Diarrhea

[Guest guest]

For the last week or so I have been having loose stools and today I

have just plain watery diarrhea... I really do not understand this.

Could it be that the SCD diet IS NOT FOR ME???? I am doing it to

support my son's. He has also had mushy stools this past week, but

not diarrhea yet. At the beginning of last week we started

acidophilous which we have discontinued for now...

The only thing new that I can think of, other than a " long lived

virurs " is an HN Zyme that I took yesterday (first one!) and that I

ate out this morning, a ham and cheese omelette with veggies... I am

eating about 4 eggs a day, and about 2 bananas, a lot of vegetables

fruits and meat or fish. I also drink a cup of coffee or two (but I

have always have!). For the first 4 weeks of the diet I did not have

loose stools, quite the contrary. I have lost about 12 pounds (I

would need to loose 10 or 20 more!), but I have not lost any for the

last 2 weeks, I guess since I started making goodies (ketchup, cakes

and cookies).

Any thoughts?

Coral

SCD 6 weeks

[Guest guest]

> At the beginning of last week we started

> acidophilous which we have discontinued for now...

>

> The only thing new that I can think of, other than a " long lived

> virurs " is an HN Zyme that I took yesterday (first one!) and that

I

> ate out this morning, a ham and cheese omelette with veggies...

Well, I can't imagine it's a sign that SCD is not the right diet for

you - it is just so plain healthy. So, I'm going to guess that ANY

or ALL of your guesses could be culprits. Definitely, if the

probiotic timing coincides the most with the changes, I would say

that may be it.

When starting probiotics or enzymes for the first time, there seems

to be a cleaning out process that happens for a lot of people. I

guess you could call it die-off. Just think of the good bugs

replacing the old ones - they aren't happy about it. And with the

enzymes, Thropp explained to me that starting them can often

cause (sorry for this) old stools to loosen up from the colon and

come on through.

Also, eating even the most SCD looking thing on the menu at a

restaurant is always risky. You never know what goes on in the

kitchen. Even the most honest cooks can overlook something that

seems benign to them, but can throw a healthy SCD gut into chaos.

And the virus is always a possibility - usually there are other

symptoms going on, too, though. How are you all feeling?

About the weight loss - I lost a good amount at first, too, but now

I eat so many goodies (cakes and cheese) that I have definitely

leveled off.

So, I would hang in there if were you. Six weeks is still pretty

early yet and many of us go through and see with our kids quite a bm

roller coaster for months before things get a little more consistent.

Maybe you could try the intro again? I know, that's everyone's most

dreaded advice...

Take care,

son - 5yo ASD, SCD 13 1/2 months

[Guest guest]

> At the beginning of last week we started

> acidophilous which we have discontinued for now...

>

> The only thing new that I can think of, other than a " long lived

> virurs " is an HN Zyme that I took yesterday (first one!) and that

I

> ate out this morning, a ham and cheese omelette with veggies...

Well, I can't imagine it's a sign that SCD is not the right diet for

you - it is just so plain healthy. So, I'm going to guess that ANY

or ALL of your guesses could be culprits. Definitely, if the

probiotic timing coincides the most with the changes, I would say

that may be it.

When starting probiotics or enzymes for the first time, there seems

to be a cleaning out process that happens for a lot of people. I

guess you could call it die-off. Just think of the good bugs

replacing the old ones - they aren't happy about it. And with the

enzymes, Thropp explained to me that starting them can often

cause (sorry for this) old stools to loosen up from the colon and

come on through.

Also, eating even the most SCD looking thing on the menu at a

restaurant is always risky. You never know what goes on in the

kitchen. Even the most honest cooks can overlook something that

seems benign to them, but can throw a healthy SCD gut into chaos.

And the virus is always a possibility - usually there are other

symptoms going on, too, though. How are you all feeling?

About the weight loss - I lost a good amount at first, too, but now

I eat so many goodies (cakes and cheese) that I have definitely

leveled off.

So, I would hang in there if were you. Six weeks is still pretty

early yet and many of us go through and see with our kids quite a bm

roller coaster for months before things get a little more consistent.

Maybe you could try the intro again? I know, that's everyone's most

dreaded advice...

Take care,

son - 5yo ASD, SCD 13 1/2 months

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the encouragement!!! The truth is that felt I

always had a healthy gut, and nowadays... But no, I am not going to

abandone my son's diet. His health has improved with it!!! And I

think my participation in it makes it easier on him to accept that

other people in the family eat pasta and bread, but WE don't.

> Maybe you could try the intro again? I know, that's everyone's most

> dreaded advice...

I put my son into a Stage One this week (carrots, hamburger, eggs,

applesauce, banana and PB pancakes) for a couple of days, and I think

his tummy feels better now. Boy it is my rear end what is burning

right now (don't know if caused by die-off or rough toilet paper)

lol

I will let " it " speak to me tomorrow, but yes, I may go back to the

intro.

Boy I was just thinking that a good comedian would get rich on " SCD

potty stories " ... ;-) Maybe I will write " A tale of two potties. "

Coral

SCD 6 weeks