Hi Helen – that really depends on how much a person eats and what the portion size is. This will make at least 6 cups which should be plenty for 3-4 meals! You can always freeze if it its just way too much, too:)

Hi Lisa – it is probably from the carrots 🙂 Doesn’t mean you did anything wrong. How does it taste?

Hi Danielle – Beside just eliminating the meat in the soup all together, we don’t really have a vegetarian version. The meat provides a large source of the calories and protein in this INTRO phase (and through out the whole diet). The diet is a bit tricky to do with vegetarians because there are just not that many options left when oyu eliminate dairy and grain and some veggies.

Without the use of seafood as was replied with above.

HI Janet – what are you looking for? If you’d like the eBook (includes all the information on how to complete the full SCD diet, you can go here: http://scdlifestylebook.com

HI Laura! Local, seasonal vegetables lightly steamed are also a great choice when trying to heal:)

What type of other healing foods do you recommend?

Hi Eileen – it might be hard for you to follow this protocol if you’re reacting to histamines. You can try cooking the broth for a shorter period of time. There are a lot of good resources here: http://thelowhistaminechef.com

Hi David – we recommend waiting until after the Intro diet to start adding herbs and spices to your soup. After the Intro phase you can introduce herbs and spice the same way you would anything else – once every three days. The only thing we don’t recommend are spice powder blends – these often contain fillers you don’t want

Hi K – you can sub in shrimp if you’re a pescatarian. You can use 4-6 pounds of peeled, de-veined shrimp to replace the chicken.

Hi Mai – your slow cooker may be a little too hot and boiling away all the water. You want to keep the soup at a very low simmer (not a boil). Hope this helps!

Hi Annette!

You can go ahead and add the chicken and carrots back into the soup.

You can also make more pureed carrots to eat by themselves (my favorite food when I followed the intro diet!) – you can just boil them in water until they’re soft and then puree them. I found adding some salt made a big difference in their flavor, too 🙂

Good luck on the diet! If you need more help you can always email us at support@scdlifestyle.com

Hi Chanel – I’m so sorry to hear what you’ve been going through! I recommend you attend one of of our free webinars on leaky gut as it will answer a lot of questions you have (like how to get tested, what causes leaky gut, how to treat it, what to eat, etc.). Register for free here: http://solvingleakygut.com/webinar/live-qva/

Hi Mariel,

I haven’t actually been diagnosed with leaky gut however on googling my symptoms, leaky gut or candida always come up. I have really bad skin infections and other symptoms including body odor (not sweat body odour though) however when I go to the doctor they just give me anti fungal creams which help temporarily with itching but that’s it. It has been 8 months and I’m at my wits end! What would you advise I do? Should I go to the doctor and ask them to test me for either candida or leaky gut before starting this diet?

Hi Amber!

We wouldn’t advise using boneless chicken to make your broth as it is actually the bones that provide the broth with nutrients.

Broth can aggravate symptoms in some people with SIBO. However, if you’re eating broth (which is an amazing healing food) and you’re not having any symptoms, we think you should go ahead and continue as you are now.

If you think the broth is a problem, we advise cutting it out for a few weeks and focusing on other healing foods (and maybe try colostrum) before giving broth a try again. I hope this information helps!

Hi Aaron, we recommend you substitute beef if you’re allergic to fish and poultry. Here’s our recipe: https://healthygut.com/how-to-make-nourishing-beef-bone-broth-to-heal-your-gut/

I swapped the SCD Chicken soup with Salmon Carrot soup! Not as protein dense as chicken, but not too far from. Very easy to make and tastes great. Add some spring onions if you can eat them or something else to give it a bit of texture. Light salt and pepper and you’re good to go.

Hi Anneka,

Thank you for reaching out! Go ahead and try zucchini instead of the carrots.

After I make this soup, do I eat only this for three days and then start introducing other foods or how does this work exactly?
I appreciate the recipe but am just curious about what to do with it once I have made it.

Thank you,
Shirley Atkinson

Amber – I know you posted this in July, but I just came across it. Hopefully you are feeling better.

I bloat when I eat most chicken, too. I have severe intolerances to soy and corn which are commonly fed to chickens. I get the same reaction of bloating, sometimes diarrhea. It is really hard to find chickens that haven’t been fed soy, but try sourcing locally raised chickens that aren’t fed ingredients that you know you’re sensitive/allergic too! It is tough, I know!

I learned this from the book ‘Nourishing Traditions.’ They have a sight for SCD. If you google Nourishing traditions and SCD, you will come upon it.

Thanks for the video on gaining weight. That is the reason I started back on this diet.