Hello – WE’d suggest a brand where the only ingredients are coconut milk – no carageaan or guar gum. You’ll have to look on the label for how many calories each product has.

HI Anthony – we’d recommend making your own yogurt to make sure it’s properly fermented. You can read more here: https://healthygut.com/scd-legal-yogurt-is-the-difference-maker-dont-eat-it-at-your-own-risk/

HI Mike – thanks for sharing. The frozen berries just keep a little longer and can also serve as the ice in the shake to make it colder:) Fresh fruit is great if you prefer it and blueberries are fine.

What im trying is the first shake on the list. Ive added my own ingredients as wel as keeping it easy and short.

Alpro coconut milk 1 glass
1 banana
2eggs
Spritz fizzy drink just a drop for the taste has pear and raspberry taste to it.
Lancanshire yogurt 1/2 glass.

Taste absolutely fine. Not sure how many calories that is but i will be adding more eggs and some honey to this, once i got use to it.

Thanks

Thanks

Hello – any fruit you can tolerate well would be fine. Dark berries are typically well tolerated:)

HI Will, sorry to hear your sturggling (but also doing a bit better it sounds!)
Jordan really struggled with weight loss when he started the diet too, almost 40 lbs! He was really scary skinny and it took a lot of hard work to add the calories back on.

If you have some time, listen to Steve and Jordan talk about losing weight on the diet and how to stop it in one of our old podcasts (around the 31 minute mark).

Here’s the link: https://healthygut.com/the-scd-lifestyle-solution-podcast-3-how-we-survived-the-intro-diet/

Also, here’s two articles Steve wrote about the SCD Diet, calories, and losing weight:

https://healthygut.com/5-easy-ways-to-add-calories-to-the-scd-diet/

https://healthygut.com/are-you-starving-yourself-on-the-specific-carbohydrate-diet/

I was recently diagnosed with Blastocystis Homis Parisite. I did do antibiotics – didnt work at all. I was already vegan but now ive adjusted my diet to SCD and huge improvement on my 2nd daya with no sugars and carbs.

The issue i have is im naturally very skinny and my weight can fluctuate easily (55kg /178cm/ 28yrs male). Im worried without carbs i will drop weight fast. For me i have to incorporate very fatty foods to maintain my weight so far going through a can a day of 100% coconut cream, also eating avacados, snacking on nuts through day and then steamed vegies. Is there anything you can please recommend. Im worried i might create health issues from too much saturated fat content in the coconut.

Thanks
Will

HI Amin – good question! We typically suggest it is protein from real whole food, as whey protein is usually in the form of powder in which the bonds are already broken down and the stmach acid and pepsin has to do less in a case like that.

HEllo – sweet potatoes are illegal, yes. Go ahead and limit your fat intake in the beginning until your gut starts to heal. Digestive enzymes will also be really helpful here and here the ones we recommend: First, here’s a video where Jordan talks about digestive enzymes and how to use them: https://healthygut.com/who-needs-digestive-enzymes-and-how-to-take-them/

Here are some digestive enzymes we recommend:

Digest Gold – http://amzn.to/XHZOjS

Gi Pro Helath Prozymes – http://www.giprohealth.com/enzymes.aspx (SCD Legal)

Thorne Dipan 9 – http://amzn.to/1bQ6aHM

Hello Janne – it’s important to look into this deeper if you’re consistently underweight. Hormones have a lot to do with weight regulation and we’d suggest looking there as well as into stool testing. https://healthygut.com/6-gut-infection-case-studies-why-you-should-get-stool-testing-done-asap/ We’d recommend taking this quiz here to get a better look at your risk for an infection or hormone issues: http://solvingleakygut.com/quiz/my-health/

HI Katherine, great question. Fat malabsorption can result from a combination of things. Ultimately, it comes down to a leaky gut and insufficient enzymes to break the food down into absorb able molecules. We’d highly recommend starting by changing your diet and healing the gut. Enzymes will help too –
Here are some digestive enzymes we recommend:

Digest Gold – http://amzn.to/XHZOjS

Gi Pro Helath Prozymes – http://www.giprohealth.com/enzymes.aspx (SCD Legal)

Thorne Dipan 9 – http://amzn.to/1bQ6aHM

HI James, sorry to hear you’re struggling. First off, you’ll need to get your diet dialed in before you try more advanced shakes like this. Start by adding in small amounts of fat and taking digestive enzymes. It’s also important to be on a protocol to kill the SIBO, like the one here: http://gutinfections.scdlifestyle.com You may also need to look into your hormones, as it seems your immune system is really suffering and hormones can a have a lot to do with this. You can email us at support@scdlifesyle for more information if you’d like:)

HI Kim – we apologize if something went wrong! Technical issues do happen, unfortunately. How can we help you today? We’d be happy to answer any questions:)

HI Patrick – you might try ordering it online if you can’t find it in your local grocery store. Try Amazon or Thrive market for a starters.

