering down my starches and got

the book today in the mail. I'm on day two of the Introductory diet,

and so far I'm eating mostly chicken soup, carrots and apple juice,

with some applesauce and peeled tomatoes, which don't bother me. So

far, no significant changes, but I'm not expecting any right away.

I've lived with Crohn's/UC (I've had both diagnoses) for 22 years, so

I'm not expecting any immediate miracles, but I have high hopes.

A couple of questions:

First (and I know this is gross) but my stools are now carrot-orange.

Is this a problem? I know it's normal based on the fact that I'm

eating mostly carrots but does that signify that it's not being

absorbed? How do I know if a food is absorbed or not in my system, if

it's coming out the other end?

Second, my acupuncturist has given me a herbal remedy with a bunch of

chinese medicinal herbs, of which I recognize absolutely zero (or

maybe one). Is there any way I can find out which of these are or are

not SCD legal? I've looked on the legal/illegal list and can't find

anything. I assume that most of these are okay, but I have no idea.

Any thoughts?

Thanks for posting, it's generally entertaining to read everyone's

posts! And it's wonderful to know that there are people who

understand the realities of living with chronic diarrhea, etc.

Also, any ideas for Intro/Stage 1 recipes? Or other foods that are

easily tolerated? Like green beans, zucchini, etc. It's a bit boring

at this point...

Thanks so much!

Leah

22 years CD/UC

2 days SCD!