Questions re: just beginning SCD

[Guest guest]

I’ve been on the diet less than a week and am having a

problem about which some of you may be able to give good advice.

Some background first:

For the month of January, before I started the SCD, I went on a

gluten-free diet and was taking probiotics in capsule form (a different type; I

have been taking probiotics for a long time, and they’ve helped a great

deal for gas). I was also on a powdered nutritional supplement that contained

vitamins, minerals and some natural anti-inflammatory things like curcumin (turmeric).

That seemed to help, but it contains rice syrup and fructose (and I think rice

flour) so I can no longer take it.  That diet wasn’t doing enough, though

it did improve my diarrhea a fair bit. (I’ve had two small-bowel resection

surgeries and have lost a couple of feet of my small intestine, so I may suffer

some from “short-bowel syndrome.” I’m not sure that’s “curable.”)

I’ve had Crohn’s since the early 1980s.  

Now

the diarrhea is back and I’ve got more pain in my side, sometimes acute. For

years I’ve had what was assumed to be a lactose intolerance. I’m

wondering whether I’m reacting to the yogurt, not necessarily to lactose

(my own yogurt, made with ½ and ½ turned out very well and is very thick; I’m

assuming its lactose was eaten up in the making process), but possibly to milk

protein.  I admit, however, that until today I didn’t cut out all the

foods that I had been eating (that didn’t seem to bother me). So it could

be I’m reacting to other things I’ve eaten the last few days that I

can’t tolerate now. I’m wondering whether

for a while I should cut out the yogurt and take acidophilus in capsule form

instead.

Have any of the rest of you had this problem, and if so, how did

you solve it?

     

n

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[Guest guest]

I posted what’s below on Saturday. Haven’t seen any responses. I’d

really appreciate comments/advice.

(I’m having trouble getting into the archives, or I’d look there

for answers. I receive the group mail via email, but I do have a Yahoo ID, yet

can’t read the old posts.)

n

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BTVC-SCD [mailto:BTVC-SCD ] On Behalf Of n

Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2009 12:47 PM

To: BTVC-SCD

Subject: Questions re: just beginning SCD

I’ve been on the diet less than a week and

am having a problem about which some of you may be able to give good advice.

Some background first:

For the month of January, before I started

the SCD, I went on a gluten-free diet and was taking probiotics in capsule form

(a different type; I have been taking probiotics for a long time, and they’ve

helped a great deal for gas). I was also on a powdered nutritional supplement

that contained vitamins, minerals and some natural anti-inflammatory things

like curcumin (turmeric). That seemed to help, but it contains rice syrup and

fructose (and I think rice flour) so I can no longer take it. That diet

wasn’t doing enough, though it did improve my diarrhea a fair bit. (I’ve had

two small-bowel resection surgeries and have lost a couple of feet of my small

intestine, so I may suffer some from “short-bowel syndrome.” I’m not sure

that’s “curable.”) I’ve had Crohn’s since the early 1980s.

Now the diarrhea is back and I’ve got more pain in my

side, sometimes acute. For years I’ve had what was assumed to be a lactose

intolerance. I’m wondering whether I’m reacting to the yogurt, not necessarily

to lactose (my own yogurt, made with ½ and ½ turned out very well and is very thick;

I’m assuming its lactose was eaten up in the making process), but possibly to

milk protein. I admit, however, that until today I didn’t cut out all the

foods that I had been eating (that didn’t seem to bother me). So it could

be I’m reacting to other things I’ve eaten the last few days that I can’t

tolerate now. I’m wondering whether for a while I

should cut out the yogurt and take acidophilus in capsule form instead.

Have any of the rest of you had this

problem, and if so, how did you solve it?

n

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[Guest guest]

>

>Now the diarrhea is back and I've got more pain in my side, sometimes acute.

For years

>I've had what was assumed to be a lactose intolerance. I'm wondering whether

I'm

>reacting to the yogurt,

Yeah. If you've been off dairy for a long time you can't just reintroduce it.

You've got to

try it really slowly,

in tiny increments. Also you may want to start with goat milk, not cow's milk,

which is

easier for the

majority of the people to digest, because it's molecules are more like the

molecules of

human milk.

May not be a casein allergy, just you've entirely eliminated any tolerance for

dairy that

your system had, so you'll have to build it back up really slowly.

I'd stop the yogurt for now.

>not necessarily to lactose (my own yogurt, made with ½ and ½ turned out very

well and is

>very thick; I'm assuming its lactose was eaten up in the making process), but

possibly to

>milk protein. I admit, however, that until today I didn't cut out all the

foods that I had

>been eating (that didn't seem to bother me).

You mean things that were SCD illegal or SCD advanced?

>So it could be I'm reacting to other things I've eaten the last few days that I

can't tolerate

>now.

Could also be. That's why some people do a food journal.

> I'm wondering whether for a while I should cut out the yogurt and take

acidophilus in

>capsule form instead.

I'd eliminate it, find out if it is causing the pain, and if it isn't or when

you want to try it

again, start in tiny increments. Starting with a teaspoon a day - see if that

is tolerable

before building up again. If that isn't tolerable, next start at a 1/4

teaspoon.

Mara

[Guest guest]

Thanks for replying, Mara. I’m probably just trying to go too

fast.

I am cutting back on the yogurt. The extra pain was caused by

some other SCD legal stuff, but too advanced.

I haven’t actually been off dairy entirely before starting SCD.

I normally used Lactaid milk (for cooking/baking, not to drink), and small

amounts of ½ and ½ in coffee, with a Lactaid tablet. What I miss the most is

coffee with cream in it!

n  

From: BTVC-SCD

[mailto:BTVC-SCD ] On Behalf Of Mara Schiffren

Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2009 5:35 PM

To: BTVC-SCD

Subject: Re: Questions re: just beginning SCD

>

>Now the diarrhea is back and I've got more pain in my side, sometimes

acute. For years

>I've had what was assumed to be a lactose intolerance. I'm wondering

whether I'm

>reacting to the yogurt,

Yeah. If you've been off dairy for a long time you can't just reintroduce it.

You've got to

try it really slowly,

in tiny increments. Also you may want to start with goat milk, not cow's milk,

which is

easier for the

majority of the people to digest, because it's molecules are more like the

molecules of

human milk.

May not be a casein allergy, just you've entirely eliminated any tolerance for

dairy that

your system had, so you'll have to build it back up really slowly.

I'd stop the yogurt for now.

>not necessarily to lactose (my own yogurt, made with ½ and ½ turned out

very well and is

>very thick; I'm assuming its lactose was eaten up in the making process),

but possibly to

>milk protein. I admit, however, that until today I didn't cut out all the

foods that I had

>been eating (that didn't seem to bother me).

You mean things that were SCD illegal or SCD advanced?

>So it could be I'm reacting to other things I've eaten the last few days

that I can't tolerate

>now.

Could also be. That's why some people do a food journal.

> I'm wondering whether for a while I should cut out the yogurt and take

acidophilus in

>capsule form instead.

I'd eliminate it, find out if it is causing the pain, and if it isn't or when

you want to try it

again, start in tiny increments. Starting with a teaspoon a day - see if that

is tolerable

before building up again. If that isn't tolerable, next start at a 1/4

teaspoon.

Mara

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