Hi Shumaila – the easiest way to add in more calories is to increase your fat intake. Many find that drinking calorie dense smoothies is an easy way to add in extra calories with out feeling like your constantly eating. We encourage you to try on of the shakes and see how you do!

HI Julie – yes you can use the egg yolk vs. the whole egg! The egg white is the part that your most likely reacting to so go ahead and try just the yolk and see how you do:)

Im wondering if I can just use the yolks of the eggs for this? I think I am allergic to the whites. I notice when I eat too many eggs my depression gets bad. I think this has to do with them being inflammatory…but Ive heard its the whites that are bad. Is this true? I really want to gain like 10 lbs. Only thing is I have SIBO- (which is probably a culprit) and these shakes are all high fodmaps…avocado, and banana…so Im worried it will make my SIBO worse. What do you think? Thanks!

Hi Cher – I’m not aware of any prepared options, but you can try looking into different protein powder/meal based shakes from the following brands: Innate Response, Designs for Health, and Garden of life. All you’d have to do is mix them with water so it would still be fairly easy for shakes on the Go.

You can eat it off the spoon or add it to your food – I love 1 tablespoon of coconut oil blended (jn a blender) into a cup of tea 🙂 It is frothy and delicious!

I think this just answered my question. Lol. So eating coconut oil STRAIGHT? Oh boy. ?

Hi! Nice article! I’ll be implementing this and get back if it works for me. When you say “supplement with 1tb of coconut oil” how exactly do we do that? In what way do we consume it? Silly question I know. 🙂 Thx!

Hi Anthony – any of these shakes would be a good place to start. You can sub in some coconut milk for the avocado!

Im gluten free looking to bulk been training 5days a week on and off. Because i work night shifts my eating routine changes. Any good easy high calorie protein drinks? I dont like avacado and i dont understand half of other stuff

Im looking to gain alot of weight. I eat 4-5times a day. 6ft2 72kg

Thanks

Hi Nichola – please join us for a free webinar on leaky gut – Steve and Jordan will share info on diet, supplements, and testing at the webinar! http://solvingleakygut.com/webinar/internal-leakygut2/

Hi Marie, I do take enzymes and l’glutamine and follow a Gaps diet. I believe my problems started since pregnancy when I started on omeprazole, then antibiotics and ibuprofen after cesarean. I’ve never been the same since. I have had h-pylori tests twice, both negative. I’ll try other avenues any advice on what tests I should try??

Hi Nichola – sorry to hear that. Are you using a digestive enzyme as well? It is also important to address the root cause of your low stomach acid. Read more here: https://healthygut.com/the-h-pylori-controversy/

Hi Michelle – a keotgenic diet can help you lose weight but that only occurs when fat is eaten in high amounts and carbs are kept low (to go into a state of Ketosis) – to gain weight we recommend eating plenty of all the macronutrients (carbs, fat, and protein).

Hello I saw your post that you gained 16lbs. I was wondering if you could share how you did because the diet causes me to loose weight. I need to gain 20lbs desperately.

Hi Alaina – thanks for reaching out. We can’t promise it will help your dad gain weight, but these are nutrient dense and high calorie – plus they taste good. I hope your dad enjoys them and they give him some strength

Hi Mindy – this is a hard one! First, if your husband’s gut is very damaged form Celiac’s, no matter how much food he eats, he won’t be able to properly absorb it and benefit from it. Healing his gut will be critical to him gaining weight.

A good digestive enzyme might the right place to start: https://healthygut.com/who-needs-digestive-enzymes-and-how-to-take-them/

Jordan recommends eating coconut or olive oil right off the spoon for weight gain, as well as eating more meat (but you’ll need to ask your doctor about this because of your husband’s kidney) – it took time and patience and a lot of food for Jordan to put the weight back on.

I really recommend this article for more info on how to heal your husband’s gut so he can digest and absorb the food he is able to eat: https://healthygut.com/celiac-disease-101/